If your Warlord is in one of the “core” detachments – Patrol, Battalion, or Brigade – then you get the CP for that detachment refunded, making them essentially “free” to take. Detachments now cost CP instead of generating it – so no more triple Battalions just to get the most.at 2,000pts each player gets 12 starting CP The number of Command Points you start with is now allocated based on game size, e.g.The Command Phase allows you to play some stratagems (expect this to be the “at the beginning of the turn” kind of things) and also, at games of 2,000 points, your army regenerates 1CP if it’s battle-forged.

9th also has explicit rules for dealing with “out of phase” actions, something we’ve addressed in Ruleshammer many times.9th edition features an updated turn structure, with a new Command Phase that occurs before the Movement phase, in which players”muster strategic resources and use tactical abilities”.As usual, we’re only going to talk about what we either know definitively based on what has been revealed, and what can be deduced from those reveals conclusively. We also transcribed the Matched Play Twitch chat, which you can find here:Īnd here’s what we’ve learned from them. Warhammer 40,000: Matched Play, Points, and an App! We talked about the initial reveals when they first happened here, and we’ve been paying close attention to all the new reveals.įor reference, here’s a full list of articles published this week: They’ve certainly delivered, with a flurry of posts on all kinds of topics – new game modes, new art, new units, and of course a look at the brand new approach to Matched Play. Starting this week, Games Workshop have been posting details of the new edition every day, with Twitch streams and Warhammer Community articles giving us a tantalising look into the new edition.įollowing on from the 9th ed announcement stream on the 23rd of May, Games Workshop promised daily posts and updates on the new edition, starting from the 1st of June. 9th edition is coming, with Warhammer 40k set to be transformed.

Warhammer 40k 9th edition art