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With all the debates about whether Codex Dark Eldar should come AFTER codex Chaos Cults, or whether is should just be scrapped entirely I thought a poll would be good.

It's got to be dino riders.
40K is abominably short on dinosaurs.
Now that I think of it, so is Hordes.
This is an international disgrace.

PAN-FO!
Need I say any more?

Although dinosaur riders are sorely lacking, they were given some aid with the new Cold Ones. Therefore, we have to have a new race: either Codex Pan-Fo, or Codex Null. Although I am an ardent backer of the might of the Pan-Fo,Codex Null with its promise of something mysterious, something utterly new, something so different its invisible, well I find that intriguing.

Either way the truth shall be reviled!

Codex Null sounds broken to me. I mean, nothing even has any points costs. Imagine the FAQ issues.

I am tempted by Codex Really Really Dark Chaos Marines. Although my marines are slathered in blood and skulls I'm irked that there is no dead baby bitz to add, or squished kittens, or just chopping his own head off with a chain saw cause he's that hardcore.

Da Boss wrote:Codex Null sounds broken to me. I mean, nothing even has any points costs. Imagine the FAQ issues.

But it would be eminently balanced. Besides, why do you need points costs? You're not one of those tournament players are you?

Egads, I've been found out!
*Drops smoke bomb*

Dino Riders for the win!

Take that Pan FO!

I need printer paper.

I love my Dark Eldar and everything about them (except for the lack of plastic models). Please don't take my self mutilating, baby munching, emo elf pirates in space away *pout*

Pan Fo.

GW couldn't possibly do worse.

Codex: Chaos Necrons, but only if its accompanied by a wholesale rewriting of the GW fluff.

How about: before the Necrontyr and the Elder Gods fought there existed other Necrons, who were Chaos-y, and they seeded the galaxy with Nid-food, to draw Nids here. Then, instead of sleeping in TombWorlds, they slept in the Warp. They are the Real Masters of the WebWay, and one of them's the Emperor.

Gonna have to go with the Codex: Dino Riders. I mean, that's too cool not to do!

hmm... how about a new codex: dark eldar?

need i say more ? ...

What no Codex: Really Pissed Off Panda Bears?

Oh, yeah, let me see if I can break the codespeak:

- Chaos Legions (Very, Very Dark Chaos Marines)
- Tau re-revamp (Selfish Tao)
- Dark Angels (Space Marines who are dark but not Chaos)
- Necrons revamp (Chaos Necrons)
- wave 2 Orks (Organized and purposeful Orks)
- Eldar Pirates, RT-style! (Nasty Eldar who are not quite Dark but not quite Craftworld)
- Pan-Fo
- Eldar Craftworlds (Ill-Lit Eldar)
- Dino-Riders ???
- Eldar Exodites (Wood Elfs in Space where there are no woods)
- Squats (Null, just 64 blank pages)

Dino-Riders??? That's crazy talk!

Exodites ride dinos, as do Spaze Mareinz (hurr!). I bet Orks would ride dinos, if given the opportunity. I go dino!

I have to say, excepot Pan-Fo (never got the joke really ) everything sounds more interesting than Dark Eldar at the moment, at least if they keep what I know about their fluff. Which isn't that much actually...

What I would really (2x) like to see is a serious take on Inquisition. But except Sisters, I can't see anything worth fielding as a real army. Would't make much sense either. I always thought that a Grey Knight army with tanks and cybots was a terrible idea. 1 or 2 units as support, yesm but an army? Doesn't work for me.

Come to think of it, what 40k now needs IMO after all that "One Codex per army"-stuff would be some well-written rules for allies. Inquisitors, Rouge Traders, alien mercenaries.



I just remembered what 40k really needs the most. Frickin' traitor guard. It's such a huge piece of fluff, I can't understand why they never got a real list. It can't be more difficult to write than the new spikey marine 'Dex.

Edit: Just noticed, Kyoto already mentioned Chaos Cults....

Codex Ambulls!

Or better still, Codex Hello Kitty. I'm working on that one.

Anung Un Rama wrote:I just remembered what 40k really needs the most. Frickin' traitor guard. It's such a huge piece of fluff, I can't understand why they never got a real list. It can't be more difficult to write than the new spikey marine 'Dex.

I get what you're saying, and I agree that they're a cool army, but I don't think that a traitor guard list would need to be different enough from a regular IG codex to warrant being towards the top of the list in the development lineup. I mean really, what would they need? IG codex plus demons and cultists, and a few new wargear items or marks? Nothing a White Dwarf article couldn't handle.

Now, if you're suggesting something more like including them in a Lost and the Damned typed codex, then that's a really good idea, I think (read: not going to happen anytime soon).


I voted for Pan-Fo. Revile them.

I get what you're saying, and I agree that they're a cool army, but I don't think that a traitor guard list would need to be different enough from a regular IG codex to warrant being towards the top of the list in the development lineup. I mean really, what would they need? IG codex plus demons and cultists, and a few new wargear items or marks? Nothing a White Dwarf article couldn't handle.

The same could be said about the Emos in dresses, Vampire Nazis and Werewolf Vikings. From Space.

codex null/squats seems the most useful. You could write whatever list you wanted in it, and the GW cover would completly proove that it was a balanced army

Anung Un Rama wrote:The same could be said about the Emos in dresses, Vampire Nazis and Werewolf Vikings. From Space.

And if you said that, I would totally agree with you. But I don't think there should be any sub-codices (Black Templars, Space Wolves, Craftworld Eldar, etc.) until after every race gets a Codex.

But hey, GW's not asking me.

I voted Codex: Anything is Better Than Dark Eldar or So I Fear! I would only like to see a redone Codex: Dark Eldar if they actually make some looking good minis to go with it. Good fluff/rules are nice but DE without good minis is better off as it is. I actually voted for Codex: Null because this thread has adopted it as Codex: Squats.

Hordini wrote:

Anung Un Rama wrote:The same could be said about the Emos in dresses, Vampire Nazis and Werewolf Vikings. From Space.

And if you said that, I would totally agree with you. But I don't think there should be any sub-codices (Black Templars, Space Wolves, Craftworld Eldar, etc.) until after every race gets a Codex.

But hey, GW's not asking me.

Only SW is still a sub-codex, they rest are separate ones now or are just gone and most likely will never be back except as Apocalypse Datasheets. DA/BA/BT players are complaining about not having access to the updated wargear like SW mostly does, now I bet they wish that they were (still) sub-codexes too!

How about Codex: Give-it-up-you're-never-getting-a-LatD-codex?

Ozymandias, King of Kings

Codex: Dark Matter
Codex: Dark Chocolate
Codex: Dark Knight Returns
Codex: Dark Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Codex: Dark and Stormy Knights
Codex: Dark Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Codex: Dark Lantern
Codex: Dark Diggler

Codex Tyranorks! Tentacly goodness with guns! Mega-armored genestealers boiling outward in their shambolic masses to wipe the Galaxy clean once and for all.

I can think of some better ideas then Dino Riders. This could really work well with other product tie ins!

Codex: Gundam - This could help in the asia markets. You only field 1 model but it can pretty much do anything it wants and always win, but doesn't want to fight in the first place.

Codex- Star Wars- Ehhh George Lucas really enjoys the cash this would bring in.

Codex Transformers- Autobots ROLL OUT! And can be followed up with Codex Decepticons!


Or they could go with some other ideas:

Codex Dragons- What player doesn't want to field 12 models of dragons who can fly and burn stuff?

Codex- Andriods- The good AI civilization that the imperiam created finally comes back to save thier creators only to be greeted with hostility.

Codex Squats- Because we finally ran out of ideas.

The Reaganomicon.