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At least the codex cover is gorgeous

So that whole '5 man purifier thing' isn't on the site. Weird.


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Draigo - 245 from the preview.


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just downloaded the preview. Unsurprisingly, Draigo is a LOW

 streetsamurai wrote:
just downloaded the preview. Unsurprisingly, Draigo is a LOW

That makes so much more sense. He shouldn't be commanding forces since he spends most of his time in the warp.

 Desubot wrote:

 Happygrunt wrote:
Looks like the "Bring multiple assassins" formation is getting reprinted/ updated.

The price is high, but it all depends on what is in the expansion. The preview mentions the four assassins and the formation. Maybe there will be a couple missions tossed in like Cypher had?

I know I will be picking it up, as I have wanted to run assassins but I didn't like paying a tax in GK to do it.

I will reluctantly as well.

Im just hoping they add something more. (missions would be awesome or perhaps some crazy VP things like a specific target for each assassins or something interesting ya know?)

Well, the Cypher expansion had a bunch of extra missions/ rules for running Cypher (including DA going bananas when he shows up) so the precedent is there. I just don't want to get my hopes up.

93 Pages for Assassins (epub version). Cypher was 111 in comparison.

Ok, my browsing skills are failing me

Where is this preview?

Interesting that they don't say how many pages the codex is on the website, while all the other recent releases do. Smaller codex or same 104 page book like all the others?

 Whumbachumba wrote:
Interesting that they don't say how many pages the codex is on the website, while all the other recent releases do. Smaller codex or same 104 page book like all the others?

from the leaked white dwarf pages, it said it was 96 pages IIRC

 WrentheFaceless wrote:
Ok, my browsing skills are failing me

Where is this preview?

http://www.blacklibrary.com/games-workshop-digital-editions


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 akwing00 wrote:

 Whumbachumba wrote:
Interesting that they don't say how many pages the codex is on the website, while all the other recent releases do. Smaller codex or same 104 page book like all the others?

from the leaked white dwarf pages, it said it was 96 pages IIRC

236 in Ebook format. Space Wolves was 266.

 pretre wrote:
93 Pages for Assassins (epub version). Cypher was 111 in comparison.

Is there anything new about assasins?

Thanks pretre

That was a whole lot of nothing

 Desubot wrote:
WOH woh woh

20 bucks for assassins?! seriously? and Ipad only?

jeeze it's like GW WANTS us to Pirate this.

I mean maybe it's like the cyper dataslate where you get a ton of missions and fluff... (still was over priced but I could see why they priced the cypher slate they did after I had a chance to see it)


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on the bright side, it looks like they toned down the Dragio fluff.

What does the limited edition offer that's not in the regular edition? If it's just fancier or has more fluff then I'm not it's target audience being as it more than doubles the price.

Additionally, Grey Knights need a special rule to have reduced scatter, not Teleport Homers. If most of your units on the same turn, then there is no way for them to benefit from those homers as they need to be already on the table at the start of the turn. And I've never been a fan of servo skulls because every time I put them somewhere that would be of use to me, my opponent gets to them first, making them vanish.

Personally, I'm not going to buy Inquisition or Assassins. I'll use the old Codex for friendly games because the units are exactly the same, with the only additional rules in the new "books" fitting on an index card I can staple in. If GW showed any sense in their pricing I'd buy all of my models new instead of getting them exclusively used from (now former) players. For a point of reference, I've purchased roughly 10,000 points of Grey Knights over 3 years, used from other players.

 Paradigm wrote:
Frankly, if the buff goes both ways and turns GK and Demons up to 11, this could be awesome! What better way to emphasise the power and importance of the GK than by upping the ante against their most powerful enemies!

I hope they create the rules in such a way that GK+ Daemons doesn't get overpowered.
That would be a major screw up xD

Just a magnet cover box and 13 pictures from what ive read..... totally worth.... NOT. I havent found anything in this release that is "worth"....

I've generally steered away from commenting on this thread, but now the moment has finally arrived and the codex has dropped without any evidence of new models and shorn of a significant portion of its previous material yet increased in price I can only offer my Grey Knight brethren wholehearted commiserations.

With this and the Wolves release I'll be quite happy if they leave Blood Angels alone for a loooooong time.

That cover art is gorgeous, but then again so have all the hardcover books. Shame they cut that style of art for the unit entries.

Umph, just checked the GK listings on the webstore.

They didn't include generic space marine vehicles/models yet that have gotten a repack to be "grey knights"

HQ - 4 options --> draigo, stern, generic Brother Captain, Crowe
Elites - 2 options --> 5PAGK, 5TAGK
Troops - 3 options --> 5PAGK, 10PAGK, 5TAGK
Fast attack - 1 option --> 5PAGK
Heavy support - 2 options --> 5 PAGK, Dreadknight

As far as I know, there's some different "generic" SM vehicles/models

- Librarian in terminator armor
- Landraiders (2boxes?)
- Dreads (2 boxes)
- Rhino
-Razorback
- Stormraven

Or am I missing something? In total, as little as 16 boxes, half of which taken from the Space marines.... That's sorta depressing :(

So the dwarf and the preorder is here.

Puri are team of 5 and the strike is the team to 5 x 2.
pally and termy look the same and have the same price.
repack only x SR. I have not seen Land.

gk now have 19 articles, 14 inqui and 6 for assassins

WD coming in:
"" The biggest change to the Codex lies in the background section. While there's still a mysteriousness to the Chapter, Its History is now fully fleshed-out "
t looks that titan will be examined well and should be an heraldry like Bretonnia. sadness. no leaks. not even an overview of the codex like last time. I feel like I clean my ass with 3 euro.

Battle: librarian (the same of the marine but silver. nothing hints at new Minia with any bundle. 5 + 5 + 10 PAGK Termy 5, 2 dreddy psyrifle ... without psy, DK and SR. NOT CITE PSYAMMO.
against s 1666 points of demons. I only say that we lose 9 to 3.
"Final Scores: Daemons 9 Grey Knights 3!"

confirms the strike squad nemesis dedicated FOC.
"One of the major influences in this Codex is the Horus Heresy novel series." but especially "There were eight Space Marines selected by the Malcador Sigillite to become the first Grey Knights, "says Owen. "One of them, Janus, Became the Chapter's first Grand Master, but the rest are unknown. I keep being asked if Captain Nathaniel Garro is one of them. I think the excitement is in the mystery and we may never know His fairies. My advice: keep reading the Horus Heresy series and see what happens. "
Well I always thought there was nat behind it all, and I like this...

sincerely? do not waste money.

about free release of the codex
nothing. Aegis should continue to work as before, Kaldor and costs 245 points, 30 less, is LOW and does not make mention of his sword but specifies that "Since That Day Has wandered the Supreme Grand Master of the tides Immaterium, no daemon or god strong enough to defeat him. "
no one chaos god can bend the warp dust sniffer (for who do not know what I mean look here https: //www.youtube....h? v = xfJUi4cB4oc)

So at the end of the story I want to bestemmiare.

no new units.
changes of cost (?)
units erase.
is not that encourage their own to buy the codex ...

The only positive note seizone BG that seems very extended ( to replace all those pages less).
MAH

Battle: librarian (the same of the marine but silver. nothing hints at new Minia with any bundle. 5 + 5 + 10 PAGK Termy 5, 2 dreddy psyrifle ... without psy, DK and SR. NOT CITE PSYAMMO.
against s 1666 points of demons. I only say that we lose 9 to 3.
"Final Scores: Daemons 9 Grey Knights 3!"

thats kind of depressing, useally GW tends to at least cook the books in favor of the new codex so they can prove how awesome it is.

So they cut out the Assassins to resell them to you for $20? Wonderful...

Different people like the different aspects of 40k for different reasons. I don't personally have $50 worth of care for the fluff. I just want my army to work and make sense. Adding more fluff to what is at it's core a rulebook, is not a fair tradeoff for taking away half of what few units we had.

I really hope those relics and Warlord Traits are worth it.

I'll get the book, but at this point, I really don't care how my opponent acquired his rules, so long as they are correct. And it's so rediculously expensive that I'd be fine if my opponent fielded paper stand-ups of their army instead of buying models.

Ok, so I have £160 in my account, that will last until next friday when I get £80 back from a loan and possibly between £40 and £80 wages for my part time job.

I feel like I want the LE but I want all 4 of my Codexes to have the same style on my shelf. I have 6th Ed SM, Nids and CSM and now GK I could get with that gorgeous cover but I'm not set.

Want the same style and the Reg cover looks amazing but the LE looks great and its cheap and affordable enough and I've never had a LE before and might not again.
Is it worth going for? Putting aside the general moanings of how overpriced and there's nothing extra, because I love the artwork, fluff and look and feel of the Codexes, and its more than a rule source for me.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
So they cut out the Assassins to resell them to you for $20? Wonderful...

$20 and I can use them in any imperial army, instead of $50 and I could only use them as an elite choice in an allied Grey knights force? Sounds like a deal to me.

 Deadshot wrote:
Ok, so I have £160 in my account, that will last until next friday when I get £80 back from a loan and possibly between £40 and £80 wages for my part time job.

I feel like I want the LE but I want all 4 of my Codexes to have the same style on my shelf. I have 6th Ed SM, Nids and CSM and now GK I could get with that gorgeous cover but I'm not set.

Want the same style and the Reg cover looks amazing but the LE looks great and its cheap and affordable enough and I've never had a LE before and might not again.
Is it worth going for? Putting aside the general moanings of how overpriced and there's nothing extra, because I love the artwork, fluff and look and feel of the Codexes, and its more than a rule source for me.

I just ordered the LE Codex. I hope I don't regret it. I probably won't. Probably.

GW giving Inquisition their own codex: “Hey, it is an awesome opportunity to truly develop Inquisitors and their retinue now that they are not linked with another actual army, so we can give them tons of potential special rules and exotic wargear!”. Result: copypaste.
GW giving Assassins their own codex^w dataslate: “Hey, this is an awesome opportunity to expand the assassins beyond the four temples that have been the only one with rules and models since 2nd edition, even though even back then tons of other temples were present in the fluff”. Result: only the same old 4 assassins temples, and I would bet on copypaste.

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:
GW giving Inquisition their own codex: “Hey, it is an awesome opportunity to truly develop Inquisitors and their retinue now that they are not linked with another actual army, so we can give them tons of potential special rules and exotic wargear!”. Result: copypaste.
GW giving Assassins their own codex^w dataslate: “Hey, this is an awesome opportunity to expand the assassins beyond the four temples that have been the only one with rules and models since 2nd edition, even though even back then tons of other temples were present in the fluff”. Result: only the same old 4 assassins temples, and I would bet on copypaste.

Read the fine print man!


*These opportunities to expand will be when the Codex is next updated. Til then suck it up.

There are two types of armies in 40k.
- The army that get expanded when they receive a new codex
- The army that get shrunk when they receive a new codex.
You just have to take you bet on which category Inquisition and Assassins belong to!

At least we can claim we have the best codex cover art?

Only the emperor's finest artist for the Grey Knights