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A codex (pluralized as codexes by Games Workshop), in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargame, is a rules supplement containing information concerning a particular army, environment, or worldwide campaign.
McNeill has been heavily involved working on codexes, especially Warhammer 40,000 Codex: Tau between late 2000 and June 2001. Other codexes he has been involved with are Warhammer 40,000 Codex: Necrons, Warhammer 40,000 Codex: Chaos Space Marines, Warhammer 40,000 Codex: Imperial Guard, and Warhammer 40,000 Codex: Daemonhunters. McNeill ...
After the 1987 release of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 wargame, a military and [1] science fantasy [2] universe set in the far future, the company began publishing background literature to expand on existing material, introduce new content, and provide detailed descriptions of the universe, its characters, and its events.
Warhammer 40,000 (sometimes colloquially called Warhammer 40K, WH40K or 40k) is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom. [ 4 ]
A datasheet is the means by which Games Workshop creates rules for a model or unit of Citadel Miniatures from the Warhammer 40,000 range. These are normally contained in either a faction's Codex or a more generalised Index book.
The Black Library is a division of Games Workshop (formerly a part of BL Publishing) which is devoted to publishing novels and audiobooks (and has previously produced art books, background books, and graphic novels) set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000 fictional universes.
It features the Imperium divided into 3 fleet types, the Imperial Navy, the Adeptus Astartes/Space Marines, and the Adeptus Mechanicus. It also sees the return of Chaos, Orks, Aeldari/Eldar (divided into 3 fleets: Corsairs, Asuryani/Craftworld Aeldari, and Drukhari/Dark Eldar), and the Tau (Protector and Merchant Fleets).
GW first published Warhammer 40,000 in 1987. A second edition quickly followed. as well as a number of supplements. One of these was Codex: Imperial Guard, a 112-page softcover book designed by Rick Priestley with contributions by Andy Chambers, Jervis Johnson, and Ian Pickstock, with interior art by John Blanche, Wayne England, Mark Gibbons, and Des Hanley, and cover art by David Gallagher ...