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Warhammer 40K: Forge World – Look Who Got Cut

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Oct 27 2020
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We have the full list of what units are getting rules in the new Forge World book. Let’s see who didn’t make it.

We just got the full Table of Contents from the new 9th Edition Imperial Armour book from Forge World. It’s a big book and clocks in at a massive 191 units. So we went through the Munitorum Field Manual and cross-referenced it to see who got left behind in the mists of 40K history. Over 80 units didn’t make it.

 

Adeptus Astartes

Siege Dreadnought

Deimos Relic Predator

Land Raider Helios

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Land Raider Prometheus

Tarantula air Defense Battery

Contemptor Mortis Dreadnought

Mortis Dreadnought

Infernum Pattern Razorback

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Storm Eagle Gunship – ROC Pattern (possible included as a variant in Storm Eagle datasheet)

Grey Knights

Vortimer Pattern Land Raider Redeemer (possible rename)

Inquisition

Inquisition Land Raider Prometheus

Astra Militarum

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Artemia Pattern Hellhound

Leman Russ Annihilator

Leman Russ Stygies Vanquisher

Manticore Battery

Centaur Light Carrier

Gryphonne Pattern Chimera

Trojan Support Vehicle

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Dominus Armoured Siege Bombard

Death Korps of Krieg

Death Korps Field Officer

Death Korps Marshal Karis Venner

Death Korps Infantry Squad

Death Korps Grenadier Storm Squad

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Death Korps Commissar

Death Korps Command Squad

Death Korps Quartermaster Cadre

Death Korps Heavy Weapons Squad

Death Korps Leman Russ Mars Alpha

Death Korps Centaur

Death Korps Storm Chimera

Chaos Hellforged

Hellforged Predator

Lords of Ruin

Zhufor the Impaler

Necrosius the Undying

Asuryani

Corsair Reaver Band

Corsair Skyreaver Band

Corsair Cloud Dancer Band

Wasp Assault Walker

Phoenix

Necrons

Tomb Citadel

Orks

“Chinork” Warcopta

T’au Empire

Shas’o R’Myr

DX4 Technical Drones

Blacklight Marker Drones

Tyranids

Shrikes

Miscellaneous Point Values (REMOVED ENTIRELY)

Gellerpox Infected (7 entries)

Elucidian Starstriders (5 entries)

Imperium (2 entries)

Blackstone Fortress (29 entries)

Thoughts

There are more cuts than I expected. Lots of these are expected such as the very minor variations from codex units like the Predator and Leman Russ variants, or oddballs that are better suited to narrative play like the Atlas Recovery Vehicle or the T’au Technical Drones.

What was more surprising is the retirement of large portions of ranges like the Death Korps, and Eldar Corsairs. Then we get the wholesale removal of the Misc page including all the oddball items from Blackstone Fortress. Goodbye Ambull, we hardly knew ya…

To me, this is sad but not unexpected. I expect many of these to move over to Warhammer Legends. The galaxy is a big place and people can use these lost items to ake all kinds of Crusade Campaigns, and the like. I view this list as being similar to the list of permitted cards for Magic the Gathering or X-Wing tournament play. It’s a deliberate subset designed to keep the Matched Play environment fair and controllable – something that slipped out of the Designers’ hands during 8th edition.

~What are you happy or sad to see go?

Back into the mists of legends he scuttles…

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Author: Larry Vela
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