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**BDJV**

From Heresy Online.

Katie Drake wrote:Hey guys. How's it going? I've got a little something here for you.

According to my source (which cannot be named due to his/her fear of getting in trouble for leaking goodies), the Blood Raven Space Marines will be getting a Codex all of their own for 40K "sometime before 6th edition". Said source insists that Games Workshop has been looking to further capitalize on the excellent sales on the Space Marine range and as such have been grooming the Blood Ravens for the spotlight via the Dawn of War series of computer games.

Apparently the Blood Ravens will get a whole bunch of goodies in order to distance them from the typical Codex Chapters and therefore justify a dedicated Codex - the large number of psykers in the Chapter being one of the main themes. After all, there's already the balanced Chapter (Ultramarines), shooty Chapter (well, sort of at least, in the form of the Dark Angels before their new Codex release and Imperial Fists), and a bunch of close combat focused Chapters (Blood Angels, Black Templars and Space Wolves, to name but a few), so a Chapter that stands out by relying on a large number of Librarians makes sense. Aside from Librarians, the Ravens will apparently make use of some "lost, ancient Imperial Technology" which, coupled with the unprecedented foresight of the Chapter's psykers, will allow many of the units in the army to "begin the game in advantageous positions or receive bonuses".

That's all I've heard so far, but my source informs me that we'll be hearing progressively more about the Blood Ravens, both in further Dawn of War games as well as from the Black Library to prepare the way for the Ravens to arrive in the limelight.

While this may seem fantastic and unlikely, this source is the same that hinted about the addition of the Tau a number of years ago, as well as a contributor to the Planetstrike rumors that we began hearing about over two years ago.

I know it seems like a long shot, but I used to date the guy that told me this stuff, so I'm inclined to believe him.

Hopefully this makes for an interesting discussion if nothing else.

Katie D

It makes total sense that GW would capitalize on the recognition and success of the DOW series of video games for 40K.

I'm now gonna duck out before the anti-marine league attacks.

**Malika2**

Hmm, that list will probably also mean more people might be playing (pre-Heresy) Thousand Sons.

If it means more Librarian models I'm all in for it!

**Cheese Elemental**

I suppose it does make sense. After the success of Dawn of War, I predicted that Blood Ravens would be getting a major role in the canon.

I just hop that Indrick Boreale won't be part of it.

**George Spiggott**

Jervis 'Bush' Johnson: "Read my lips! NO new Codices..."

"...except Daemons..."

..."and er, Blood Ravens."

Still no sign of a model of the Dawn of War Imperial Guard Commander.

**ShumaGorath**

Davian THUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULE!

Image removed because it broke h-scroll and made me sad. - Iorek

**ph34r**

[blood ravens codex]

[still no traitor legions codex]

There is no image to express my hatred for GW at this moment.

**Cheese Elemental**

Oh, I forgot about the Chaos Legion codeicies.

Um...

FFFFFFFFUUUUUU-

**Havoc13**

cool ANOTHER marine dex... just what is needed...

**Cheese Elemental**

At least the Blud Rehven Spess Mehrens have class.

**lord marcus**

and bad grammer.

**ph34r**

lord marcus wrote:bad grammer.

**JohnHwangDD**

So now we'll have an extra flavor of loyal Red Marines?

Just what we all needed and have been begging for!

At this point, it boggles the mind what other flavors of loyal Marines would even be possible...

**Kingsley**

**Cheese Elemental**

Now we just need Codex: Pretty Marines, Codex: Angry Marines, and Codex: Black Marines. The Black Marine chapter master can be Mr. T.

**Malika2**

Nah Mr T is too busy selling cooking equipment on tv nowadays to be a Chapter master!

**Cheese Elemental**

And throwing snickers at people out of a tank.

Best. Ad. Ever.

**FieronThor**

Cheese Elemental wrote:And throwing snickers at people out of a tank.

Best. Ad. Ever.

Imagine Mr T vs zombies with a snickers bar as a weapon/nutrition.....

Bah! I wanted a proper Blood Angels codex first - I can hear the xenos players screaming in anger for another codex bump.

I think some new 40k players will be disappointed with the fact that computer game (i.e. Movie) Space Marines don't translate their sheer awesomeness into the 'relatively' balanced world of 40k tabletop.

**Cheese Elemental**

Mind you, Gabriel Angelos is awesome enough to be his own man. I mean, Marneus Calgar never killed an Avatar, a Chaos Lord, a Bloodthirster and a Daemon Sorcerer-Prince all in one day.

**legionaires**

So awesome, I totally never wanted to see a Space wolf, Dark Eldar, Necron or any type Inquisition book, never mind that you (GW) are putting out the Chaos Dwarf book next week, could you delay that another 10 years so all the veteran gamers will have going into the nursing home first. Just give me another Marine book instead.

**H.B.M.C.**

God the "Spess Mehreen" thing pisses me off. He doesn't say "e" in either word (except where the "e" should be). He says Space, he just has a very particular (one might say peculiar) form of English accent. It's a very clipped "a", not a fething "e".

**Silverthorne**

I'm actually pretty excited about this, but I have 5,000 points of Iron Ravens (Blood Ravens successors)

I wonder how they will incorporate the 5th company, and the whole - get along with xenos when necessary which is all the time- thing.

Also- if they are trying to grab people who play the game, why the hell aren't they putting a little fold out mini catalog in every box that sells to promote the table top game? It is pretty much the most obvious cross promotion of all time, and they have pissed it away for about half a decade now. Nice.

PS- I just noticed I have a button that allows me to ignore myself. Fascinating.

**Cheese Elemental**

H.B.M.C. wrote:God the "Spess Mehreen" thing pisses me off. He doesn't say "e" in either word (except where the "e" should be). He says Space, he just has a very particular (one might say peculiar) form of English accent. It's a very clipped "a", not a fething "e".

If you listen to it right, it does sound like an 'e' in an Oxford accent.

**Thanatos73**

I'm kind of interested in this, only for the possibility of doing a Pre Heresy 1000 Son list, as someone mentioned above. And seeing as one of my regular opponents might start a Space Wolf army, it would make for some fun games.

I do hope that this is WAY down the line though, as Dark Eldar, Necrons, Inquisition and even 'Nids and Tau need updates first.

**Vertrucio**

Not surprised at all, I mean, Dawn of War 1&2 were responsible for driving a whole new lot of gamers to 40k. So, why not let them play the army that got them there?

**Jezrael**

Y'all are so gullible. That's the weakest joke since the fake leaked nid dex.

**Polonius**

Am I the only person who thinks this would have been cool four years ago? I mean, it would have been an interesting codex, with cool rules and some neat new models. Now? Well, I have a space marine army, so the more ways I have to play my guys, the richer my experience is.

I doubt this rumor, unless they really think they can sell Blood Ravens models.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Y'know if I had to choose between Codex The Other Red Space Marines and Codex Elfs WHo Are Dark and Also In Space...

I think I'd take up Warmachine.

**ShumaGorath**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Y'know if I had to choose between Codex The Other Red Space Marines and Codex Elfs WHo Are Dark and Also In Space...

I think I'd take up Warmachine.

But you have codex: Grey Marines to look foreward too!

**Kid_Kyoto**

ShumaGorath wrote:
Kid_Kyoto wrote:Y'know if I had to choose between Codex The Other Red Space Marines and Codex Elfs WHo Are Dark and Also In Space...

I think I'd take up Warmachine.

But you have codex: Grey Marines to look foreward too!

But I want Codex Shinny Marines!

Actually I want Codex Inquiring Minds but I know I won't get it

**WGXH**

Dang. I hope my 2,000 points of Blood Ravens would still be usable.

They never specifically have anything *against* Spamming tacticals and tanks, right? >_>

EDIT: Raging fanboy Speculation. Special Characters have to include Gabriel. Maybe Davian in eiher of his forms. Maybe even the bit dudes like Mikelus and Anteas.

Boreale is likely NOT to be in it, as even in Dawn of War 2 it's more or less stated outright he was a spectacular failure, getting nearly half the chapter wiped out.