- Codex (Warhammer 40,000)
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This article is about published supplements for the Warhammer 40,000 game. For other uses, see Codex (disambiguation).
Example 2nd edition Codex (Imperial guard) Each codex had its own lettering style for the title.
Example early 3rd edition Codex (Imperial Guard) Each codex had its own lettering style for the title.
Example late 3rd edition Codex (Imperial Guard) All of these longer codexes had a standard black border and common title style.
Example 4th edition Codex (Space Marines) All codexes had a standard grey metal-effect border and common title style. 5th Edition Codexes have continued this styling.A codex (often pluralized as codexes, although the correct Latin word is codices)[citation needed], in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargame, is a rules supplement containing information concerning a particular army, environment, or worldwide campaign.
Codexes for particular armies were introduced for the second edition of the game. The third edition rendered these obsolete, and a new series began, including introducing codexes for battlezones and campaigns.
Unless superseded by newer versions, the 3rd edition codexes remain valid for the 4th and 5th editions of Warhammer 40,000. Games Workshop no longer produce campaign or battlezone codexes, instead releasing 'expansions'. 'Codex' is now a term solely used for army books.
A codex normally contains:
- Army list - A list of the units, characters and vehicles that can be chosen for use in a battle. This includes their characteristic values, information on their weapon options, and any limitations on their use. Each item also has a points value, with more powerful units costing more points, so that battles are fought between balanced armies.
- Background - Information about the force and its place in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. This includes artwork, short stories, and copies of fictional documents from the future.
- Hobby section - Information on collecting, building and painting an army from the codex. This features outstanding example models painted by veteran hobbyists and Games Workshop's 'Eavy Metal team.
- Special characters - Contains background information and rules for fielding remarkable individuals from the army. Examples include Marneus Calgar in Codex: Space Marines and Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka in Codex: Orks.
Contents
Current list of codexes
Army codexes
The range of codices is regularly updated with new editions of armies and occasionally new army codices. However, all codices from 4th and 3rd editions of Warhammer 40,000 are still valid in the current, 5th edition, unless a later version has replaced it.
5th Edition
Codex ISBN Release Date Necrons ISBN 978-1907964183 5 November 2011 Sisters of Battle N/A August/September 2011 Grey Knights ISBN 978-1841549910 2 April 2011 Dark Eldar ISBN 978-1-84154-978-1 November 2010 Blood Angels ISBN 978-1-84154-960-6 April 2010 Tyranids ISBN 978-1-84154-951-4 January 2010 Space Wolves ISBN 978-1-84154-010-8 October 2009 Imperial Guard ISBN 978-1-84154-923-1 May 2009 Space Marines ISBN 978-1-84154-894-4 October 2008 4th Edition
Codex ISBN Release Date Chaos Daemons ISBN 978-1841548791 May 2008 Orks ISBN 978-1-84154-852-4 January 2008 Chaos Space Marines ISBN 978-1-84154-842-5 September 2007 Dark Angels ISBN 1-84154-807-3 March 2007 Eldar ISBN 1-84154-791-3 November 2006 Tau Empire ISBN 1-84154-712-3 March 2006 Black Templars ISBN 1-84154-685-2 November 2005 Expansions
Example 4th edition expansion (Apocalyse) This style was carried over onto 5th edition expansions.5th Edition
Codex Subject ISBN Release Date Spearhead Mechanized armies N/A June 2010 Battle Missions Additional Battle Scenarios ISBN 978-1841549118 March 2010 Planetary Empires Map-based campaigns N/A August 2009 Planetstrike Planetary invasions ISBN 978-1-84154-931-6 July 2009 Apocalypse Reload Supplement to Apocalypse ISBN 978-1-84154-893-7 2008 4th Edition
Codex Subject ISBN Release Date Apocalypse[1] Large-scale battles ISBN 1-84154-838-3 October 2007 Cities of Death[2] Urban warfare ISBN 1-84154-749-2 June 2006 Imperial Armour
For main article see Imperial Armour
Imperial Armour is a series of official rules supplements to Warhammer 40,000 codexes produced by Forge World, a subsidiary company of Games Workshop. Current, valid books:
Codex Notes ISBN Release Date Imperial Armour Apocalypse Second Edition Companion volume to Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse, containing new battle formations as well as new Apocalypse-compatible game statistics for several Forge World models 2011 Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two Siege Vanguard Assault 2011 Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One The Tyrant’s Legion ISBN 978-1841549958 2010 Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem Elysian Drop Troop, Raven Guard & Orks ISBN 978-1841549774 2010 Imperial Armour Apocalypse II Companion volume to Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse, containing new battle formations as well as new Apocalypse-compatible game statistics for several Forge World models ISBN 976-1-84154-976-7 2009 Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks Part three Forces of the Inquisition & Chaos Renegades ISBN 978-1-84154-955-2 2009 Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks Part two Death Korps of Krieg & Chaos Renegades ISBN 978-1-84154-910-1 2008 Imperial Armour Volume Five - The Siege of Vraks Part one Death Korps of Krieg, Dark Angels & Chaos Renegades ISBN 978-1-84154-851-7 2007 Imperial Armour Apocalypse Companion volume to Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse, containing new battle formations as well as new Apocalypse-compatible game statistics for several Forge World models ISBN 976-1-84154-892-0 2007 Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project Tyranids, Imperial Guard & Space Marines ISBN 1-84154-784-0 2006 Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign Tau, Imperial Guard & Space Marines ISBN 1-84154-708-5 2005 Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines & Forces of the Inquisition Space Marines & Forces of the Inquisition ISBN 1-84154-590-0 2004 Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard & Imperial Navy Imperial Guard & Imperial Navy ISBN 1-84154-421-3 2003 Obsolete Codexes
4th Edition
Codex ISBN Release Date Superseded by Blood Angels N/A[3] June/July 2007 5th edition Codex: Blood Angels Tyranids ISBN 1-84154-650-X 2005 5th edition Codex: Tyranids Catachans[4] ISBN 1-84154-016-1 2005 5th edition Codex: Imperial Guard Space Marines ISBN 978-184154-526-0 November 2004 5th edition Codex: Space Marines Imperial Armour
Codex Notes ISBN Release Date Superseded by Imperial Armour Update 2006 Rules for Forge World models not covered by the other volumes ISBN 1-84154-818-9 2006 Imperial Armour Apocalypse Imperial Armour Update 2005 Rules for Forge World models not covered by the other volumes 2005 Update 2006 Imperial Armour Update Rules for models for all races, stopgap measure until the release of the "Imperial Armour Volume x" books. Imperial Armour II Orks, Eldar, and Dark Eldar 2001 Imperial Armour Imperial Guard & Imperial Navy ISBN 1-84154-127-3 2000 3rd Edition
Codex ISBN Release Date Superseded by Necrons ISBN 1-84154-190-7 July 2002 5th edition Codex: Necrons Witch Hunters ISBN 1-84154-485-X April 2004 5th edition Sisters of Battle White Dwarf list Daemonhunters ISBN 1-84154-361-6 March 2003 5th edition Codex: Grey Knights Dark Eldar (revised) ISBN 1-84154-307-1 November 2003[5] 5th edition codex Space Wolves[6] ISBN 1-84154-010-2 April 2000 5th edition codex Imperial Guard (second version) ISBN 1-84154-410-8 September 2003 5th edition codex Orks July 1999 4th edition codex Chaos Space Marines (second version) ISBN 1-84154-322-5 October 2002 4th edition codex *Blood Angels ISBN 1-869893-45-X December 1998 4th edition White Dwarf list *Dark Angels (updated second printing) 4th edition codex *Craftworld Eldar June 2000 4th edition Codex: Eldar Eldar ISBN 1-869893-39-5 August 1999 4th edition codex Tau October 2001 4th edition Codex: Tau Empire *Catachans February 2000 4th edition free download codex Tyranids ISBN 1-84154-013-7 February 2001 4th edition codex Space Marines October 1998 4th edition codex *Dark Angels (original version) ISBN 1-869893-67-0 May 1999 Updated second printing of 3rd edition codex Dark Eldar (original version) ISBN 1-869893-41-7 November 1998 Updated second printing (3rd edition) Imperial Guard (first version) November 1999 Second 3rd edition codex *Assassins July 1999 Rules in Codex: Daemonhunters and Codex: Witch Hunters Chaos Space Marines (first version) February 1999 Second 3rd edition codex The * above indicates a 'mini-dex' - a smaller codex requiring a parent list to complete its army list. For example, Codex: Dark Angels required Codex: Space Marines for shared units and wargear. Codex: Assassins could be used with either Codex: Imperial Guard or any Space Marine army.
Battlezone
Battlezone codexes were rules supplements that dealt with a specialised combat environment, instead of an army. There was only ever one produced. However, material in Codex: Catachans provides rules for jungle warfare. The concept of a Battlezone codex was replaced by Games Workshop's Expansions.
Codex ISBN Release Date Superseded by Cityfight ISBN 1-84154-093-5 September 2001 4th edition expansion Cities of Death 3rd Edition Events
The two event codexes were released in association with the 2000 and 2003 Worldwide Campaigns. These codexes provided background and special gaming rules for the event, along with four "supplemental army lists"; variant armies that required access to certain other Codexes for use.
Codex Obsolete army lists ISBN Release Date Superseded by Eye of Terror[7] Lost and the Damned, Ulthwé Strike Force, Cadian Shock Troops, 13th Company ISBN 1-84154-398-5 June 2003 4th Edition Codex: Eldar; Chaos Space Marines and 5th Edition Codex: Imperial Guard; Space Wolves Armageddon[8] Black Templars, Salamanders, Speed Freeks, Armageddon Imperial Guard ISBN 1-84154-045-5 August 2000 4th Edition Codex: Space Marines; Black Templars; Orks and 5th Edition Codex: Imperial Guard 2nd Edition
All codexes were rendered obsolete by 3rd edition Warhammer 40,000.
Codex ISBN Release Date Sisters of Battle ISBN 1-872372-14-7 August 1997 *Assassins ISBN 1-872372-05-8 June 1997 Angels of Death (rules for both Dark Angels and Blood Angels) ISBN 1-872372-96-1 1996 Chaos 1996 Ultramarines (also covering other 'standard' Space Marine armies) 1995 Tyranids ISBN 1-872372-90-2 1995 Imperial Guard ISBN 1-872372-92-9 1995 Space Wolves ISBN 1-872372-71-6 1994 Orks ISBN 1-972372-76-7 1994 Eldar 1994 Genestealer Cult 1994 The * above indicates a 'mini-dex' - a smaller codex requiring a parent list to complete its army list.
References
- ^ Large scale battles Warhammer 40,000 - Apocalypse
- ^ GW Online : Warhammer 40,000 : Cityfight : What's in the Book?
- ^ Presented in two parts in White Dwarf (UK) issues #330 and #331, and subsequently available online from the GW website, with long-term plan to publish this list in a new book.
- ^ (Available to download http://uk.games-workshop.com/imperialguard/catachan-rules/1/ )
- ^ http://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d.html?pd=1&l=Product%20Details&a=1841543071
- ^ (a "mini-dex"; needs to be used in conjunction with Codex: Space Marines, cannot be used on its own)
- ^ http://www.eyeofterror.com/uk/welcome.htm (Space Wolf 13th company rules not yet superseded)
- ^ Games Workshop PLC - Welcome! Please, choose your destination
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