Clear the Friday-night calendar. Games Workshop is unboxing Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon live on Friday 1 May at 7pm BST, spilling the entire contents of the 11th edition launch set on camera. Eddie Eccles and Adam Troke will tear into a shrink-wrapped box on YouTube and Twitch, with high-res photos hitting Warhammer Community in parallel.
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See how it worksFor 40K players, this is the reveal. Games Workshop confirmed at AdeptiCon 2026 that 11th edition lands in June, and Armageddon is the boxed set fronting it: Space Marines vs Orks, themed around the famous war for the hive world. A handful of miniatures have already leaked or been previewed, including a Boss Nob, a Vanguard Veteran, a Weirdboy and a Chaplain with Jump Pack, but the full plastic count and rulebook contents have been kept under wraps until Friday.
There's a lot riding on this. 11th edition is being framed less as a full overhaul and more as a refresh, with current codexes still legal at launch, which is a marked break from past edition flips that turned every codex into a doorstop overnight. Terrain is reportedly the biggest mechanical change, with "terrain features" now placed inside "terrain areas" that govern cover and obstruction. In practice that should mean fewer line-of-sight arguments and faster setup, since you're judging cover by zone rather than millimetring around individual ruins.
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Find events near youArmageddon will be the biggest 40K launch box yet, and with 10th and 8th both landing in June, a late-June release window is the working bet across the hobby press.
If your local club has a TV, this is exactly the kind of reveal worth watching together. Round up your faction-mates, find a wargaming meetup, and bring snacks.
Sources: Warhammer Community | Wargamer | Bell of Lost Souls
