

But if there’s a plan for them in 40k proper, it’s not in this book. On that note, there are no rules for custom legion traits here, so no mucking about with successors or any of that nonsense – you have to pick one of the eight options here (or the other three with their own books). The Purge, The Crimson Slaughter, the Flawless Host, the Scourged, and the Brazen Beasts aren’t in here – if you want to run them they use the same rules as one of the other legions. We’ve already heard they’ll be getting their own codex, and this month’s White Dwarf – which we’ll be reviewing next week – covers the interim units to use for the sons of Angron.

That said, there are a few things that didn’t make it in here:

In Part 2: The Legions, we talk about the eight legions outlined in this book, their rules, and how they’ll play.In Part 1 – this article – we talk about the general overview of the book, what’s in it, our overall impressions, and the army-wide rules and concepts of the Chaos Space Marines.You’ll also note that we’ve split this review into four parts:
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After two full years’ wait, the Heretic Astartes finally have a book of their own – but was it worth the wait?īefore we dive into the book, we’d like to thank Games Workshop for providing us with a preview copy of the book for review purposes. The skies darken and the storms gather as the time of Chaos descends upon us – rejoice, brothers and sisters for the Summer of Chaos has truly arrived with the upcoming release of Codex: Chaos Space Marines.
