[40k Codex Roadmap]

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**Kanluwen**

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Earlier this week, you met the fancy new Emperor’s Champion, and we promised there would be more to come. Codex Supplement: Black Templars will be marching forth in November – and the Emperor’s Champion is bringing reinforcements. Hold onto your purity seals, this is going to be a hot one.

And in December, we’ll see brand new codexes for xenos and Imperial armies. What could they be? We can’t tell you, which has nothing to do with the Inquisitor looming menacingly behind us…

Eagle-eyed heretics may note the lack of codexes for the Traitor Legions. Do not despair, as 2022 will be a bumper year for warp-based shenanigans.

**KurtAngle2**

gak roadmap if you ask me, missing October entirely and December is 100% AM + GSC/Tyr/Eldar (a bird told me the latter)

**JSG**

I think Oct is supposed to be an AoS chaos tome.

**diepotato47**

Astra Militarum and GSC? Hey, if they do new kits, they can release them twice just by adding an upgrade sprue

**Gir Spirit Bane**

"2022 for chaos"

I cant wait to unwrap my Chaos Codex for christmas next year....

**xttz**

JSG wrote:
I think Oct is supposed to be an AoS chaos tome.

Yeah, it'll also probably have second (third?) wave releases for Sigmarines, AOS Orks and 40K Orks too. There's a lot of stuff to come out for all of them.

**Ancient Otter**

Is October going to be the month of HH box set release as well?

**StraightSilver**

I think the rather heretical image of Guilliman on the throne surrounded by High Lords (?) might be Agents of the Imperium for Dec 2021?

Edit: Apparently it's the same generic artwork they always use so actually could be anything Imperial.

**xerxeskingofking**

Ignoring space marine chapters for a moment, for the imperial release we have the Guard, the Imperial Knights and the Custodes.

Xenos could be the Nids, GSC, tau or craft world eldar and harlequins.

Given the recent rumour engine output I'm going with GSC for the xenos release, theirs a few teases of GSC stuff. Guard are a strong possibility for the imperial one, but we can't rule out the golden boys totally

**Geifer**

Ancient Otter wrote:
Is October going to be the month of HH box set release as well?

Possibly. It's also the first month of the next quarter of Kill Team releases, so there's potential for that, too.

So yeah, no codex in October isn't the end of the world. GW makes a lot more than just 40k and all that stuff needs release slots, too.

StraightSilver wrote:
I think the rather heretical image of Guilliman on the throne surrounded by High Lords (?) might be Agents of the Imperium for Dec 2021?

Edit: Apparently it's the same generic artwork they always use so actually could be anything Imperial.

Yes, it's just stock Imperial and Xenos covers so as not to tell us what's going to happen while pretending to tell us what's going to happen.

**jaredb**

I doubt it'd be Knight's, I would imagine it'd make the most sense to do Chaos and Imperial knights in the same release window, as both share model kits.

If I was a betting man, I'd expect Tyranids, as the whole warzone Octarius thing, and probably Astra MIllitarum to tie in with more Death Korps plastics.

**Sobie**

This is an irritating announcement. Don't bother with releasing a road map with 3 codices that we've already seen and two unknown. Just say Black Templars are next and coming out in November.

**Slipspace**

That's a shockingly bad "roadmap". It basically tells us there will be Codices released after the ones we already know about. Black Templars is technically a new announcement, but it was pretty obvious after they showed off the Emperor's Champion model.

Would it kill them to tell us what the other 2 books are? If they really think it would be a problem why give us an empty announcement?

**jaredb**

Sobie wrote:
This is an irritating announcement. Don't bother with releasing a road map with 3 codices that we've already seen and two unknown. Just say Black Templars are next and coming out in November.

At the very least, we know for sure there are two other 40k books due this year. let the speculation games begin! Also, confirmation on when the Ork and Black Templar books are coming is nice for those folks to prepare for.

**bullyboy**

Wow, what a crappy roadmap. Why include GK and TS which are released this Sat. We obviously knew Orks are coming and BT is hardly a surprise after Emp Champ shown. The only thing we wanted to see was what was next, and they didn't even show it.
Expecting it to be Guard and Nids based on Octarius previews, although it could be GSC.
At least my wallet is safe for rest of year. Will save for the inevitable Eldar reboot and chaos releases in 2022.

**a_typical_hero**

StraightSilver wrote:
I think the rather heretical image of Guilliman on the throne surrounded by High Lords (?) might be Agents of the Imperium for Dec 2021?

Edit: Apparently it's the same generic artwork they always use so actually could be anything Imperial.

Na, that's the "default imperial faction" image they used last year as well when they teased Dark Angels.

Going by the upcoming KRIEG models and some pictures on the Ork codex, I assume it will be Guard.

**Ghaz**

To me this roadmap means that GW is feeling confident enough with their supply lines to give us an idea of what's going to be coming out at the end of the year, even if it is just a vague hint.

**The Phazer**

Sobie wrote:
This is an irritating announcement. Don't bother with releasing a road map with 3 codices that we've already seen and two unknown. Just say Black Templars are next and coming out in November.

That there's two codexes shipping in December, and they are one xenos and one Imperial, is information ultimately.

I don't mind having that. If nothing else, we know there's no Chaos codex releases before the end of the year for example.

The Imperial Guard seems likely for the Imperial one, and I'd wager Nids or Genestealer Cults for the other, given the rumour engine images. I'd be surprised if the other was Eldar, as I suspect there's a fair sized range refresh coming and I doubt that happens quite so soon after Orks.

**dan2026**

Hmm still no sign of Eldar.
Their continued absence is interesting and wets the appetite all the more for a big range redo.

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As a Daemons player I also wonder if GW has forgotten we are a 40k army and not just a AoS one lol.

**bullyboy**

Nobody does disappointment better than GW, would have been better not teasing a roadmap at all.

So, how many months is that now between 2W marines and 2W chaos marines? If it released in January...16 months? At the earliest. That's really, really poor.

**ProfSrlojohn**

Someone pointed out that the art on the other unknown codex was used for some minor xenos art back an 9th's launch.

Maybe it's a Tau Auxiliaries or Some sort of minor Xenos collective codex. ~~Or the Hrud~~

That or they're both placeholder art entirely and tell us absolutely nothing.

**tneva82**

bullyboy wrote:
Nobody does disappointment better than GW, would have been better not teasing a roadmap at all.

So, how many months is that now between 2W marines and 2W chaos marines? If it released in January...16 months? At the earliest. That's really, really poor.

So no info better than info?

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ProfSrlojohn wrote:

That or they're both placeholder art entirely and tell us absolutely nothing.

Placeholder. Imperium one has been used before. All it tells is imperium and xenos codex.

**Ghaz**

ProfSrlojohn wrote:
That or they're both placeholder art entirely and tell us absolutely nothing.

They're placeholder art and tell us absolutely nothing....

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**Selfcontrol**

That or they're both placeholder art entirely and tell us absolutely nothing.

They are placeholders. The images have already been used at the beginning of 9th.

I already said this, but mark my words. CSM will get their Codex last but GW will announce supplements for each Legion until 6 months later 10th is announced

**Flinty**

Slipspace wrote:
That's a shockingly bad "roadmap". It basically tells us there will be Codices released after the ones we already know about. Black Templars is technically a new announcement, but it was pretty obvious after they showed off the Emperor's Champion model.

Would it kill them to tell us what the other 2 books are? If they really think it would be a problem why give us an empty announcement?

If they announce the upcoming codices, then they get no further sales on them for several months. I may be overly cynical…

**zend**

So if CSM/Daemons are next year, that means 2023 is going to be a huge loyalist Marine push with new supplements or they’re jumping right into 10th edition. Either way the cycle of Chaos having the worst books will begin anew.

**bullyboy**

tneva82 wrote:
bullyboy wrote:
Nobody does disappointment better than GW, would have been better not teasing a roadmap at all.

So, how many months is that now between 2W marines and 2W chaos marines? If it released in January...16 months? At the earliest. That's really, really poor.

So no info better than info?

OK, so basically here is GW idea of info (that you seem happy about?)

This year is 2021.
Beginning January 1st, we start the year 2022. Now I'm excited.
It's info....but not exactly something we didn't already know was coming.

**privateer4hire**

Flinty wrote:
Slipspace wrote:
That's a shockingly bad "roadmap". It basically tells us there will be Codices released after the ones we already know about. Black Templars is technically a new announcement, but it was pretty obvious after they showed off the Emperor's Champion model.

Would it kill them to tell us what the other 2 books are? If they really think it would be a problem why give us an empty announcement?

If they announce the upcoming codices, then they get no further sales on them for several months. I may be overly cynical…

Good point. I imagine they lost at least some sales on bb2016 when bb2020 was leaked super early.

**Abaddon303**

Eagle-eyed heretics may note how the article explicitly says 'codexes':

"Eagle-eyed heretics** may note the lack of codexes for the Traitor Legions."

Does that mean WE and EC getting their own codexes? I'm inclined to think more likely supplements to a main CSM dex

**a_typical_hero**

I mean we did have the rumour of World Eaters getting their own Codex a few days ago by the same guy who apparently teased all models of the upcoming BT release as well.

Let's see how much of the BT rumours are true.