More new 40k rules are on the way, with the next installment of the Warzone books and a hint at a new codex for Black Templars. Let’s dive in!
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Warhammer Preview Online – Octarius Mission Briefing
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New Warzone Octarius Book Revealed
Warhammer Community unveiled the next installment of the Warzone series, which seems to be a new sort of Psychic Awakening style supplement with tons of branching and wide-reaching stories.
In the teaser, we can see strong suggestions about marines and Ad Mech. We also now know that Orks and Tyranids are also involved.
The short teaser ends with the fleets deploying troops to find out what exactly is going on in the sector.
Now onto the actual book!
War Zone Octarius Book 1: Rising Tide is the next major narrative supplement for Warhammer 40,000, covering the formation of the Cordon Impenetra and the Imperium’s desperate attempts to keep the war contained. Octarius is packed full of both lore and rules for the armies involved, including new Armies of Renown and Codex Supplements.
Since we just saw the conclusion of Warzone Charadon in its second book, this strongly suggests this will be a recurring theme. While we now know about Octarius, and that it could be the same number (or more) of books as Charadon, it might be safe to assume more Warzone “sectors” will follow.
New Black Templars Teased
Warhammer Community unveiled a sneaky new teaser for Black Templars without giving any specifics. Could it be a Codex/Supplement?
While it’s very dark, we can make out what looks like an Emperor’s Champion-style Black Templar Marine. Is this a hint to whatever is coming?
The other main image in the short teaser is simply the Black Templar logo, with the teaser ending with “Prepare to Crusade”.
Here are the same images enhanced by our tech cats:
Looks like that is indeed the Emperor’s Champion- potentially even of the Primaris variety.
Graphics-wise you could almost make that case that GW knew someone with Photoshop skills™ would enhance this image, and they purposefully blacked out the obvious “primaris” parts.
Now, this could all be smoke and mirrors and just end up being a Crusade supplement, however, we have had rumors about Black Templars receiving updates and dedicated rules fairly recently. This leads us to accept that this *might* lead to a full codex or at the very least a supplement.
Whenever the update actually comes to fruition, we really just hope it includes new models! Models for any faction make games more exciting and enjoyable for everyone; their users, and their opponents. After all, it opens up the doors for more emersion in some epic battles of 40k.
Which of these new installments are you more excited about? Do you think this Octarius may be a codex/supplement for new Black Templars?
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