Warhammer 40K: Forge World – Look Who Got Cut
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
Land Raider Prometheus
Tarantula air Defense Battery
Contemptor Mortis Dreadnought
Mortis Dreadnought
Infernum Pattern Razorback
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
Artemia Pattern Hellhound
Leman Russ Annihilator
Leman Russ Stygies Vanquisher
Manticore Battery
Centaur Light Carrier
Gryphonne Pattern Chimera
Trojan Support Vehicle
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
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…
