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avantgarde wrote:I hate gamers with printed codexes, it gives off a lack of respect for your opponent. I remember playing a pick up game against a BA player a few months ago and he had a printed off dex. If someone is going to be a dick I'm going to be a dick right back so I started changing the rules on him like my Black Templars had 6++, Preferred Enemy and +1S all at the same time and I wouldn't let him look at my codex to confirm. He got the message and never came back to the store.

Erm .. yeah ... might be worth pointing out as others have that the BA codex is a printable download. And no matter what, you can't justify cheating, makes the victory hollow.

I wouldn't be bothered if they had a printed codex as long as it was for a home game and everything else they had was official. (I say home game because I imagine LFGS's, won't let you in with one)

If it was me though I'd use a printed one purely for protection reasons, as in, I have a printed one i use for games so if it gets damaged then I still have the original official one, and use the official one when army building.

But I trust the people I play with so have never thought about it until now. But as my Marine codex is falling apart for some silly reason I'm going to be laminating it anyway. (Thanks go to my work for the laminater that I've borrowed on a long term basis (yes I do plan to return it someday))