We know we'll get new Formations, but what about the new Wulfen unit rules?
And will there be an updated Space Wolves Codex?
When we consider that the Tau Empire recently got an amazing update off the back of a campaign book, I have high hopes for the Space Wolves.
As many of you know, it has never sat well with me that the humble Grey Hunter became overpriced and overlooked in favour of Thunderwolf spam.
For me it gnawed at the essence of what a Space Wolves army should really be about.
However, at the same time, I appreciate that Games Workshop is doing its best to make the Space Wolves VERY different from standard Space Marine armies.
These new Wulfen miniatures are the perfect example of this.
Someone on the forums commented that the Wulfen miniatures were intended to be part of the 6th edition Space Wolves release (along with Murderfang/Venerable/Bjorn Dreadnought, Stormfang/Stormwolf and Logan Grimnar kits) but had been held back for various reasons.
From what I've been told from some of my contacts in the past, this does not surprise me.
Remember that most of the things we are seeing now were created back in 2013.
Whatever went on in the Games Workshop design studio that year brought about radical changes to their business.
Thankfully, I feel that the current format of Codex books are excellent and would love to see all armies get the same 'decurion' treatment which began with the Necrons.
PREDICTIONS
Space Wolves are a best selling army for Games Workshop and it would be an embarrassing judgement in marketing not to relaunch them.
So with these high hopes and trends from previous releases, I make the following predictions:
Hold on to your wolf pelts! We could be in for a bumpy ride of Codex changes.