We love that they put all the deployment changes into one section at the front instead of printing it everywhere on all the sheets.

Suppressors gain an extra shot on their accelerator autocannons! But then they lose a point of AP. Maybe one day Games Workshop will remember they made these guys and revisit them. The history of the Space Marines, with a look at how these genetically engineered warriors annihilate the enemies of the Emperor with terrible force Bolter Discipline lets Marines rapid fire bolt weapons if they remain stationary or are Terminators or Bikers. This has been changed to specifically exempt CENTURION units.

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Shoot and Fade is similar to before except you declare after shooting instead of at the start of the phase, and Advancing is optional (but you still can’t charge) The recent trend for Land Speeder Storms looks likely to wane, as the Scouts inside them are no longer Objective Secured and therefore substantially more vulnerable to being demeched and then flipped off an objective – though gaining Assault Vehicle does now make them great for bursting forwards with the Scouts jumping out to do an action. This grim assessment can be said for almost all codexes, not named Drukhari or Adeptus Mechanicus, but if we separate them from the equation, the Space Marines codex should be a triumph. Infernal Gaze : roll 3d6 vs a visible enemy unit, each 4+ is a mortal wound. On an unmodified 10+ you roll 6d6 instead. This is a good character targetable “smite”. Not terribly reliable but a decent way of chasing down those characters that got away with 1 wound remaining. 6/10

Rules for marks of chaos , which allows you to dedicate your units to specific chaos gods in exchange for rewards Shield Eternal is now in line with other storm shields i.e. 4+ invulnerable, +1 to armour save rolls, and still gives its FNP RepEx Aquilon Optics is now +1 to hit with the main gun rather than shooting twice. The macro-plasma mirrors the Redemptor version, becoming 2 or 3 damage instead of 1 or 2. The plasma… might be good now? The 9th Edition Space Marines codexwas released on October 10, 2020, so it’s available now. There is also a special Collector’s Edition available, if you fancy it. Rules for Traitor Guard. We know; the new models are cool as hell. But if there’s a plan for them in 40k proper, it’s not in this book.Vox Espiritum still does not increase the range of psychic power auras but does increase the range of Litany auras (or, rather, they are not exempted as they used to be) Enough about rules and models, let’s talk about everyone’s favorite subject, we know you’ve been waiting for it, that’s right, the time is now: print formatting and document design. GW shied away from releasing any hard-and-fasttimings for upcoming codexes after that, as the underlying production issueshampering book releases persisted.

Incursors no longer get extra hits on 6s with their paired combat blades, but they are AP-1 now, which is nice. The haywire mine is no longer deployed, but instead on a 2+ it does d3 mortals to a unit that charged your Incursors (or 3 if that unit is a VEHICLE). There’s a slightly ridiculous attempt to get around the whole ‘we made a model with a base to be your deployable haywire mine’ thing by suggesting you use the mine as a marker, which is pretty funny when you remember the box comes with a guy modelled holding one. Like Infiltrators, they also gain SMOKESCREEN There’s been some subtle but important changes to the overall faction rules here, and some helpful clarifications. As well as new sculpts of the Chaos Space Marine PossessedandChaos Cultists, there were threebrand new, gruesomely mutated kits: the ‘Accursed Cultist Mutants’ and ‘Accursed Cultist Torments’. Meanwhile, there was confirmation of long-standing rumors that the World Eaters traitor legion would have their own codex, and brand new models. I’m sure someone out there has a list built that doesn’t work anymore, but typically the split-out datasheets aren’t preventing you from doing anything you weren’t already not doing ( Oh no, you mean I can’t mix HB/AssCan speeders in with MM ones! Say it ain’t so! ), and the condensed ones aren’t either ( Aaah, my list that used three squads of Cataphractii and three more of Tartaros violates the Rule of Three now! ), but in exchange everything got clearer and cleaner and the sheets aren’t nearly as confusing. Big fan. FAQmageddonBy our conservative estimate, there are no fewer than fifteen books out there with marines rules that are still valid until FAQs are issued – this Codex only invalidates the prior one, meaning that we’ll need FAQs for Faith & Fury, Ritual of the Damned, Blood of Baal, Saga of the Beast, each marine supplement (Ultramarines, White Scars, Imperial Fists, Iron Hands, Salamanders, and Raven Guard), and each of the Space Wolves, Blood Angels, Deathwatch, and Dark Angels codexes until those supplements come out. Overall Thoughts Heavy Intercessors make their appearance here as the sixth Space Marines troop choice. We won’t spend too long on them as Warhammer Community previewed them already – yes they’re T5 W3, yes they have ‘heavy’ versions of all the regular bolt rifles, and yes at some point in playtesting the names were clearly changed from heavy stalker and heavy auto to executor/hellstorm respectively, and then forgotten in the options list. I am gonna paint so many of these. I’m gonna level with you: This is really the only thing I care about in a Chaos Space Marines codex. Do I want the book to be competitively viable? Sure. But more than that I want the book to have rules for every legion, and for each legion to feel distinct. And not only do the rules here do that – the new traits are great – but every single legion option has something that makes me want to play it. It’s a huge win for the book. 3. Chaos Marines get their own combat doctrines

Cursed Earth: Gosh darn this is B-E-A-U-tiful. Daemonkin and daemon engine units within 6″ get a 4+ invulnerable save and deal mortal wounds to units that charge them. This is another home run and it is probably the most usable one in this tree. 10/10 It feels like we’ve only just been down this road, but it’s a new edition and so it’s time for another Space Marines codex, accompanied by one of the largest model releases we’ve seen in a long time (though notably not all coming out this week – instead it’s likely to be spaced out over the next couple of months). Prior to releasing the new T’au Empire book, GW published a string ofreveals outlining much improved subfaction rules for the six different T’au Septs, as well as totally reworked rules for the Mont’ka and Kauyon Tactical Philosophies; Crusade narrative rules including options for something called ‘diplomacy’; and an array of terrifyingly up-powered ranged weaponry(with accompanying Relics) that, by all accounts, are Making T’au Shooting Scary Again. We’ll have more details in upcoming guides but, for now, you shouldget hypedabout theNecrons’ new ‘Command Protocols’ mechanic. It’s a stone-cold brilliantaddition to Necron army-building,which, alongside the newly fleshed-outDynasty abilities,will add a touch of unpredictability to the round-by-round flow of a battle. This is a whole new section, and there’s lots going on here. Chapter Command represents the top-ranking officers in the Space Marine army, the highest respective person in their role, such as the Chapter Master or Chief Apothecary. These are upgrades to existing units that you’d take, making them more powerful and giving them access to new warlord traits and relics. Rules for these were first introduced in Faith and Fury, but they’ve been changed significantly here from that first iteration. The biggest change is that the upgrades for your chapter leaders are now paid for with regular-old army building points rather than by using stratagems for CP. They all return here, plus there’s a new section for Chapter Masters to come into their own, with some light restrictions – Deathwatch can’t take Chapter Masters and Blood Angels can’t take Chapter Ancients, since those already exist in different forms in their individual supplements.

Every 9th edition Warhammer 40k codex in order

Before we dive into the book, we’d like to thank Games Workshop for providing us with a preview copy of the book for review purposes. As a relic option, these present an interesting choice, since they’re just adding to the profile of a weapon you’ve already got rather than potentially giving you something completely new.