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Black Legion Supplement Up For Pre-Order On iTunes

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Black Legion Codex Supplement

Almost unnoticed among the all noise surrounding the new (Loyalist) Space Marines miniatures, the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion reared their head over on iTunes.

Games Workshop’s third Warhammer 40K Codex supplement – after the Iyanden Book and the Farsight Supplement – is now available for pre-order.

Like the Farsight supplement (which has yet to appear in print), it seems the Black Legion supplement for the Chaos Space Marines Codex will only be available as ebook (at least for now).

The official release date (for the ebook) is August 17th.

#1 – Black Legion Chaos Codex Supplement

Black Legion Codex Supplement
Black Legion Codex Supplement
Description
The Black Legion are among the most hated foes of the Imperium, vile traitors and fearsome warriors responsible for ten thousand years of terror and murder.

About this Book:
This Codex: Chaos Space Marines Supplement charts the history of the Legion, along with their Warmaster Abaddon, who stands poised to lead them to victory over the Imperium. Also inside you will find a showcase of Chaos Space Marine Citadel miniatures, presenting the warband colours and icons of those sworn to serve the Black Legion, supplemental rules that, in conjunction with Codex: Chaos Space Marines, allows you created a Black Legion force and a series of narrative missions that enable you to play through the Black Legion’s bloody history.

#2- Thoughts?

There is no price for the Black Legion Codex Supplement yet.

  • Expected Release: 17 August 2013
  • Publisher: Games Workshop
  • Print Length: 157 Pages
  • Language: English
  • Version: 1.0

At 157 pages, it will be slightly beefier than the Farsight Supplement (which is said to be 132 pages on iTunes), which itself was larger than the Iyanden Supplement (121 pages as iTunes eBook). Looks like a bit of Codex-Supplement-Page-Creep going on there!

When (if) the Black Legions supplement appears in print, it may well be a few pages thicker than the Iyanden Supplement for the Eldar (which, while brilliantly written, felt short for a book priced identical to a full-fledged Warhammer 40K 6th Edition Codex).

Let me know what you think?

Z.

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  • Charles Rampant

    I wonder how long the turn-around on these are. Could the codex author be trying to retrospectively add more flavour to the book with this?

  • Jeff Martin

    The whole “if” it appears in print question is a huge mistake for GW having attended this past GD and Adeptacon the almost universal opinion from everyone I spoke with was

    No print no buy.

  • Scott

    GW are getting oh so greedy, so much cash for so little product. CSM codex £30, now a Black Legion supplement with a few extra rules for another £25 non print, more if they bring out a hardback copy. The extra rules etc for the Black Legion could easily have been included in the Chaos Space Marine codex that may then have been worth the money.

    Way to go Greed Workshop, time you realised that 40k is getting far far too expensive a hobby for many gamers.

    • http://pinsofwar.net/ Zweischneid

      Well… people buy it. So why should they do it differently?

      Sounds snarky, but that is what it comes down to.

      • Jeff

        No you are right but this market is limited, and more small companies are eating away at GW’s pie and GW has just found out with the Chapterhouse trial that they can no longer sue other companies into submission Companies like Dreamforge with Iron Core Privateer press with Warmachine and the runaway success of Dropzone commander are all eating away at that all important investor dividend.

        Meanwhile in eastern europe High quality knockoff Forgeworld models are being sold at a quarter of the outrageous FW prices and we are seeing GW knockoffs starting to appear. Matthew from miniwargaming .com said this would happen two years ago and many of us have been expecting it for years.

        In five years we will see a much different GW, I honestly think it will either be privately held or part of another conglomerate.

        But the changes are coming because of one thing the same thing that killed TSR Greed and being deaf.

        • http://pinsofwar.net/ Zweischneid

          Well, things like Privateer Press or Dropzone Commander are rather bad examples. Both actually show that there is still room – price-wise – above Games Workshop, rather than below it.

          Privateer’s large kits – like the Gargantuans – are some 30% to 50% more expensive than GW kits of comparable size (e.g. Wraithknights). Comparisons with DZC’s 10mm stuff is harder, but it is very (!!) expensive.

  • Guest

    If it is effectively two (2) pages of rules like the Eldar supplement for $50, I will never buy it. 157 pages of total bullshit or worse, reprinted bullshit that may contradict the current fluff do not do anything for me. I agree with the statement that if it is that small, it should have been added into the CSM book. The potential is there for GW to knock this out of the park and make these supplements awesome.
    Maybe throw FW a bone and include one of their models (with rules). Give us a pre-heresy force Org chart that is still legit for a tourney (I dunno, 8 troops, 4 elite, 2 heavy and fast). Give us 2-3 named characters that are not in the CSM codex that are notable Black Legion guys, and maybe don’t even have to be HQ choices (Telion, Bastonne, Pask, etc). Give us a 5 man Terminator squad that is Fearless and has 2 heavy weapon choices that count as troops or something. A freaking drop pod… just give them a drop pod, for the love of chaos united.
    I bought the Eldar supplement, and I was mad. Mad because they talk about the Wraithlords as if there are some that are unique characters (Bjorn the Fell Handed type guys) and a Spirit Seer who was the /main focus/ of 75% of the fluff, yet do I get a named Wraithlord? Noooo. Do I get a named Spirit Seer or a way to make a Spirit Seer Mastery 3+? Noooo.
    This is how GW is dropping the ball, this is how these things could be awesome, and this is why we are getting screwed. This book should have had every other Chaos Undivided Chapter in it as well (Alpha Legion, Word Bearers, whatever fruit-loop chapter they care to make up to push) with a couple of named characters each, some different equipment, force org, units as troops, whatever. Give me something to work with here. Anything. Really, give me a bone here.

  • harry

    So does anyone know of a GOOD reason why GW are doing these different release dates?

    • http://pinsofwar.net/ Zweischneid

      Free crowd-sourced proof-reading? ;)

      More seriously, my bet would be to push more people into their e-Products. They couldn’t do this kind of different release dates with regular Codexes or Rulebooks, as 25-years of expectations are these will be available in print on day 1.

      These Supplements have no such history, and GW may want to exploit that to get people to start a GW collection on their iPad (or whatever). Once you have a few books on there, you’re probably more likely to iShop from them in the future.