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I have been out of the 40k/Kill Team gaming scene for a while.

I was hoping to try out the new Kill Team edition, but I am a little cash strapped, since my Custodes 30k/40k armies have eaten every spare dollar I have set aside for gaming.

Is there any chance the Custodes will be viable in this edition of Kill team, or is there another faction that has a low cost entry point?

There will be undoubtably a compendium book on the way, and I'd surprised if Custodes were missing.

Custodes in this edition? Who knows.

As for the lowest cost KT? Itd have to be SM (Angels of Death). Why? Because all you need is a Capt/Lt & 5 assorted Intercessors of some sort.
Surely with all the SMs floating about out there you can source 6 Marines cheaper than GW would sell you a box of 5/10 for....

SamusDrake wrote:
There will be undoubtably a compendium book on the way, and I'd surprised if Custodes were missing.

I think the opposite - I don't expect a Compendium like the last one for this edition.

In '21 without the Compendium Kill Team would have been a game of just 2, later 4 teams playing the same matchup again and again. It needed a quick fix of Compendium to create the necessary variety.


In '24 there are a lot of teams in the game, from some points of view (like balance or mental load) even too many. No need for a Compendium now, introducing so many teams in one go would rather deal a fatal blow to any attempts at balancing the mess created by exactly that (introducing new rules for all old teams at once in KT24).

I went looking, but is there a list of all the Kill teams that exist for the new edition?


I kinda went full tilt inro Custodes and Imperial Knights baed on appearances. Not so much on gameplay, just my inner me remembering models I always wanted, but could never afford, and buying then before I even looked at the Rulebook(s).

 Lathe Biosas wrote:
I went looking, but is there a list of all the Kill teams that exist for the new edition?

Have you tried "kill team rules" ? The first search result that pops up is the one you need:
https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/xfV8vUOg/download-the-kill-team-app-and-faction-rules-today/

You may have also just downloaded the KT app.

Sorry, I'm as Technologically adapt right now as a Roc. (aka as much as a nonexistent mythical bird) I'll get better, just give me a bit to acclimate.

I remember when the GW community site had its own forums.

Plus my brain refuses to believe GW gives away rules for free.