Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Reference / Resource: Codex Army Lists

When 2nd Edition Warhammer 40K launched it did so without a wave of immediate codex releases (the codex idea was relatively new).  In its place the boxed started game came with two small books called the Codex Imperialis and the Codex Army Lists.  The Codex Imperialis was a book full of fluff and background for the amassed units of 40K, while the Codex Army Lists book provided the actual breakdown of armies - featuring all of their units, points costs, construction rules, and wargear.

This "black book" as it's commonly known, would be the codex for all armies until they received their own codices in turn.  Some armies such as the Inquisition, various Imperial Agents and Squats would never receive a proper codex.  This was the last time you'd see a Squat Army List for Warhammer 40K - they were subsequently removed from the game.

I don't recall reading in White Dwarf how strict GW was about the use of the black book after subsequent codices were released.  I doubt you'd find anyone who would argue if you wanted to use the "black book" instead of a codex.  This book (provided here in PDF form) varied quite a bit from the later codices (points value, army lists, wargear etc. were all quite different).

Being the earliest form of codex for 2nd Edition the book is exceptionally scant on vehicles, considering it was essentially borrowing from Rogue Trader at the time (so vehicles were few and far between).



Date:1993

Length: 24 Pages

Armies Included: Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Imperial Agents, Squats, Orks, Eldar, Chaos, Tyranids, Genestealers

Included Datafaxes:
  • None
Included Wargear Cards:
  • None
Included Unit Entries:

Space Marines
  • Space Marine Commander
  • Company Standard
  • Captain
  • Apothecary
  • Chaplain
  • Techmarine
  • Librarian
  • Veteran Sergeants
  • Terminator Squad
  • Tactical Squad
  • Assault Squad
  • Devastator Squad
  • Scout Squad
  •  Support Weapon
Imperial Guard
  • Imperial Guard Colonel
  • Tech-Priest Engineers
  • Command Section
  • Veteran Sergeants
  • Tactical Squad
  • Support Squad
  • Assault Squad
  • Penal Legion Squad
  • Rough Rider Squad
  • Veteran Squad
  • Ogryn Squad
  • Ratling Squad
  • Support Weapon
Imperial Agents
  • Judge
  • Arbites Champion
  • Tech-Priest Magos
  • Tech-Priest Engineer
  • Canoness
  • Veteran Sister Superior
  • Preacher
  • Confessor
  • Adeptus Astra Telepathica Prime Psyker
  • Assassin
  • Inquisitor
  • Arbitrator Squad
  • Tech-Priest Squad
  • Electro Priest Squad
  • Servitor Squad
  • Support Weapon
  • Sororitas Squad
  • Grey Knights Terminator Squad
Squats
  • Warlord
  • Battle Standard
  • Hearthguard
  • Engineer Guildmaster
  • Ancestor Lord
  • Warrior Squad
  • Attack Squad
  • Thunderer Squad
  • Weapon Team
  • Bike Squad
  • Heavy Weapons Bike
Orks
  • Warboss
  • Battle Standard
  • Big Boss
  • Freebooter Kaptin
  • Nob
  • Mekaniak
  • Painboy
  • Runtherd
  • Weirdboy
  • Nobz Mob
  • Bad Moons Mob
  • Blood Axe Mob
  • Death Skull Mob
  • Evil Sunz Mob
  • Goff Mob
  • Snakebite Mob
  • Gretchin Mob
  • Snotling Herd
  • Stormboyz Korps
  • Mad Mob
  • Freebooter Pirates
  • Flash Gitz Mob
  • Wildboyz Mob
  • Ogryn Mob
  • Weirdboy Warphead Mob
  • Runtherd Artillery
Eldar
  • Farseer
  • Avatar
  • Exarch
  • Warlock
  • Harlequin Troupe
  • Dire Avenger Squad
  • Fire Dragon Squad
  • Howling Banshee Squad
  • Striking Scorpion Squad
  • Swooping Hawks Squad
  • Dark Reaper Squad
  • Guardian Squad
  • Guardian Close Combat Squad
  • Guardian Battle Squad
  • Eldar Scout Squad
  • Support Team
Chaos
  •  Chaos Space Marine Commander
  • Chaos Space Marine Hero
  • Chaos Space Marine Champion
  • Noise Marine Champion
  • Chaos Magus
  • Beastman Champion
  • Cultist Coven Leader
  • Chaos Space Marine Terminator Squad
  • Chaos Space Marine Squad
  • Noise Marine Squad
  • Chaos Cultist Coven
  • Beastmen Pack
  • Chaos Hound Pack
  • Khorne Daemons (Four entries)
  • Slaanesh Daemons (Four entries)
  • Nurgle Daemons (Four entries)
  • Tzeentch Daemons (Four entries)
Tyranids
  • Hive Tyrant
  • Tyranid Warrior Brood
  • Termagant Brood
  • Genestealer Brood
  • Carnifex 
Genestealers
  • Genestealer Patriarch
  • Genestealer Magus
  • Genestealer Brood
  • Hybrid Brood
  • Brood Brother Squad
Included Special Characters: 
  • None

Imperial Agents: The Codex that never was...

During 2nd Edition there were frequent mentions of an "upcoming" Codex for Imperial Agents.  It was even mentioned in type in some of the released codices, often allowing armies to take allies from the "upcoming Codex Imperial Agents", etc.  It was likely that this would have combined Inquisition, Grey Knights, possibly Sisters of Battle, Witch Hunters, Ordo X, Y and Z, assassins, Arbites etc.  This never came to pass.

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