We recently announced the imminent arrival of Chaos hordes mighty enough to darken the galaxy forever. There are two new Chaos Lords coming to ply their malevolent trade alongside a host of returning villains, but what you won’t find in the new Codex are a certain body-snatching duellist and his ear-splitting bandmates.

Lucius the Eternal and Noise Marine squads are both absent from Codex: Chaos Space Marines, and while none can say why they chose not to show up for the next big Chaos shindig, they aren’t going without rules. In fact, these devotees of the Dark Prince are getting their own Index, with updated datasheets to ensure you can field them alongside all the new Detachments.

While any Chaos Space Marine warband can still recruit Noise Marines of their own, the Index also includes a guide to fielding a true Emperor’s Children army, fixing up your keywords so they’ll feel properly luxurious on the battlefield.

They still have the Dark Pacts army rule you know and love, and besides needing to pick the SLAANESH keyword for anything that gets the choice – like Daemon Princes – you’re free to use whatever you like from the big buffet of units and Detachments that is Codex: Chaos Space Marines. You’ll also need to put Lucius in the WARLORD’s chair – prideful fellow that he is – but let’s be honest, you were probably going to do that anyway.

The Index will be released for free on Warhammer Community, so if you’re a fan of pink armour and noise complaints, look for it when Codex: Chaos Space Marines hits the shelves.

You might think that this heralds the imminent announcement of a new Codex, perhaps one bound in human skin and painted in garish colours – but if so, it’s too distant for even Warhammer Community’s astropathic choir to detect any signals, and we got a stern talking to from the Inquisitors for even trying. We can only assume we’re safe for the foreseeable future, but if that changes then we’ll let you know.

 Tamereth wrote:
Terrain MTO is up, £85 for the void shield generator seems insane, how much were they first time around?

 Dysartes wrote:
What's the footprint on the VSG? Having missed out on it previously, I'm tempted to get one, but there's nothing on the page to give a sense of scale.

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The restrictions on what units you can take are the same as before – no Commissars, Tempestus Scions, Valkyries, or the like – but now the points allowance has been doubled. In a Brood Brother Auxilia force, fully half of your army can be taken from the Astra Militarum roster.* This means that large squadrons of tanks and massed infantry regiments are on the table, and if you want to drop a cheeky Baneblade into your list, it won’t take up your entire allotment.

* However, Brood Brother units can now only be taken in this specific Detachment.

 Geifer wrote:
Kind of curious how the Space Woofs aren't among the four magnets. I'm always happy to see Imperial Fists feature, but I can't help but wonder if that's any indication of popularity or just bias on part of the merchandise company folks.

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 Dysartes wrote:
Were the first batch of magnets available through GW? I'm sure this is the first time I've seen them.

 Seneca wrote:
Am I blind? Where are the mentioned rule changes to movement, the Grenade stratagem and devastating wounds in the Dataslate? I'm not in the mood to watch an hour long video for something I could simply read.

 MajorWesJanson wrote:
Kreig focus would be a good time to redo the basilisk/medusa artillery tank.

Seraptek Heavy Construct with Synaptic Obliterators

The Seraptek Heavy Construct is one of the Necrons’ largest battle machines. A surprisingly agile thing with its scuttling, insectile form, it canters across the battlefield firing synaptic obliterators and transdimensional projectors. This colossus is made of Forge World resin, and has rules available to download from Warhammer Community.

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 tauist wrote:
Guard dex points values leaked, should show what got dropped from the new dex

Is the second page out?

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Laughing Man wrote:
even a full 12 comes out to about 1500-1600pts.

 kabaakaba wrote:
Wish GW make rules and lore separately.

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 Malika2 wrote:
So GW shared an article about the upcoming Knights codex, am I the only one let down by the exclusion of the Cerastus Knights? I mean, they have plastic models, so that excuse doesn’t comply…