If you’re wondering how to play with units that are ‘missing’ from the newest codex books from Games Workshop, come see the FAQ that answered it all.
After looking through the new Codex: Space Marine a lot of hobbyists noticed there were some units that were missing from the book. Turns out you can still use the rules presented for these units in their respective Index books from June 2017 after all.
Missing From Index Imperials I:
- Tyrannic War Vets
- Terminus Ultra
- Marneus Calgar In Power Armor
- Khan (on Moondrakken)
- Damned Legionnaire Squad
- Librarian on Bike
- Techmarine on Bike
- Apothecary on Bike
- Ancient on Bike
- Company Champion on Bike
- Veteran Squad on Bike
- Imperial Space Marine (Exclusive Figure)
- Rhino Primaris (Warhammer World Exclusive)
- Land Raider Excelsior (Warhammer World Exclusive)
Now checkout what Games Workshop said in the FAQ they dropped way back on July 5th:
I just bought Index: Imperium 1 – what should I do with it?
You’ll want to keep hold of your index. Codex: Space Marines doesn’t include rules for playing with Blood Angels, Dark Angels, Space Wolves, Deathwatch or Grey Knights armies, so you’ll still need Index: Imperium 1 to play with those. You’ll also need it for using some of the more unusual models such as the 30th Anniversary Space Marine, the Legion of the Damned and the Terminus Ultra Land Raider.There are a few options that are missing in the codex that appear in the index: why is that? Does that mean I can’t use these models in my army anymore?While the indexes are designed to cover a long history of miniatures, the codexes are designed to give you rules for the current Warhammer 40,000 range. There are a few options in the indexes for some Characters and vehicles that are no longer represented in the Citadel range – certain Dreadnought weapons that don’t come in the box, or some characters on bikes, for example.Don’t worry though, you can still use all of these in your games if you have these older models. In these instances, use the datasheet from the index, and the most recent points published for that model and its weapons (currently, also in the index).They still gain all the army wide-bonuses for things like Chapter Tactics and can use Space Marines Stratagems and the like, so such venerable heroes still fit right in with the rest of your army.
So it looks like you can still 100% play with any units that don’t make it into the codex books (as well as use weapon options that are no longer listed) as long as you pay the appropriate most current points cost for these units or options. Which I am assuming in most cases these points would be in the new book itself.
Overall after reading the rules for the first Codex of 8th I am 100% impressed with both the layout and level of clarity this rules set seems to exhibit at a first glance. Reading it was a cinch and for the most part I was only puzzled by things that needed to be cross referenced from the datasheets themselves to be quickly understood.
So A+ to Games Workshop for the new Codex Space Marines.
How about you, what missing units did you notice? Or were you able to find any of these units and if so what page number were they on?
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