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I've had a look through it. Many pages of fluff, lots of recycled artwork, a bunch of photos of yellow Marines, and a few pages of rules, all to play an Imp Fist army that's slightly different to a regular Imp Fist army.

It'd be nice if these supplements, as thin and WD-article-y as they are, could focus on things that don't already have rules.


Weirdly I can't find the author listed anywhere, although there is a "This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to real people... etc.". Do they need to put that line in books these days?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
I've had a look through it. Many pages of fluff, lots of recycled artwork, a bunch of photos of yellow Marines, and a few pages of rules, all to play an Imp Fist army that's slightly different to a regular Imp Fist army.

It'd be nice if these supplements, as thin and WD-article-y as they are, could focus on things that don't already have rules.


Weirdly I can't find the author listed anywhere, although there is a "This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to real people... etc.". Do they need to put that line in books these days?

I agree it's basically just a fluff supplement with something like 6 new items. Money spent... Oh we'll.

Are all the previous rumours correct? Does the sgt character do anything?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Weirdly I can't find the author listed anywhere, although there is a "This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to real people... etc.". Do they need to put that line in books these days?

According to the Digi editions facebook page, the "author" was a studio effort, but predominately Matt Ward.

Games Workshop: Digital Editions wrote:Most of our supplements and codexes are the product of a team rather than an individual author.
That said, I believe the lead writer on the background of Sentinels of Terra was Mat Ward.

- Eddie

its garbage, don't waste your money. Don't even pirate it, someone can literally type out the differences to you in less time than it takes to find and download it.

Well that's a shame, not that I was super impressed with the Farsight Enclave supplement either.

Sarge wrote:
Well that's a shame, not that I was super impressed with the Farsight Enclave supplement either.

Farisght is currently the high bar for supplements in my opinion, and a pale shadow of Forgeworld's variant armies.

Farsight actually changed the feel of the army; battlesuits as troops, the 8, which while not optimal, are fun and powerful, just not min-maxed. The fluff also covered one of the most popular characters in the setting, and arguably the most well regarded Tau character at least. It contributed something to the setting and a faction in a meaningful way, both in rules and fluff, and almost justified the admission price. Almost.

That being said, where Forgeworld produces things like the Death Korps of Krieg, the Seige Vanguard Army, the Tyrant's Legion, the Dark Harvest and so on, which represent better-written fluff, more unique rules (though generally below the power level of their parent dex(s), unlike the supplement which seem designed to be flat buffs) and come in a book chock full of new rules, a campaign, special characters and so on.

Simply put, I know where I'll be spending my money, given the current rate of one decent supplement, and three wholly mediocre ones.

Well I hope the Iron Hands fair better. They are one of the most divergent chapters out there.

Reviews in the rest of the forum seem pretty positive. Now they just need to make a (not Catachan) Imperial Guard suppliment. Though given that all the others have come out for 6th edition codexes, we may have to wait.

xruslanx wrote:
Reviews in the rest of the forum seem pretty positive. Now they just need to make a (not Catachan) Imperial Guard suppliment. Though given that all the others have come out for 6th edition codexes, we may have to wait.

You have no idea how much I want a Vostroyan codex. Or even valhallans.

xruslanx wrote:
Reviews in the rest of the forum seem pretty positive. Now they just need to make a (not Catachan) Imperial Guard suppliment. Though given that all the others have come out for 6th edition codexes, we may have to wait.

I don't know about the 'not catachan' thing, they have a good deal of flavour in their background, and traditionally have a very different build to the current 'standard' guard builds out there, which is always nice to see supported. Terrain specialists, lack of respect for authority, lightly armoured and supported, very tough, all of these used to be combined to make a nice feeling Imperial Guard army (and supported by rules), but not anymore. Maybe we'll get that back.

Limited Edition (500) hardcover now up for pre-order



This edition contains all the written content of the standard codex supplement plus:

- The artwork from the original codex supplement.

- Gold gilt edging and ribbon book mark.

- Numbered end paper, ensuring your copy is truly unique to you.

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440160a&prodId=prod2380141a

I have this on ipad but I still think I am going to pick up the book. The rules are meh but the background info is pretty awesome imo

Who in their right mind would pay AUD$150 for a limited editon supplement, let alone a Codex.

Oh... I guess I just answered my own question: Obviously someone not in their right mind.

So, supplement on one company of space marines : a physical boot and an extra limited edition on top of it, the AS codex, digital only…