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New Codex OR Just Supplemental? Eldar Dilemma

By Rob Baer | April 11th, 2015 | Categories: Editorials, Warhammer 40k Rumors

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Did we just troll ourselves with all the Eldar rumors? The key to the new release may be hidden in plain sight…

Let’s run it down real quick. As of right now all signs are pointing to an Eldar release for next week.

If you read the 40k Internets everyday you’ve heard something about this by now so probably no big surprise there right?

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But it wasn’t the normal White Dwarf back page teaser that got me thinking we may need to do a rumor double take, it was this little tidbit above tucked into the Paint Splatter article that did it.

‘More Red, But Different’

Now let’s take a look at the rumored releases for the Eldar and see how this ‘More Red, But Different’ tidbit lines up with those products.

via Atia on Bolter and Chainsword
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Codex-Craftworlds-ENG
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Eldar-Avatar
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Eldar-Autarch
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Eldar-Shining-Spears
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Eldar-Windriders

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Datacards-Craftworlds-ENG
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Codex-Craftworlds-eBook
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Biel-Tan-Paint-Web-Bundle
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Ulthwe-Paint-Web-Bundle
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Iyanden-Paint-Web-Bundle
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Saim-Hann-Paint-Web-Bundle
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Alaitoc-Paint-Web-Bundle
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Windrider-Host-Web-Bundle

that makes:
– Codex Eldar: Craftworlds
– Codex Eldar: Craftworlds eBook
– PLASTIC AVATAR
– plastic Autarch clampack
Windriders Jetbikes / Shining Spears combo-box
– Datacards: Craftworlds
– web paint bundles for:
Biel-Tan, Ultwe, Saim-Hann, Iyanden and Alaitoc
– Windrider host web bundle

So it seems like what they may be painting ‘more red but different’ may be Saim-Hann Wild Rider jetbikes right? Pretty cut and dry right? Maybe not, maybe so, but let’s roll the runes and think this one out folks!

What the heck is Codex Eldar: Craftworlds anyways? Will it be a new codex entirely OR a supplement to make different versions of Eldar like the Iyanden book was?

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I only ask because there was a precedent for this – there was the old codex of the same name from 3rd Edition that gave rules for playing armies of Biel Tan, Ulthwe, and you guessed it Saim-Hann Wild Riders.  Back then Codex Eldar: Craftworlds  was not just generic DIY Eldar builds (that was a separate base codex release before the one pictured above).

Now let’s look at the rumors before the release list broke;

Lords of War (Facebook) who says:

“-Lords of War Gaming Yes. After Admech it will be codex Craftworld: Eldar. Plastic jetbikes and Artach.”

via Birds in the Trees 3-19-2015 

Eldar will receive new miniatures releases this year, but probably not a new codex.
Eldar will be part of one of the year’s two 40K campaign sets.

Miniatures listed are:

1 Small Vehicle box (chatter says a Jetbike based unit)
2 5-model infantry boxes (2 more Aspects move to plastic)
2 Clampack models (chatter points to 2 updated plastic Phoenix Lord

Well that IS interesting, the release list seems to check out from two separate sources, BUT one goes on to clarify that the Eldar may not get a ‘new codex’.

So what will Codex Eldar: Craftworlds be? Will it be a full new codex, a supplement like Iyanden, a full ‘Daemonkin’ style book with options for existing units AND ways to field them in specific craftworld configurations (like the old codex of the same name), or none of the above?

Wow someone must have activated a filp belt because I don’t know which was is up anymore when it comes to the Eldar, do YOU?

-Show of hands is Eldrad Ulthran dead or no?

About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

Founded Spikey Bits in 2009

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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.

Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls. 

Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.

Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.

With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.

While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.