Warhammer 40,000's new edition looks accessible, nostalgic, and perhaps a bit less appealing to Nazis

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Games Workshop has announced a new edition(opens in new tab) of its flagship tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000—the 10th in its 36 year history. A lush CG trailer sets the tone, depicting Space Marines at war with the voracious Tyranids. 

Taking the role of poster boys for this edition are Terminators—Space Marines in hulking exoskeleton armour. It's a surprise to see—recent releases for the game have focused on a new breed of Primaris marines intended to replace the old Firstborns with new designs and concepts. These new Terminators, hewing close to the classic look for maximum nostalgia, suggest Games Workshop may be stepping back a little from that controversial push.

But even more surprising is the trailer's voiceover. Spoken by the Imperium's de-facto leader Roboute Gulliman, it's a hopeless commentary on the hollowness of the Imperium's victories against their enemies, and the deception it uses to keep its own people in line. It's a far cry from the usual straightforward battle rhetoric that accompanies Games Workshop's marketing—perhaps indicating a changing approach to the setting in light of the pretty persistent problem of the game attracting fascists who idolise its grimdark heroes without irony. 

Though Games Workshop has made its opinion of such people and its stance that «there are no goodies» in the setting(opens in new tab) clear in recent years, it hasn't done a particularly good job of reflecting that in its stories and marketing materials. Increasingly the game has drifted from its satirical roots, and frequently landed at the awkward stance that while the Imperium's fascism is bad, it's a necessary and even noble cost for ensuring humanity's survival. Sort of the 'at least under Mussolini the trains