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For me, it was the penultimate (= 4th ed) Chaos Space Marine codex.

wuestenfux wrote:For me, it was the penultimate (= 4th ed) Chaos Space Marine codex.

+1 to that. Amazing book, enormous possibility, huge customizability, great art (Adrian Smith ftw), and pretty mean to boot.

- Salvage

I like the new IG codex.

Codex Craftworlds.

Current Ork codex is lovely.

Codex: Angels of Death and Codex Imperialis should come back in a big way.

I suspect it's cheating but Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness and Realm of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned.

Imperial Armour 4.

The current Ork codex.

+1 to 4th ed chaos

(although the current ork codex is nice)

Dark Eldar.

Do you guys mean the 3.5ed Chaos book or the current one that came out in 4th ed?

I like the new Ork book. Made them competitive for hte first time since Speed Freeks.

But this time there is more than one build to the army that has a shot at doing well in spite of Ork weirdness

Yeah, the good Chaos Codex came out during 3rd Ed. The current gakky one came out during 4th.



Best Codex was the second 3rd Ed Chaos Codex, or the 3.5 Codex if you want to call it that. I'm also very fond of the current Marine and Ork Codices, the 2nd Ed Tyranid Codex, IA4 (as mentioned above) and I think the Inquisitorial Codices were inspired (which earmarks them for Jervis-i-fi-cation no doubt).

Worst is undoubtably that abomination of a Chaos Codex that Chaos players are stuck with no, followed by Codex: Unnecessary aka Codex: Daemons.

Well, I've only been around since November last year, so my insight is pretty shortsighted, but I'd have to say of all the currently used Codecies so far, the best written one would probably be Eldar.

It's a well balanced codex that has plenty of very different, very viable options, and caters itself to many different playstyles. And despite showing its age, it manages to still play quite well thanks to some well-written rules. It's not blatantly overpowered or underpowered either.

Worst would be, IMO, Daemonhunters. Sure, Dark Eldar is older, and has some really outdated rules, but Daemonhunters is also really freaking old, but was already poorly written when it was made. Now it's just stupid.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Yeah, the good Chaos Codex came out during 3rd Ed. The current gakky one came out during 4th.

Best Codex was the second 3rd Ed Chaos Codex, or the 3.5 Codex if you want to call it that. ... and I think the Inquisitorial Codices were inspired (which earmarks them for Jervis-i-fi-cation no doubt).

Those are my two favorites.

Well, I guess that's 3, but...

Best: 4th Edition Imperial Guard, Rogue Trader Compendium (Marines, Guard, Squats in one book).

Flawed diamonds: 2nd Edition Eldar, 4th Edition Chaos Space Marines, Inquisitorial Codices (WH & DH)

George Spiggott wrote:Best: 4th Edition Imperial Guard, Rogue Trader Compendium (Marines, Guard, Squats in one book).

I also liked that compendium with the eldar and the genestealer cults in it, has a picture of bloodangels surrounded by genestealers on the cover. Bloody amazing Jes Goodwin pic of the Avatar in it.

3.5 Chaos Marines.

Best ever in my opinion was definitely ver 3.5 CSM. my second favorite was the ver 4.0 SM. Worst ever is the new CSM seeing there is only one viable list and the background was utterly destroyed. My favorite ver 5.0 is daemons... Something completely wicked and new plus there are lots of viable lists (even if the majority dont realize it).

G

Green Blow Fly wrote:Worst ever is the new CSM seeing there is only one viable list and the background was utterly destroyed.

But because it has less options it has more options, and because there are less lists it is more flexible! (/JHDD)

Im gonna have to say Index astartes were my favorites they gave marine armies actual character instead of this pitiful marine codex that lets you mix vulkan with cantor or shrike, or lysander with calgar... horrible. Codex craftworld eldar was also the bomb although i really really hated alaitoc armies lol dam that disruption table!

I liked the Ork Speed Freaks.

The Chaos codex with legions which everyone seems in love with was terrible in my opinion.

Actually writing a list without the aid of army builder was allmost impossible.



As for best codex.. I think the current Marine codex is pretty good, apart from the binding!

Best current codex is Eldar - only Phil Kelly could have written a Jervis-spec book (Lots of special characters, no optional army lists like the old craftworld supplement) and still have produced a book that lets you create well-themed, craftworld-specific armies without being forced to take special characters to do so.

Best ever codex - anything produced for rogue trader. Anyone remember Chaos when it was StD and LatD? or Orks with Waagh! and Freebooterz?

Where did all the character go?

5th edition Codex: Space Marines.

Neil wrote:The Chaos codex with legions which everyone seems in love with was terrible in my opinion.

Actually writing a list without the aid of army builder was allmost impossible.



As for best codex.. I think the current Marine codex is pretty good, apart from the binding!

That's the point.
Some players favor codices that have armory and require some brain to write a good list.

JohnHwangDD wrote:Codex Craftworlds.

I find it strange that you say Chaos Legions were an abomination, then go on to say Craftworlds were great when they were more or less the same thing.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:

George Spiggott wrote:Best: 4th Edition Imperial Guard, Rogue Trader Compendium (Marines, Guard, Squats in one book).

I also liked that compendium with the eldar and the genestealer cults in it, has a picture of bloodangels surrounded by genestealers on the cover. Bloody amazing Jes Goodwin pic of the Avatar in it.

You are thinking of Compilation. Although I have never played with it I do have read it. Very characterfull.

My personal favourite would be the black codex, the little one in the second edition starter box.

Can't believe noone has mentioned rogue trader itself yet.

+1 to 3.5 CSM

that + LATD was great

Codex Eye of Terror.


GG

I still think Dark Eldar is the best, simply because after umpteen million years of no updates, it's still a competitive army. If that's not the mark of a well written codex, I don't know what is.