Pledge Yourself Wholly to Chaos

[Macidious]

9 minutes ago, Marshal Loss said:

The set will no doubt be insanely expensive but I'll grab the EC one if I can. Looks stunning

Yeah I think itll be too iconic to pass up, the first ec codex and it’s got collectors pieces with it , love it 

[Shinespider]

Well, at least by the time the TSons one comes up I'll have reports from you folks on how much of a nightmare it was to get the EC one. Will use that to decide. 

[ZeroWolf]

1 hour ago, Northern Walker said:

Two things I hope never come to pass.

Well, one of those things has 

[Scribe]

CSM players lining up to prove their devotion and get rinsed once again. 

[Nephaston]

4 hours ago, MechaMan said:

Isn’t Aaron Dembski-Boden head of narrative development for 40K now. I remember him saying, on this forum I believe, that chaos undivided was going to be phased out over a decade ago. 

He can try and rip my undivided Daemon Prince (assembled with the undivided options in the kit GW provides) from my cold dead hands, especially when it's so easy to keep like the old fluff of daemon princes being able to deputize more princes.

[skylerboodie]

Considering they charge £65 for a normal Collector's Edition codex that is basically the same book with different cover - and a ribbon - I expect this to be ludicrously priced such that even the scalpers won't touch it; especially as, unlike Black Library novels, codexes go obselete every three years so I don't feel the GW limited editions of codex / campaign books ever really hold their value. I wouldn't be surprised if this comes with a £150+ price tag, so if anyone actually wants one when it drops, I would suspect it won't sell out in 5 minutes. But I've been wrong before

[ZeroWolf]

6 minutes ago, Nephaston said:

He can try and rip my undivided Daemon Prince (assembled with the undivided options in the kit GW provides) from my cold dead hands, especially when it's so easy to keep like the old fluff of daemon princes being able to deputize more princes.

His role doesn't cover that anyway, that would be a rules thing.

[Plaguecaster]

Ah yes extremely overpriced and limited content that will just be snapped up by scalpers and sold for even crazier prices

Getting sick of these "limited edition" codex books as just a complete waste since they almost immediately make them obsolete after a coupe of faq and nerfs

I expect they'll be poorly proof read so have heaps of incorrect stuff anyways 

 

They need to go back to digital edition codex books 

 

[01RTB01]

2 minutes ago, Plaguecaster said:

Ah yes extremely overpriced and limited content that will just be snapped up by scalpers and sold for even crazier prices

Getting sick of these "limited edition" codex books as just a complete waste since they almost immediately make them obsolete after a coupe of faq and nerfs

I expect they'll be poorly proof read so have heaps of incorrect stuff anyways 

 

They need to go back to digital edition codex books 

 

In fairness, price aside, the artwork and obj markers and 1/4 pie piece I'd be all over. The limited Ed books with page marker and different cover are a hideous cash grab. At least there's things in here worth having. The price will be an issue I fear.

[Nephaston]

1 hour ago, ZeroWolf said:

His role doesn't cover that anyway, that would be a rules thing.

Funny thing is, even the rules team can't decide. The Index started with undivided being an option, while the codex release removed it.

Also the AoS battletome he wrote for is the one where undivided stopped being an option for AoS princes.

[Mithrilforge]

Khorne would look at me unfavourably if I tried to buy a fancy Codex for his legion...he would WANT me to buy the most plain and simple standard Codex that was ever made...

so for Khorne's sake... I will  

I'll make a Khorne symbol from Red Play Doh and that will please him ...and I will save Hundreds of dollars as well.

GW can stick their Limited Codex exactly where Slaanesh would 

 

Mithril 

[Tokugawa]

"Each of these malefic artefacts is presented in an elaborate slipcase with a special rip-apart design. Within, you’ll find a numbered copy of the Codex with unique art, plus additional dark gifts."

 

They'd better put more exclusive art pages in it. Few people want to pay extra high price to read rules which would be changed in day1.

[Valkyrion]

19 hours ago, LSM said:

 

Interesting to note that he (tongue in cheek) holds up Codex: Chaos (1996) as the pinnacle, side-eyes Codex: Chaos Space Marines (2002) a bit, and then talks about how Abbadon is a big deal for being Undivided.

 

In Codex: Chaos (1996) there was no Mark of Chaos Undivided, and units could not be given Marks. Only characters could take marks (Cult Troops/Terminators had them inherently), and Lords could take more than one. Abaddon, naturally, had all four, but so could your generic warband leader. (Or they could be Marked by, say, Slaanesh and Tzeentch.)

 

//

 

Abaddon was then like this again in the 10th edition Index (bearing all four Marks), before the Codex switched him back to Undivided.

 

 

There was a fun FAQ in a white dwarf after Codex Chaos came out.

I'm paraphrasing and remembering rules from 30 years ago now, but it was something like 'Psykers cannot take the Mark of Khorne, but can a Lord with the Mark of Khorne and the Mark of Tzeentch take Psychic Powers?' and the response was something like 'well, yes, I mean, technically, but surely no one is going to be that beardy are they?'

[Matcap86]

17 hours ago, skylerboodie said:

Considering they charge £65 for a normal Collector's Edition codex that is basically the same book with different cover - and a ribbon - I expect this to be ludicrously priced such that even the scalpers won't touch it; especially as, unlike Black Library novels, codexes go obselete every three years so I don't feel the GW limited editions of codex / campaign books ever really hold their value. I wouldn't be surprised if this comes with a £150+ price tag, so if anyone actually wants one when it drops, I would suspect it won't sell out in 5 minutes. But I've been wrong before

 

I think they were testing the waters on this with the  Interceptor City – Mega Limited Edition which took a bit but still sold out. 

[Progenitor]

In before this costs more than the Army box does! 

[ThePenitentOne]

On 2/10/2025 at 11:43 AM, grailkeeper said:

Seems super pricey and I don't know what you'd do with it. .

 

Four Chaos Crusades, one for each god.

 

Each of these is an objective- the aim is to hit it once the army reaches and average heroic level, so you build a campaign where the Chaos player is collecting clues to find it over ten to fifteen games. If the Crusade manages to get that objective, you want to find a way for the army to display it in battle; it's big enough to serve as a base, but you wouldn't want to wreck the piece, so you just magnetize the feet of the Chaos Lord whose base it will be. You could also create a magnetic banner frame and carry it that way, or magnetize space on a vehicle.

 

The reason you want these Crusades to find the artifact at Heroic and not Legendary is so that you still have space to bring the four Icons together before the army maxes out. Whether that's all four Crusades uniting against four Imperial players, or Chaos fighting among itself, or those forces trying to find each other in the vast expanse of the void is up to you and your group.

 

TLDR: Forge the Narrative 

 

 

Edited February 11 by ThePenitentOne

[Prot]

Well I finally learned... it took me.... 20 years? But I finally learned... I am not buying all of these. 

 

Every Chaos run happens at the end of an edition. Call me crazy but this is my biggest tell that it's nearing the end of 10th. Every edition they do this. The last second 'cram all the chaos we can' happens. We get cool rules, lots of cool stuff to try, and it (at least partially) gets written off in the coming months.

 

Anyway, I'm not bitter really. I love chaos but I'm very used to them getting the pointy end of the stick, signifying the last chapter of an edition.

 

That said, I will buy the World Eaters one, but if the past is any indication they will be sold out anyway. 

 

I would have loved an undivided one as well. 

[Macidious]

15 minutes ago, Prot said:

Well I finally learned... it took me.... 20 years? But I finally learned... I am not buying all of these. 

 

Every Chaos run happens at the end of an edition. Call me crazy but this is my biggest tell that it's nearing the end of 10th. Every edition they do this. The last second 'cram all the chaos we can' happens. We get cool rules, lots of cool stuff to try, and it (at least partially) gets written off in the coming months.

 

Anyway, I'm not bitter really. I love chaos but I'm very used to them getting the pointy end of the stick, signifying the last chapter of an edition.

 

That said, I will buy the World Eaters one, but if the past is any indication they will be sold out anyway. 

 

I would have loved an undivided one as well. 

I will probably buy the ec one because it will be something I keep at a collectible, I’ve waited 7 years for ec and to get their first codex which is all fancy and some tokens that I can keep using, it’ll be a nice memory to have , like where were you when ec released haha

[Scribe]

4 hours ago, Prot said:

Every Chaos run happens at the end of an edition. Call me crazy but this is my biggest tell that it's nearing the end of 10th. Every edition they do this. The last second 'cram all the chaos we can' happens. We get cool rules, lots of cool stuff to try, and it (at least partially) gets written off in the coming months.

 

Exactly my point. Its tradition now.

[Xenith]

On 2/10/2025 at 4:58 PM, MechaMan said:

 

 

Great thanks, I'd forgotten the minutae of these discussions...they were 13 years ago 

[Rain]

Pass. I plan to buy all of the Big 4 Legion books for the art and lore, but these special editions will all be scalped to the warp and back, and not worth it. You can buy cool objective tokens on Etsy for far less, and with far greater choice of exactly what you want. This is just FOMO whale bait.

[Ahzek451]

23 hours ago, Prot said:

Well I finally learned... it took me.... 20 years? But I finally learned... I am not buying all of these. 

 

Every Chaos run happens at the end of an edition. Call me crazy but this is my biggest tell that it's nearing the end of 10th. Every edition they do this. The last second 'cram all the chaos we can' happens. We get cool rules, lots of cool stuff to try, and it (at least partially) gets written off in the coming months.

 

Anyway, I'm not bitter really. I love chaos but I'm very used to them getting the pointy end of the stick, signifying the last chapter of an edition.

 

That said, I will buy the World Eaters one, but if the past is any indication they will be sold out anyway. 

 

I would have loved an undivided one as well. 

Took ya long enough.  Oh wait....*looks inward* it took me just as long.....