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- Codex: Space Marines. Expanded, fully interactive and now totalling a staggering 324 pages. Comes with searchable glossaries, 360º miniatures galleries, and fully up-to-date rules including all the Space Marine weapons and wargear, such as the new Stormtalon Gunship.

Uh, I don't seem to remember the original being this huge, what's in this thing?

Hey look!

Hell just froze over!




This is amazing, amazing news. And for those bemoaning it only being on the mac: GW loves money, so I'm sure if they've taken this step (which I never thought would happen) I'm sure they're looking into bringing it to other platforms as well.

Well for all the things GW has done over the last year or so that frustrated me, this is something that I must praise. Good job GW, now figure out how to fix finecast and you'll have me as a customer again.

The FB post announcing this is full of rage and demand.
If they didnt have a plan they probably do now.

So is GW actually trying to sell products to people over the age of 14? Unless you know a lot of teenagers who have ipads.

Making it iOS only sucks. I could stand it being Mac OS, but I don't have an ipad or iphone. I have a PC and like 4 macs.

Luckily PDF's of every codex are out on torrents in about a month after release. That will have to suffice for now... if only Model Masterclass 2 had a pdf!!!

Awesome, great move by GW. I look forward to seeing where they'll take this.

Holycrusader27 wrote:Too little to late if you ask me, I mean mac only? Warroom is going to be availible on andriod/Iphone.

What is this Warroom? I finally got an Android phone, should I be looking into this?


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For being on i phone only, would this be a test to see how it goes? For sales and how many illigal downloads it gets? I guess this is GW dipping their toes in the pond.

As for being SM codex, would this be an indication that SM (or Ulramarines) not being updated for a while to come? I mean 24 pounds, what is that, close to $45 Canadian?

I can't see paying that much for something that will become useless soon.

Aerethan wrote:So is GW actually trying to sell products to people over the age of 14? Unless you know a lot of teenagers who have ipads.

Making it iOS only sucks. I could stand it being Mac OS, but I don't have an ipad or iphone. I have a PC and like 4 macs.

Luckily PDF's of every codex are out on torrents in about a month after release. That will have to suffice for now... if only Model Masterclass 2 had a pdf!!!

I don't know a single child from age 10 to 17 who *DOESN'T* have an iPhone.

I do like that the pirates are ready to defraud and steal from GW the first chance they get which shows people never intended to buy the electronic versions in the first place. They just wanted GW to go electronic so they would have better pirated materials.

I think publishing via iBooks is a great way to provide electronic media to people while protecting the artist's right to profit from their media and not have it stolen.

I don't have an iPad but I think this is a great move. If it's successful I'm sure we'll see it on other platforms eventually. baby steps.

I am betting that by releasing the codecs on Apple products first is GW's way of testing the waters...if the eBooks sell well on Apple products, I am guessing that they will branch out to make them compatible with other devices.

~Tim?

Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:I am betting that by releasing the codecs on Apple products first is GW's way of testing the waters...if the eBooks sell well on Apple products, I am guessing that they will branch out to make them compatible with other devices.

~Tim?

I agree, however one thing that has been pointed out is that these aren't just simple ebooks. They have been crafted using apple's book design program which allows them to be super interactive. You can see this in the video where they click on the name of a special rule and it brings the rule up in a pop-up window, etc.

This format is also not easy to simply pass around like ebook files are, which is probably another way they went down this route as opposed to the simple ebook approach.

So the more I think about it, the more it seems like that this might be the only format they release it on unless android comes out with some sort of similar system that makes it really difficult (or roughly impossible) to swap the files between users.

ZebioLizard2 wrote:

- Codex: Space Marines. Expanded, fully interactive and now totalling a staggering 324 pages. Comes with searchable glossaries, 360º miniatures galleries, and fully up-to-date rules including all the Space Marine weapons and wargear, such as the new Stormtalon Gunship.

Uh, I don't seem to remember the original being this huge, what's in this thing?

From the video, it looks like alot of the regular single pages have been split up into multiples with a graphic that only takes a 3"x3" part of the print codex being zoomed in and occupying a whole page. If they're counting th images (which can take up the whole screen) as a separate page, that could explain the high number.

nkelsch wrote:

Aerethan wrote:So is GW actually trying to sell products to people over the age of 14? Unless you know a lot of teenagers who have ipads.

Making it iOS only sucks. I could stand it being Mac OS, but I don't have an ipad or iphone. I have a PC and like 4 macs.

Luckily PDF's of every codex are out on torrents in about a month after release. That will have to suffice for now... if only Model Masterclass 2 had a pdf!!!

I don't know a single child from age 10 to 17 who *DOESN'T* have an iPhone.

I do like that the pirates are ready to defraud and steal from GW the first chance they get which shows people never intended to buy the electronic versions in the first place. They just wanted GW to go electronic so they would have better pirated materials.

I think publishing via iBooks is a great way to provide electronic media to people while protecting the artist's right to profit from their media and not have it stolen.

1. I'm guessing you live in CA if 10 year olds have iphones.

2. If GW released proper PDF's at a reasonable price(the same price as a hard copy is not reasonable to me) then I'd gladly pay for them as I needed them. Especially Forge World books.

3. The only PDF I have that is crap quality is Blood in the Badlands, which was sold out before I had a chance to buy it. I'd buy it today if they sold it, but they don't. That was their decision, not mine.

4. I like having PDF's even of books that I own physical copies of because it is often easier to browse while I'm working on Army Builder and what not. Also I can zoom in on pics if the resolution is good enough.

This is a great thing and I hope it's a sign of many more great things to come. Well done GW.

Aerethan wrote:
1. I'm guessing you live in CA if 10 year olds have iphones.

2. If GW released proper PDF's at a reasonable price(the same price as a hard copy is not reasonable to me) then I'd gladly pay for them as I needed them. Especially Forge World books.

3. The only PDF I have that is crap quality is Blood in the Badlands, which was sold out before I had a chance to buy it. I'd buy it today if they sold it, but they don't. That was their decision, not mine.

4. I like having PDF's even of books that I own physical copies of because it is often easier to browse while I'm working on Army Builder and what not. Also I can zoom in on pics if the resolution is good enough.

If it were just a PDF of the codex file I'd agree with you, but from the video it doesn't look to be anything like that.

The ability to click on the name of a special rule and have the rule text pop up without having to jump around pages to find that rule is fantastic.

Everything the video shows is that this digital version is far superior to the print version, so IMHO, it is worth as much as the print version to me.

Just when I thought I had spent all my money, now I want to buy an ipad.

At least I can wait until I see what codex is next and things like updates. Not saying I am against buying the codex again in the next edition, would be nice if there was some sort of... discount, which is wishlisting.

I cannot find it on any store on my ipad

All I see is the scroll of binding one,no others.
Is there a keyword I need to type in?

Having the option of updated codex app?, not bad but redundant, as i can find digitalized codexes since...Adobereader exists...for free, and usable with my Android Arnova pad...

Giving money for a GW product, yeah maybe..., giving money to Apple?, are you out of your freaking mind?!!!

Just gonna wait till someone makes a Android version of it...

Alright this is bugging me where the hell is it?

Hmmm... I have the New iPad, but I honestly like books better. I'm very curious, but I hate the idea of paying for an intangible object.

If you are like me with limited space it is a godsend.
My books tooks up 3 giant boxes,but I get what your saying
I hate paying for zeros and ones too.

I found the codex the GW facebook page has a link,it is going to take ibooks a day or two to get them all up there.

Which makes no f'ing sense if you have one up,have them all

Darn you GW, I am still mad at you for the price raise and then you pull this awesomeness.........

I'm currently downloading it.
I like the idea, now if, when the 6th ed codex comes out, they update this one, that'll be fantastic (unlikely, but we can hope.)
I think this is a great step.
I understand why they went for iOs, only having to account for one platform makes designing easy.
A good move by GW I think.
Hopefully all codecies (and rulebooks) will be coming out this way.

marv335 wrote:
I like the idea, now if, when the 6th ed codex comes out, they update this one, that'll be fantastic (unlikely, but we can hope.)

Yea, worst case scenario they do update it but the only thing that happens is a Text Box that says "This is an obsolete product, please buy the new one!"

The Space Marine book is $44.99 in australia. Thats $10 cheaper then buying a hardcopy version. Im really happy about this. I have an iPad, and this will save me carrying around 5+ books. Im also hoping White Dwarf gets a digital release as well, imagine just getting a monthly email with all the updates, news etc. That would be awesome

I've got it now.
It's good. It's very good.
For example, I've just been looking at the Storm Talon entry.
So I went to the Armoury.
Click on the entry, it comes up. Click on a rule and it comes up in a box. Same for weapons or anything else (click on the word "twin-linked" and the rules for twin-linked weapons appears)
There is also a link to take you to the entry in the army list.
This appears to have been done very well.
It's expensive, yes, but at this point I'm not sure it's not worth it.
If nothing else it's a positive step.

This is a terrific idea and I can't believe they actually developed it.

Now, allow me to construct an army list from the codex and bluetooth it to my opponent!

If your trying to find it, just search for 'codex' in iBooks on your iPad.

Great stuff. Very good to see.

For those of you asking about scrolls, this is from GW. "Scrolls of Binding. Full rules for use in your Warhammer Storm of Magic battles. This month we present them for the Jabberslythe, Thundertusk, Stonehorn and Mournfang packs, as well as exclusive Scrolls of Binding for Terradons and the Great Cave Squig"

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?type=article&aId=22200010a