Is 8th ed Blood Angel code still valid to use

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**fullheadofhair**

Be gentle, I haven't played since 4th Ed and am now incredibly clueless trying to get upto speed. I have a 9th ed SM code in front of me and I cannot see how I can have a Librarian dreadnought as a HQ choice. I want one :-D and I would love to buy some DC models and a DC model. Are they still valid to use in a 9th ed environment?

So, is 8th Ed still valid to use. Local manager was a little vague. Hence the question here.

**BaconCatBug**

No, it is not, as of the release of the 9th edition SM codex. Nor can you use the Blood of Baal rules from Psychic Awakening. You must use Index Astartes: Blood Angels. https://www.warhammer-community.com/faqs/?orderby=post_created&order=desc#warhammer-40000

Codex: Blood Angels will soon be replaced with Codex Supplement: Blood Angels, and will fully integrate with the latest edition of Codex: Space Marines. In the meantime, this document will allow you to wage war using your Blood Angels specific units alongside those units presented in Codex: Space Marines, as well as use a selection of Blood Angels rules that were published in Psychic Awakening: Blood of Baal. The rules presented in the 8th edition (printed 2018) version of Codex: Blood Angels are no longer supported, and cannot be used.

Similarly, if a Blood Angels rule from Psychic Awakening: Blood of Baal does not feature within this document, it cannot be used. When Codex Supplement: Blood Angels is released, all of the rules within that will then replace and supersede this entire document, at which point none of the rules here can be used.

You were lucky you didn't start a week or two ago, otherwise you'd be shafted a good chunk of change for two crappy paperweights.

**fullheadofhair**

Awesome - thanks for your help! That solves all my problems for now. Now to work in an environment with no force orgs!! Wow - that is a bit of a change.

**Super Ready**

Yup, lucky indeed... store manager was probably being vague trying to sell you the book, knowing it was already outdated. Not great behaviour.

As for the new Codex, "soon" in this case means "before the year is out".

**BaconCatBug**

fullheadofhair wrote:
Awesome - thanks for your help! That solves all my problems for now. Now to work in an environment with no force orgs!! Wow - that is a bit of a change.

There are still Force Orgs if you're playing "normal" (i.e. Matched) play. They are just called Detachments now. The Battalion detachments most closely emulates the classic FoC.

**alextroy**

Super Ready wrote:
Yup, lucky indeed... store manager was probably being vague trying to sell you the book, knowing it was already outdated. Not great behaviour.
As for the new Codex, "soon" in this case means "before the year is out".

Or more precisely, around Sanguinala (aka Christmas).