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Space Marines Designers’ Notes by Graham McNeill
& Pete Haines
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 The
eagerly anticipated Codex: Space Marines is the first new
Codex since the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook was revised. Graham McNeill
and Pete Haines reveal what the new Codex has in store for players.
Graham: Space Marines, is
there a more iconic image of the Warhammer 40,000 universe?
For
me, the warriors of the Adeptus Astartes are what make the universe
of the 41st millennium the totally unique, dark, and gothic
place
we all love. Genetically engineered superhumans, the Space Marines
are armoured warrior knights who stand resolute before the horrors
of the hostile galaxy and keep the Emperor’s realm safe.
Or at least as safe as it can be in the grim darkness of the 41st
millennium.
Codex: Space Marines is the first of the Codexes for the
revision of Warhammer 40,000 and, as such, is always going to be
a bit special. Everyone loves Space Marines (and if not, why not?).
Looking back at the Third Edition Codex, it was obviously time for
a sprucing up. While the old Codex did everything it needed to do,
it didn’t go into as much depth as we would have liked.
 This
time, with a sumptuous 80-page book full of rules, background, and
fantastic pictures of new models, we’ve really gone to town
on the Space Marines. The new Codex tells you everything you need
to know about Space Marines, including their legendary origins and
glorious history of battle as well as their methods of recruitment
and the varied heroes and war machines that make up a Space Marine
Chapter.
Naturally, there’s a full army list for the Space Marines
in the Codex, but there’s also new wargear and new psychic
powers as well as five special characters and a system of Chapter
Traits that allow you to personalize your Space Marine army and
give it a little unique flavour that makes it definitively
yours.
As if that wasn’t enough, there’s a wealth of hobby
information to guide you in collecting your army, with tips on
how
best to go about painting your Space Marines and guidelines on
how to incorporate squad and Chapter markings.
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