Episode 277 - Crossing the Edition Rubicon

The Independent Characters | Warhammer 40k Podcast

Carl Tuttle

Hobbies, Leisure

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

What happens when an edition starts showing its age and a new one looms on the horizon? In this episode, Carl, Adan, and Josh take a hard look at the end of 10th Edition and what GW's own history tells us about what comes next. Because this isn't the first time the 40k Universe has gone through a transition, and if you know where to look, the patterns are hiding in plain sight.

From the Narrative Avalanche of closing Warzones – the 500 Worlds, the Maelstrom, and the legendary return of Armageddon – to the historical precedent set by the Gathering Storm and the return of Guilliman at the end of 7th Edition, the crew breaks down exactly how GW winds down an edition and why, even in the chaos, it's actually a great time to be a fan.

But the conversation doesn't stop there. 11th Edition previews are already dropping, and the internet is already on fire. Cover rule changes, new terrain layouts, character reveals; the crew walks through what's been shown and, more importantly, how to think about it clearly before the hot takes take over. Plus, we tackle the very real challenge of Rules Bleed (that maddening moment when your brain defaults to the old rules mid-game) and share practical tips for making a clean transition into a new edition.

The edition may be ending, but the episode is just getting started!

Time Stamps:

0:00:00 – Show Intro, Elite Choice, Hobby Progress, and Games Played
0:21:40 – Crossing the Edition Rubicon: Part 1
1:06:20 – Crossing the Edition Rubicon: Part 2
1:44:35 – Final Discussion and Show Closing

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0:00.0	Stephen, I didn't sell out son, I bought in.
0:04.0	Keep that much. Welcome to the Independent Characters
0:26.7	Episode 277.
0:28.9	This is Carl.
0:30.0	This is a done.
0:30.9	This is Josh.
0:32.0	That is not Josh.
0:34.5	It was closer than your previous imitation of Josh imitation of josh that i heard you do uh so uh josh is
0:42.3	unfortunately unable to make it we have conflict of schedules there but this episode we are
0:47.3	going to be talking about crossing the rubicon going from 10th edition to 11th edition you're going
0:51.6	to new 40k. New 40K.
0:57.4	Because they don't post the edition number on them anymore.
1:03.9	But real quick, this show is sponsored by Scribis and Cameron Marsh and Scribis.
1:04.7	Scribis, yeah.
1:10.3	I saw him show up in Discord a few months ago and I was like, Scribis, that's an interesting name.
1:10.7	I wonder if that's
1:11.1	Dave Scriven from the old podcast, Dice Like Thunder. And they had a second podcast,
1:18.8	Eternal Warriors. Yeah, I think you're right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because I always laughed about it
1:22.9	because it sounded like a wrestler, a pro wrestler. But Dave was on that show, and we had met several times before
1:29.4	and had hit it off. And he was at Adepticon this year. He had fallen out of 40K for a while,
1:35.3	but got back into it hard. And, you know, welcome back, Dave. It was great to see you at Adepticon.
1:41.8	But thank you both Dave and Cameron for supporting us through Patreon. Is there a way that people can do that? Sure can. You can go to the Independent Carriages.com and click on the link at Toppses, Patreon. Awesome. It's really helpful. We really appreciate it. It is super helpful. Okay. Yeah. In fact, like buying new headphones. Yes, exactly. That aren't very comfortable. And I waited too long to return them. So now I can't return them. So I'm going to get used to how uncomfortable they are is what's going to happen. But this episode, we're going to be looking ahead. The end of 10th edition is on the horizon, as they've just mentioned at Adepticon as they announced the new edition.
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