Codex: Witch Hunters (3rd Edition)

The General Structure

Cover of the Codex: Witch Hunters

The Codex: Witch Hunters is an expansion book for the Games Workshop Table Top game Warhammer 40,000. This edition of the book was published for the first time in 2003, and was for the 3rd edition of Warhammer 40,000. It was the Second Book of the Inquisition being soley about the Ordo Hereticus, the First being the Codex: Daemonhunters and Third being the (as of yet unreleased) Codex: Alienhunters

The book has 64 pages and the cover is printed in color while the majority of the book remains in black and white, although there are sixteen pages of colour images of miniatures.

Contents

Army List

This book contains a complete army list for using all the forces of the Ordo Hereticus, that is either a purely Ordo Hereticus Inquisitorial force, a purely Adepta Sororitas force or a combination both, with the possibility of including forces taken from the Imperial Guard or Space Marines. Further special rules, equipment, as well as Witch Hunter Advesary rules are included.

Background

This book contains background information and fiction on:

• The Age of Apostasy and the founding of the Ordo Hereticus
• History of the Adepta Sororitas
• Radical and Puritan Inquisitors
• Duties and Organisation of the Adepta Sororitas
• An extract from Malleus by Dan Abnett
• Battlegear of the Adepta Sororitas
• Witch Hunters Narratives

Special Character Models

This book contains background and special character rules for:

• Inquisitor Lord Karamazov
• Saint Celestine

Hobby Section

This book contians information on:

• Collecting a Witch Hunters Army
• Description of Witch Hunter units
• Painting tips for Inquisitors and Sisters of Battle
• Conversion tips for Henchmen
• Examples of different Sisters of Battle Orders Militant
• Witch Hunter Force Organization
• Miniatures Showcase

Authors, Artists and Coworkers

During the production of this book, the following persons were involved considerably.

• Authors
  

Andy Hoare and Graham McNeill

• Additional Materials
  

Pete Haines, Phil Kelley, and Anthony Reynolds

• Cover Art
  

Paul Dainton

• Illustrators
  

John Blanche, Alex Boyd, Paul Dainton, Nuala Kennedy, Karl Kopinski, Adrian Smith, Andrea Uderzo, and Sam Wood

Additional information

Other Publications

• Codex, an general overview of all Codex publications.

Other

• ISBN: 1-84154-485-X