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I was wondering how legal forge world rules are, as a starting point to get back in to the 40k world. I'm interested in the Vraks or Badab campaigns, but don't know if

A-they're legal
B-they're legal in a current edition
C- they're at all worth playing, instead of the codex versions
D- they'll be legal as the codex versions, if they are or become illegal (see A/B

edit: oops, if it wasn't obvious, "they" refers to the army lists/unit entries contained within

Also, besides legality, are they good reads?


Thanks in advance

spiralingcadaver wrote:A-they're legal
B-they're legal in a current edition

They're technically legal, as they're GW publications and the books - aside from the Apocalypse versions of the books - don't say you need opponents permission. However, there's people who flat out won't play you because they think you'll plonk a Baneblade down in a 1500pt game (which is a stupid reason since that's cheating anyway) or people just don't like being surprised by non-codex units. Discuss it with your opponent beforehand, and let them know you have Forgeworld stuff and let them read the unit entries before the game.

spiralingcadaver wrote:C- they're at all worth playing, instead of the codex versions

IA units and lists tend to be a bit weaker and higher priced than codex units (a good example is the Leman Russ Executioner. In the IA book is just had a plasma cannon in the turret. When it became a codex tank, it got cheaper and the turret became a 3 shot plasma cannon). Some units are outliers and are pretty overpowered for their cost (eg Land Raider achilles, Caestus Assault Ram, Lucius pattern Drop Pods, and a few others), but the majority are either just about right or shy on the side of being underpowered or overpriced.

spiralingcadaver wrote:D- they'll be legal as the codex versions, if they are or become illegal (see A/B

If the unit is redone in a codex, then the codex unit takes precedence and the unit in the IA book is redundant.

spiralingcadaver wrote:Also, besides legality, are they good reads?

They're good reads, yes. They tend to go into a lot more detail than the codices do.