BREAKING: Tau Codex a Reprint – Not Actually “Needed”?!
Latest word says GW is putting out a bunch of new campaign and warzone books along with the “optional” Tau Codex. Here’s the details:
Readers have noted in the upcoming White Dwarf product list there a bunch of new Tau books are coming out.
For a while now, there have been rumors swirling that 40K codices may become less and less important, with alternative routes to getting current rules becoming available. Well take a look at what some folks are saying about next week’s releases:
Then we got the details on the Tau codex via the new White Dwarf:
via Gamerstrust.de 10-20-2015
via Bolter & Chainsword’s Imeran 10-20-2015
I’m so confused right now… there will be four (4) items in print coming up, correct? They are:
– Codex: Tau Empire
– Operation Shadowtalon (Raven Guard)
– Burning Dawn (Tau)
Advertisement– War Zone Damocles: Kauyon (campaign book)
If you already have a 6th edition Codex: Tau Empire, you just need War Zone Damocles: Kauyon.
If you get War Zone Damocles: Kauyon, you get rules for both Tau (for the new units and Hunter Contingent) and Space Marines (Formations) plus new Fluff.
If you get the new Codex: Tau Empire, you get everything that’s in the old Codex plus all the Tau stuff from War Zone Damocles: Kauyon (including the new Fluff?)
Subscribe to our newsletter!Get Tabletop, RPG & Pop Culture news delivered directly to your inbox.By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.If you get either Operation Shadowtalon or Burning Dawn, you get some scenario-specific fluff and a formation or two, but that has nothing to do with the real new rules/formations.
So under this piece of news, the New Tau codex is identical except for the newly released units, and formations/”decurion” all of which are in the War Zone Damocles: Kauyon campaign book. It’s said to be be not so much a “new codex” as a “reprint” with all the new items collated together.
Well that’s an interesting turn of events. I can see GW doing this to avoid the sticky situation that occurred with the Leviathan campaign last year which resulted in a handful of new Tyranid models that have difficult to access rules (which I’m sure negatively affect sales). I bet we will see this type of thing rolled out with future codices. I’m looking at you Tyranids and Chaos Marines!
~What do you think of that rules rollout philosophy?
