Questions to Answer and the Path Forward

By fog1234, in Dark Heresy General Discussion

Obviously, the end of the collaboration is a problem. Not seeing new books means that we are going to see the community starved for new blood and effectively stuck in a holding pattern until a new solution appears for those of us that want to game in 40k universe. This could obviously come from several directions.

1. Games Workshop could release its own RPG, as they have before. Given their proclivities I wouldn't rate the odds of it being good as high or the odds of it happening as high.

2. FFG could get the license back at some point and revive the system. This could even be the result of GW going defunct. This would be the ideal. For the most part they were good stewards.

3. The community could make its own thing. This has been tried a few times with some very good looking results, but adoption overall has been difficult and the days of Dark Reign are over. Getting players to dive into a non-official book is always a big ask.

What is the path forward for the holding pattern ?

1. Secure the resources as soon as possible. Books and PDF's aren't being released anymore. There will probably be a big sale very soon. Stock up on everything. The ideal situation is that 40krpg's become very accessible.

2. Keep running games, if you like the systems. Keep bringing in new blood. Keep the vets happy. Keep producing assets. Try to keep things organized.

3. Migrate to https://www.reddit.com/r/40krpg/ and other forums before we get archived. There is no good post-Dark Reign successor with more people than 40krpg it's not as good as the forums by far, but it's populated. The community survives by keeping in touch.

WFRPv1 has survived so long now with no official support I could have grown a beard to my toes, don't panic :-D

I'm pretty sure there are a few people out there still playing Empire of the Petal Throne ... :P

I'm pretty sure there are a few people out there still playing Empire of the Petal Throne ... :P

Tékumel is an awesome setting and while i haven't got my group to accep the glory of Lord Ksárul, yet, I got that book waiting for them to fall into my trap. :D

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We never did get official rules for Valkyries in the end.... :P

On topic, this news is very very sad, but alas it wasn't unexpected. I've procured copies of everything I need so I can run 40k RPGs indefinitely and plan to do so. I'll see you all on reddit.

The thing I'm most sad about (other than the fact Forbidden Stars will never get an expansion), is that I wouldn't be surprised if the Asmodee take over was a part of this and we've yet to see anything good come out of it,

There's a valkyrie in Black Crusade apparently.

There's a valkyrie in Black Crusade apparently.

Book / Page?

Well it's a variant, but it's better than nothing. At least it will be easier to determine what the actual assault carrier will be like.

I find it so sad, I keep seeing future tense, but only think in past tense with posts now.