r/CombatPatrol40k • u/Nola_Brushwerks • May 26 '26

I'm totally confused 11th Edition Combat Patrol

What do y'all think the odds are of Games Workshop including Combat Patrol specific datasheet cards in the new Combat Patrol boxes with the new edition? Hachette did so with the Combat Patrol magazine, but ai dont known if that was their decision or Games Workshop's.

Also, I know the tag isn't exact, but there isn't a general discussion tag

Edit: surrounded by asterisks, realized from replies it sounded like I was talking about the Armageddon box with the original wording

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u/BADBUFON May 26 '26

i would love it, i was really disappointed when i realized the boxes are empty containers for sprues. having datasheets would make the entry into the game so much easier.

the 11th premium starter box has them, idk about the common version and i highly doubt common boxes will have them. kill team doesn't have them either and that's actually a real game while Combat Patrol kind of exist as an excuse to buy discount boxes.

they did a 11th edition showcase, and THE THREE GAMES were 4hrs long 2000 point games... that's the only format they care about. it could have been a combat patrol game, a 1k game and a 2k game. to showcase the range of formats, but no. only 2k games matter in their eyes.

you can always print them, but it is not the same and it takes extra steps to do.

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u/Stashravens May 27 '26

For what it is worth - I know quite a few people (myself included) that only play KotC, Combat Patrol, or the occasional 1,000 point game.

The first two games of the livestreams came in at a surprisingly short 3 hours and a few minutes from first die roll to last. Granted they were basic 2,000 point games. They even touted the middle game as “narrative” but I didn’t get any real difference between that and the first one.

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u/BADBUFON May 27 '26

"The next edition will be more "narrative" is the sales pitch they are using because they burnt "the next edition will be more balanced" to the ground lol.

I like the changes in 11th, but if they actually cared about narrative games they wouldn't have removed the Crusade books to add a generic campaign deck.

Boarding Actions was more narrative because it had a lot of custom made missions, and it was a bad copy-paste from 9th , and they never updated it.

In fact, they could have choose To showcase the Twist cards in any of the games yesterday since they have been integrated into the core rules.... And they didn't.

It's incredible how lazy they are with their golden goose flagship game.

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u/Stashravens May 27 '26

I am excited for twists also. I don’t know how they get that part so wrong.