Codex

Codex (plural "codices", but "codexes" is also occasionally used) is the name of a source book for Warhammer 40,000 armies and factions containing background information, pictures, and rules.

General Info

Since its creation in the '80s, Warhammer 40,000 has had six distinct versions or editions. With each edition, the Codex of each army has changed to reflect the new rules and units.

Usually one codex is valid until a revision is made, so all codexes from the 5th, 4th and 3rd Editions of Warhammer 40,000 are still valid in the current, 6th Edition, unless a later version has replaced it. There have been instances of codices that are not "standalone". They were known as "mini-dexes". These were usually army lists that were variants of a mainstream army. An example would be the early 3rd Edition Codex: Catachans, which required the main Codex: Imperial Guard to use. Mini-dexes are more or less extinct nowadays.

Full List of Codices

See Main Article:Codices (List)

Current List of Codices and Expansions

This is the list of codexes which can be used to play today.

Army Codexes

6th Edition Codices

• Codex: Chaos Space Marines

5th Edition Codices

• Codex: Blood Angels
• Codex: Dark Eldar
• Codex: Grey Knights
• Codex: Imperial Guard
• Codex: Necrons
• Codex: Sisters of Battle
• Codex: Space Marines
• Codex: Space Wolves
• Codex: Tyranids

4th Edition Codices

• Codex: Black Templars
• Codex: Chaos Daemons
• Codex: Dark Angels
• Codex: Eldar
• Codex: Orks
• Codex: Tau Empire

Expansions

5th Edition Expansions

• Planetstrike - Planetary invasions
• Planetary Empires - Map-based campaigns
• Battle Missions - Additional missions

4th Edition Expansions

• Apocalypse - Large-scale battles
  • Apocalypse Reload - Supplement
• Cities of Death - Urban warfare

See Also

• Codices (List) - For a list of all released Codices.