It only took two months, but it seems we some serious Sigmar fatigue setting in and the Warhammer 40k internet community is getting antsy waiting for the next release. As always, let us have a quick history lesson concerning the mental incongruities our ADHD community has developed.

What am I talking about?

Well I find it quite amusing only a short two months ago wargamers were complaining about the rapid 40k releases happening. Since the release of 7th edition we haven’t gone more than a month without a 40k release, and now with Age of Sigmar releases going on for two months players are starting to lose their minds!

I don’t get it really, you were just complaining about too many releases and now we can’t dare have Games Workshop focus on their new game. Do players really have such a short memory, it has only been three years since we would be lucky to get a new more than two 40k codex a year! Were players so easily conditioned, because if so GW has us exactly where they want us.

Regardless how you feel about the format; when it comes to rumor control and now it seems addiction control, White Dwarf going weekly is fast becoming the marketing masterstroke no one would have never expected. Every week we are now programmed to expect something new, and it has gotten so bad that the second we find out what is coming out this week can’t wait to see that one sentence hint for the following week releases.

Deeper, Age of Sigmar just doesn’t seem to have caught on, at least for 40k players. After the value starter box release, 40k players have been losing interest quickly, and it has gotten to the point where we need something 40k, anything to satiate us. It does seem the outrageous Sigmar price points might be part of the problem. As a side rant, what is GW thinking, don’t you want to entice new players? You can do better job getting me to try Sigmar by providing more entry level price points, not $33 books for a piece of scenery.

With that backdrop, it shouldn’t be surprising to see the first and most likely bogus Tau rumors are starting to pop up, because trust me the rumor mongers are feeling the pain of fewer pageviews caused by Age of Sigmar.

We really should be enjoying this break, it has given us time to tweak and enjoy our armies without worrying if the next release is going to entice or change around what we have going on. I also can remember when we were not being fed something new every week. I wish people could survive 3-4 months without seeing a new 40k model or codex.

The players who cry and whine about Age of Sigmar or whatever really need to get a grip and enjoy what they got. Take this time to catch up and explore all the great stuff from the past year, hell I am still playing around with competitive Ork builds, and that codex is down right ancient by current release standards. This short attention span is only clogging up discussion forums, and trust me when I say GW isn’t listening to your whining. Be patient and perhaps even go outside and see some nature while you are at it.

At the very least the pennies you been saving will come in handy when the next 40k release finally comes around.