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So it’s been several years (I think 5th was the last Ed. I played) but I just pulled my very, very large Eldar collection out of storage and I’m wondering what it would take to get back into it.

Here’s what I think is going on:
- Current version is 9th Ed
- the 9th Ed rules are available in a box set or a book called Warhammer 40,000: Dark Imperium
- There’s a Codex: Craftworld - but it’s 8th Ed? Is it usable today?
- There’s a Codex: Harlequins - same questions as above
- There’s a Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising book that has rules? Same Qs again
- There’s kill teams, which personally not excited by

I guess what I should really do is haul my lazy butt to a store and check out the local meta, or whatever the kids are calling it these days. In the meantime, does anyone feel like taking a few moment to explain how the current rule books work?

Thanks!

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GooberNumber9 wrote:
So it’s been several years (I think 5th was the last Ed. I played) but I just pulled my very, very large Eldar collection out of storage and I’m wondering what it would take to get back into it.

Here’s what I think is going on:
- Current version is 9th Ed
- the 9th Ed rules are available in a box set or a book called Warhammer 40,000: Dark Imperium


No, this is the book you need: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Warhammer-40000-9th-Rulebook-EN-2020

GooberNumber9 wrote:
- There’s a Codex: Craftworld - but it’s 8th Ed? Is it usable today?
- There’s a Codex: Harlequins - same questions as above
- There’s a Psychic Awakening: Phoenix Rising book that has rules? Same Qs again


Yes, yes, yes. Until those codex book get replaced by 9th ed versions. Phoenix Rising goes away when the codex it builds on rotates out.


GooberNumber9 wrote:
- There’s kill teams, which personally not excited by


Then ignore it. It's a completely different game. Remember Mordhiem? Necromunda? That's what KT is more or less.
   
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Harlequins are now a separate army, so depending how many you have you may want to just skip for now (you'd also need a copy of a white dwarf with their new rules update too).

The Eldar codex is 8th edition and will be replaced, but that doesn't look to be soon.

If you have the 40K app, all of the 8th rules are free so you could bypass all these books altogether and just access with the app.
Phoenix Rising added custom Craftworld traits, Exarch powers for Aspect Warriors and a new psychic tree.
It also has rules for Ynnari, which is a brand new Eldar faction (they worship the Eldar God of the dead). The Ynnari are a mix of Eldar, harlequins, and dark eldar. The rules aren't great at the moment and require the use of special characters that are bought together in a set (the Yncarne is quite a cool model though) https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Ynnari-Triumvirate-Of-Ynnead-2017.

The good news for you is that your old models are still absolutely usable in 9th, whether you can put together a strong list is a different story. 9th is all about objectives...primary take and hold type (across the table) and secondary ones that you choose from a set (based on killing enemy, seizing territory, performing "actions" etc). The downside for Eldar is that they lack resilient troops to hold objectives, so mechanized Eldar seems to be the way. You try to remove enemy from their objectives while parking transports with embarked troops on yours. The exception is wraithguard (the axe/shield version which you probably don't have) and shining spears who are tanky and killy.

We are all waiting for a new codex and there is a current discussion about how that might work in this very lethal new 9th edition.
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If you have any Forge World models in your collection, you might need to pick up their current book.

Also, some options may be in Legends rather than in a book.

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 Kanluwen wrote:
This is, emphatically, why I will continue suggesting nuking Guard and starting over again. It's a legacy army that needs to be rebooted with a new focal point.

Confirmation of why no-one should listen to Kanluwen when it comes to the IG - he doesn't want the IG, he want's Kan's New Model Army...

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You aren't even trying ty pretend for honest arqument. Open bad faith trolling.
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