New Codex Idea

[Skragger]

Morning fellow BoLSers!

Skragger here with another half baked idea I've come up with over the course of the last few sleepless nights. Here it is, take it, disect it, and let me know what you think! I'm adding a poll in cause everyone loves polls!

From reading the forums, I've been seeing a trend of people wanting a new way to work codexes. Some people like the new style, some people want a return to the older codexes with more options, and some people want something new all together. Here's my idea:

A totally new style of codex layout. Every army gets two codexes. Codii? Codeces? For ease of use, they would be produced and released at the same time. The first codex would be the codex we all know and love, with the rules the army needs, hobby section, and fluff. Same as we have now.

The second codex would work hand in hand with it. It would however, provide all the extra bits so many players like to have. Think of it like an Imperial Armour book from FW. Allow me to provide an example:

Codex Space Marines is released, and it has the rules for the vanilla space marines, the hobby section, and the fluff. Essentially the same codex we have now. But released along side it is Codex: Chapters. This lists all the rules for the different chapters of space marines (i.e Salamanders, BT, DA, BA, Ultramarines, Blood Ravens, etc). Each chapter would get a few pages detailing new units/vehicles, a quick paint guide for the chapter, maybe a new special character and wargear, etc.

The benefit for this is it allows players who don't want to play the vanilla armies some rules for making their armies unique and varied, without having either a single, enormous codex, or having to condense everything into a single list crammed into the back of the codex. It also allows for armies that don't really have enough to warrant a full codex some space in the books. We could have:

Codex Ork and Codex: Tribes. (Speed Freeks, Goffs, Bad Moons, etc)
Codex Imperial Guard and Codex: Regiments (Praetorians, Catachins, Death Korps, Elysians, etc)
Codex Tau and Codex: Colonies (all kroot/merc armies maybe?)
Codex Eldar and Codex: Craftworlds
Codex Chaos and Codex: Dark Gods
Codex Necrons and Codex: Tombs

You get the idea! What kind of armies would you like to see in these codexes? Do you like the idea?

[DrLove42]

Wasn't this posted already a few days ago?

And I vote no, cos its just extra paper. Currently only old codex owners winge about it...for Chaos and Tau I can understand. And when their codexes come, hopefully things will change.

But all moderner (not a word, but i'm gonna use it) codexes have the ability to do it with FoC customisation, lots of IC

Marine already HAVE these books. They're called Codexes Blood Angels, Space Wolves and Grey Knights. Don't need to oppurtunites for more countas cheapery in all armies

[Charistoph]

GW tried this out with Space Marines a while back. Some found it too difficult to work with.

They should just leave the expansion lists to Forgeworld, but recognize them as legit, and make them more available (i.e. not cost 2.5 codices to purchase), and we'd be good.

[musical-fool]

I vote no to in effect 2 codices a) because of cost, b) because of complications.

I do think that GW could co;e out with a chapter approved every now and again in the form of a WD spread/pullout supplement every 2-6 months do a race that way you would get your 2nd codex in without it being a codex...

[DarkLink]

The only army that really comes close to needing this is the space Marines, and even they can be fit into one book with clever use of Chapter Tactics.

[HsojVvad]

I don't really get it. If GW could make 2 codices, why don't they just make one big codex then? Why do we have to keep buying seperately? We are suppose to have one book. No more buying SM codex and then buying a DA codex or SW codex or a BA PDF. Everything should be in there with what you need to use.

So I really don't like the idea of now spending $60 or $80 for a COMPLETE Codex then.

[Denzark]

No because some of the old codexes achieved this. Ie Chaos pre-nerf. I did like having campaign codexes with extra units though, ie Armageddon and Eye of Terror.

[wittdooley]

I don't really get it. If GW could make 2 codices, why don't they just make one big codex then? Why do we have to keep buying seperately? We are suppose to have one book. No more buying SM codex and then buying a DA codex or SW codex or a BA PDF. Everything should be in there with what you need to use.

So I really don't like the idea of now spending $60 or $80 for a COMPLETE Codex then.

Is it just me, or is this statement completely contradictory? You want one big codex, but don't want to pay the extra for it? I'm confused.

I would love to see campaign books. I still use my armageddon one.

[DarkLink]

No, he's saying that he doesn't want to have to buy two different codices in order to play. Fitting everything in one book might make it slightly more expensive, but not as expensive as the cost of two books.