Games Workshop has let it slip that the venerable Chapter Approved series will be returning by Christmas. Come see the first of the last series of these books from 2001!
We’ve said right from the start that the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 is one that we’d work to make even better over time. This is one of the ways that will happen. Each year, you’ll have a new Chapter Approved, expanding your gaming options and making what we think is already the best Warhammer 40,000 ever, even better.
Expect the first Chapter Approved book in time for Christmas.
The new Chapter Approved book will be available before Christmas, with a new one coming out every year. Seems like they may be using these new books as a way of updating and refining the new edition of Warhammer.
A lot of you Veterans out there will recognize this isn’t the first time they’ve done a Chapter Approved book. To get an idea of what to expect from the new book checkout our coverage of the last time the brought back the Chapter Approved series, 14 years ago!
Come tag along on another trip in the cat-tub time machine! Today, we’re going deep, deep in the annals of history to bring you another 40k Flashback!
The Chapter Approved book was a very interesting book because it was sorta the foundation that cemented the bridge between 2nd and 3rd edition which was a much bigger game and the rules needed a tweak.
Games Workshop was very responsive back then with the game as there was 3rd edition, 3.5, 4th edition, and vehicle trial rules, which all went away when 5th edition came out. It sorta seems like we’re seeing this all happening again with the new 8th edition hitting in the near future.
Chapter Approved was collected by Andy Chambers; this is the second book of the Astronomicom. A lot of the rules, FAQ’s, and letters to the editor where wrapped up in this book. It shows the dedication of the team to keep track of everything.
You’ll notice the Sisters of Battle and the Necrons,
And yes, Sisters have always been the red headed step-child of GW, it’s not new.
Death Company, which was really rough and competitive list, and an IG Armored Company which let you bring a lot of armor with a lot of Strength 10 and that was boogey man back then; you weren’t playing around if you brought that list; Jervis Johnson wrote this and it still gives me nightmares.
They also had a bit in here about the Crux Terminatus. In the transition between 2nd and 3rd editions a lot of people stopped taking Terminators because they weren’t very durable so they needed to add in a 5++ save which they did via the Crux Terminatus and this book (reprinted from a White Dwarf Article).
Being a book of collected rules printed in Chapter Approved White Dwarf Articles, there’s a lot of different things in here rules wise, like smoke grenades which actually provided line of sight blocking.
I really like this color page ad which showed us all the books there were in print at the time for nostalgic reasons.
They had plenty of rules clarifications for lots of models like the Land Raider.
They also came out with a bunch of Dark Eldar upgrades for them because the rules team realized they weren’t punching at their weight.
Even the graphics, like this one for the Last Chancers, had rules!
Here’s Ancient Helevectis that you could get with the Skulls program and he was pretty cool.
Chaplain Cassius, and Captain Invictus was also in here and had some neat rules.
For even more, some cat-shenanigans and a siri-appearance, check out of the video!
2001 a Chapter Approved Odyssey – 40k Flashback RETRO
About the Author: James Rodriguez
I’m a huge fan of anything tabletop. I play strictly Chaos in Warhammer, and Imperial in anything Star Wars. I spent 8 years in the military. Now I’m happy to be a civilian working with a great group of people.
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