Brets!

[Jack Shrapnel]

July apparently!

From Faeit:

"If you follow the site here, you would know that Bretonnians are rumored to be an early to mid July release this summer. We really have not had any details on exactly what the release would include. A long time coming, this will make a lot of people happy to get a new armybook and some model releases. I get quite a few emails asking if there are any whispers or hints about Bretonnians. So here it is, some details for July


Please remember that these are rumors.

via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
A little bird behinds the scenes has revealed to someone I know that
apparently Bretonnians are in July and will be getting a new book along
with...

Plastic duel kit questing/grail knights

Plastic knights of the realm/questing knights on foot. Have maces or swords
plus shields.

special rule for knights armed with maces confers a +1S

two clam packs with characters. "

[Jack Shrapnel]

from faeit:

"The end of the Ork wave is now in sight, as dates have the codex set for release on June 28th. Beyond that, it seems that Bretonnians will fill in the next set of releases for July. A long time coming, they will be a great army to see what GW has in store for them.


Please remember that these are rumors.

via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
My lgs just confirmed his gw rep said Bret's are just around the corner. I didn't hear it myself so of course some salt but he seemed really sure (enough to not take my money for wood elves since he knows I'll buy the entire Bret stock) "

[Jack Shrapnel]

From Faeit:

"Bretonnians are said to be the next release waves beyond 40k Orks, and with that it seems that army books for Bretons are running low or are no longer being produced. Along with that this rumored bit goes into what we could be seeing for a Bretonnian release here in July.


Please remember that these are rumors.

via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
I see on the british site the armybook is "no longer available", the american say "on stock". Could mean the storage in the usa are still filled, while they are no longer available in the UK, means they are no longer produced.

About the first release: it will be a combi knights box set. Otherwise the Bretons will probably only get 2 weeks of releases. Pre-orders are most likely June 28th "

[Jack Shrapnel]

More!

"More on the new Bretonnian rumors, naming out the Questing Knights and Grail Knights as getting a new box set along with a Grail Reliquae. Bretonnians are starting to heat up, and I think there are many gamers patiently waiting to see new models for the Brets.


Please remember that these are rumors.

via the Voice of the Chaos Gods on Faeit 212
-Pre order date for the first bretons will be probably june 28th. The Armybook will come one or two weeks later.
-Questing Knights & Grail Knights Box Set
-Large Grail Reliquae Model "

and...

"Bretonnian rumors continue with bits on Knights all becoming champions, of course with the exceptions of Knight Errants. Also some new bonus's to charging with lances.


Please remember that these are rumors.

via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
There is a rumour I've been hearing that all bretonnian knights except for knights errant will all be champions, like how grail knights are currently which will all have 2 attacks and accept challenges.
Knights with lances will also get some kind of jousting focus rule where they can lose one attack and gain one extra strength on the charge."

[Jack Shrapnel]

More from Faeit...

oh, and disregard anything you hear from "voice of the chaos gods"... his track record (see above) has got so poor I'm not bothering to post his rumours anymore:

"There is some information today on 5 new releases for Bretonnia, the next rumored Warhammer Fantasy release. It will be nice to see what is in store for this army, as its been a long time since our hobby has seen an update.


Please remember that these are rumors

via GW Tilea Italian Forums
New boxes fir Bretonnia

1 box grail/questing 5 models several weapon types

2 virtous knights/lost knights no further info

3 pegasus knight/knight of the house of the bear The house of the bear
Knight are heavy barded siege knights (slower, best armour, move wounds,
bonus attacks on charge, bonus vs buildings)

4 grail reliquary/altar of the lady The reliquary is pulled by peasants
and has offensive magic powers, the altar is pulled by foot knights and has
protective Magic powers

5 grail pilgrims/foot knights The multikit is based on pilgrims with
additional armour to convert them into foot knights. It seems that the
pegasus knights are the same with additional heavy bards to convert them
into house of the bear knights '

[Jack Shrapnel]

From Faeit:

"The Endtimes is a seriously cool push on the storyline for Warhammer Fantasy. A lot is happening, and for the most part it looks very dire for the world. Will an army or hero rise to the occasion in the Endtimes?


Please remember that these are rumors.

via an anonymous source on Faeit 212
Bretonnian background will reflect the latter part of The End Times, with new histories being introduced to tie them in as saviors of the Empire. There will be a minimum of 1 new core and 1 new special unit and the Green Knight has a special skill that's unique to his character, not unlike Vlad von Carstein and his ring "

[Jack Shrapnel]

more from Faeit:

"Suddenly this morning, all the Bretonnia Knights and models are back on the Games Workshop webstore. This includes the Army Book, and answers the question to whether or not a new book is coming soon.

It also answers other questions beyond a new armybook, like are they going away (being squatted). So the answer is no, Bretonnians are not going anywhere, and expect no book in the near future. Although rumors are still abound that a new army book will be here in 2015, these are still rumors.




The Endtimes is Games Workshop's primary focus with Warhammer Fantasy, and combining armies is the current trend, and I dont see this ending any time soon with future Endtimes Book release. Its a simple formula really, Bretonnia models need to be available once the army is combined with others.




So both good news and bad I suppose. Bretonnia is still here, and involved with the Endtimes.




Check it out yourself.

www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer?N=102295+4294966467&Nu=product.repositoryId&qty=12&sorting=phl"

[thesanityassassin]

Seems like they're just going to end up with "Humans" "Elves" "Undead" and "Chaos"

Wonder what the Skaven, Orks and Dwarfs are up to?

[Jack Shrapnel]

may be a "war for the undermountain" or some form of book like that, which would cover all three of those races nicely

[thesanityassassin]

The Dwarves were beaten up a bit in the Nagash book if I recall correctly, but I don't recall what their situation was at the end of it.

[onlurker]

But then there's still Ogres & Lizzies on top of that.
This rumor had me intrigued, and while it may not pan out exactly, it'd be cool to see something like it, I think:

"Warseer's Earlybird 6-27-2013
V9 Army books :
Ancient Kingdoms : Lizardmen/High Elves/Wood Elves/Dwarves/Tomb Kings
Servants of Dark Gods : Warriors of Chaos/Daemons of Chaos/Beastmen/Skaven/Dark Elves
Old Word Denizens : The Empire/Bretonnia/Orcs and Goblins/Ogre Kingdoms/Vampire Counts"

Obviously with End Times released it's looking different already, but could GW be interested in combining books in a similar way?

[J4far]

Probably into more books than that though since now we have Undead, Chaos, Elves (rumored) and some final book of Endtimes. Considering the first two books (and rumored 3rd) are only 2-3 armies combined, I would expect they might make the Endtimes stuff legal then release maybe one or two more "combined" books to cover the rest although they aren't logical groupings.

I'm curious to see how things progress but its been pretty neat so far and the Endtimes army special rules seem to be general fixes to existing armies such as no crumble for losing caster (UL) and Marks/better ambushing for Beastmen.

[thesanityassassin]

I'm just interested to see what happens to my beloved pointy-ears. Any rumours I've seen suggest that both Ulthuan and Naggaroth are going to get obliterated....

[J4far]

Yeah but also that they will be united by something! Perhaps someone like Caledor who is uber boss holding the vortex open.