When Age of Sigmar's recent Starter Set was released last year, the two included factions Orruk Warclans and Stormcast Eternals got new Wartomes to coincide with the official release of 3rd Edition Age of Sigmar.

I think the 9th Edition starter Set of 40K even go the updated codexes for its included factions Necrons and Space Marines before any of the Boxed Army Set including the Beginner's Kit was even released.

So why did Skaven not get their own Army Book revised for 8th Edition despite being one of the included faction in the Island of Blood Beginner Set and the other included faction High Elves also having their own updated Army Book for that Edition? Not just that but in the Island of Blood Booklet there's even an ad banner in the last page for the 8th Edition High Elves Army Book which was released around the same season as the IoB starter set!

While NADA absolutely NOTHING about advertising for a future 8th Edition Skaven Army Book in the same Pamphlet of the Starter Set!!!!!!!!!!

Sure Fantasy was lagging in sales but considering extremely disliked factions like Tomb Kings got their own Army Books for 8th Edition And Skaven being one of the most popular factions, I am bafflef at the lack of an updated Skaven Army Book for the last edition of Warhammer Fantasy! Esp since both factions in the current Starters Sets of 40K and Age of Sigmar got updated Faction Books around the same time the latest Edition was just released!

Whats the logic being this illogical decision?

Where are all rat-clan sit-hiding? This is not Eshin hole, we do science-smartness here!
Burn-pump the warpstone! Grind-destroy, build-fasten, create-birth things grand and explosive! Clan Skrye lives-fights!

I have returned triumphant-strong from the Badlands! Many-many secrets learned from the Lizard-things. Chief-Warlock Ikit Claw is now obsessed with crashing Moorslieb into the Under-Empire or blowing it up with DOOM-ROCETS! There are surely gains to be had, yes-yes...but-but...

Look-look and see what I offer-barter.

Here I have Witch Hunter Man-thing. Only mild short-term memory loss. Very strong will-morale for a Man-thing. Still doesn't believe I exist or acknowledge he is my-my slave.

Or maybe you prefer Elf-thing? She is stolen from Athel-Loren. Her blunt-dull claws make good scratching tools for itch-fleas.

Then, my-my rarest, greatest captive! This Man-thing has been blessed-cursed by the Great Horned Rat, I just know it! Observe-look, when you feed him, his hind quarters produce Warpstone!

Come! Present your offer-bargains! But be warned! If you make trade-tribute I hate, I will fire-shoot my Ratling Gun right into your musk gland, yes-yes!

In my dream-vision, the man-things survive. World is purged-cleansed in a vicious cycle of man-thing violence until tall, golden man-thing unites them all, and takes them beyond the sky-stars.

Out there they meet-encounter more green-things, elf-things, chaos-things and dead-things. They even meet new creature-slaves, like Tau-things and Bug-things. But no rats? No rats! No superior Skaven in this horrible-vile future! Where did the Skaven make a mistake-failure? Did we fail the Horned Rat? I am superior Skaven and so I demand answer-solutions to save-protect Skaven future as superior species!

Strange phenomenon sighted in his Southland expedition-siege against one Lizard-things temple-ruin. All warpstone kill-devices malfunctions within the vicinity, and Moulder-beasts drop dead-dead when approaching the battlefield. Me-me not dare testing with my weeping blade.

Clan Mors is bleeding from the battle, but Thanquol has his eyes only on the temple...

That's it-it. I'm still stalking-spying on Thanquol in the Southland.

WHERE ARE YOU-YOU WEAK-WILLED, MUSK-OF-FEAR-SPRAYING, COWER-SHAKING, WARPSTONE-ADDLED, CHARLATAN!

Many of Clan Skryre's puppet clans are under attack by the goon-minions of other Great clans. Assassination bounty-orders for the warlocks more than doubled in the last few weeks. My informants report that clan Pestilens and clan Moulder are sneaking something into the Skavenblight. Lord Engineers, what are your decree-plans?

I've come to make an announcement-rant. Krok-gar's a bitch ass motherfucker. He pissed-shat on my fucking warpstone. That's right-right. He took his lizard fucking scaly dick out, and he pissed on my fucking warpstone, and he said-yelled that it was "t h i s b i g" and I said that's disgusting. So, I'm making a call out post-text on my Twitter.com: Krok-gar, you got a small-tiny dick. It's the size of this walnut-thing except way smaller. And guess what? Here's what my dong-thing looks like. (explosion noises) That's right, lizzard-thing. Tall points, no quills, no pillows. Look at that, it looks like two ball-spheres and a bong. He fucked my warpstone, so guess what? I'm gonna fuck the Earth-ground. THAT'S RIGHT-RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET! MY SUPER LASER PISS! Except I'm not gonna piss-kill the Earth, I'm gonna go HIGHER. I'm PISSING ON THE MOON!!! How do you like that, MAZDAMUNDI? I PISSED ON THE MOON, YOU IDIOT!

We look-gaze now to our efforts-sacrifice to get-achieve a city-burrow on the moon. Success in sending-launching Skaven-Ratmonats into space only cost us 1.4 million slaves and 74 engineers. Now with efforts-colony established. How will will we allocate-distribute warpstone from this moon-planet?

Link of the fanfic:https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13103501/1/He-Who-Is-Twelth

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I decreeing-laying down plan-law.

Skaven have in this decade-years. Triumphed in science and warp knowledge.

We will go to the moon-sky rock.

Will not be easy-simple.

We wil do-succeed not because it is hard. But Because we can, and need want more warpstone

Doing so will show all the lower-manthings they are not out betters.

We will put rat in space. This is a task we can all accept-accomplish . We will put a rat on the moon because we can.

I am calling all engineers to undertake this great project.

DA UMIEZ OVER AT /r/40kscience AR BUILDIN AN UNDERGROIND BASE EN WONDARIN OW MUCH IT WIL KOST IN TEEF TO USE DA NAME SKAVENBLOIT!

I have a philisophical question. If a Skaven pup were removed from its litter, somehow, and moved to a secluded and less chaotic area, raised by "serine" beings that applauded cooperation and positivity, what would the end result be? Would the environment it's raised in allow it a removal from typical Skaven behaviors? Would it be a more agreeable and less primal Skaven? Maybe even "pleasant"? Not that anyone would truly want that, I am just... curious!

I HAVE COME TO SPREAD HONOR, BY DESTROYING THOSE THAT ARE UN-HONORABLE!

NOW PERISH, RAT-FOLK

Eshin, sharpen your blades Moulder, gather your beasts Verminus, rally your soldiers Pestilens, brew your plagues Skryre, boot up your machines

We go to war-battle with r/FLAIRMARINES. FOR THE GREAT HORNED RAT!

(OOC: pls dont be mean to these guys, this isnt an actual war, just a bit of fun.)

Hello! I am B'ill of the flair gue'ron'sha Hammers of Flair!

I am a castigator here to spread the word of the greater good Sigmar! But what is the greater good Sigmar you might ask? Well it's really simple!

As a member of the flair gue'ron'sha Hammers of Flair the greater good Sigmar means serving the man-emperor Sigmar, my fellow cadre chamber, and making friends with others!

We may be currently killing you, but that does not mean we can not all unite together when the time comes so please consider our offer as we claim this territory!

WE ARE THE HAMMERS OF FLAIR WE COME FROM THE REALM OF FLAIR, WE ARE HERE TO CONQUER THIS TERRITORY IN THE NAME OF THE FLAIRMARCH FLAIRSTANT-PRIME

AND FOR THIS TERRITORY I MEAN THIS PORTION OF FLOOR WHERE I AM STAND IN THIS MOMENT

Fear not your infiltration or call to our cause. We need more engineers for greater-better understanding. We are few for Now-moment. The Clan needs more-more. We have Greater Purpose-meaning. So much to be learned-seen from wayward members of our Greatest and most powerful collective.

All members of this Clan have the glorious purpose of expanding My..the Counsel's.. Will-VOICE

DA UMIEZ AVE DIZKOVERED UZ! IZ SEY WEE SHOOLD GO EN KRUMP DEM!

#FOR DA GRETE ORN RAT! ^^^FOR ^^^GORK ^^^EN ^^^MORK

MORE TEST SUBJECTS-ENGINEERS REQUIRED. GREENSKIN-MUSHROOMS HAVE MORE-MORE THAN US-US.

SKRYRE MUST GROW-EXPAND. WE MUST GROW-THRIVE. THIS IS THE COUNSELS PLANS YES-YES!

In all seriousness though. Please help the community grow. I got thrown into this position and it would be lovely to see this community expand.

For a minion-follower of the fate god, it still can't predict everything. Can't see past our smoke-bomb, yes-yes! Now its armor-ward is sundered by my weeping blade, the fame-glory of the kill all yours, Master of clan Skryre!

Goblin-thralls are pouring into the city-hive from abandoned tunnels! Why is the sorcerer here? He must be as cunning-sneaky as Skarsnik, trying to breach-rob warlock-masters' vault-treasury with arcane-sorcery. We Eshin need-need more rats-fodders to distract Chaos-thing so that we can kill it!