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Poll: How Do You Rate the Chaos Daemons Codex?

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Poll: Chaos Daemons Codex Review

Soooo… Chaos Daemons.

Games Workshop is releasing new books for Warhammer 40K in rapid-fire mode. Tau are all over the place. The pre-orders will likely be up this weekend, even though Games Workshop’s latest release, the 6th Edition Chaos Daemons Codex is hardly a month old.

#1 – My Chaos Daemons Codex Conundrum

For a number of reasons, I find it difficult to write about the Chaos Daemons Codex, even though I am intrigued by the models.

I took a shot at writing a Codex Dark Angels Review, but the Daemons Codex still confuses me.

  • I wasn’t a Daemons-player before (other than the “generic” ones in the old CSM-dex), so I cannot really comment on the changes.
  • I don’t see the “new” Daemons on the table, so I cannot comment on playing against them.
  • I kind fail at “theory-hammering” the Codex to get a good idea for what it “would be” like playing or playing against Chaos Daemons in Warhammer 40K 6th Edition

Luckily for me, I have a blog (hooray!). So a solution dawned on me: I am going ask my Pins of War readers (and the perhaps some of the rest of the interwebs if you spread this poll!).

#2 – How Do You Rate The Chaos Daemons Codex?

How Do You Rate The 6th Edition Chaos Daemons Codex?

  • 5 - Brilliant (14%, 50 Votes)
  • 4 - Above Average (33%, 121 Votes)
  • 3 - Mediocre (28%, 103 Votes)
  • 2 - Below Average (11%, 41 Votes)
  • 1 - Atrocious (11%, 40 Votes)
  • Other (pls explain in comments) (3%, 8 Votes)

Total Voters: 363

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#3 – But… But… How Do I Rate?

The obvious reply is likely: How Do I Rate? What Do I Emphasize?

  • Competitiveness?
  • Fluff?
  • Artwork?
  • Fun Lists?
  • Hobby Potential?
  • Etc..?

Short answer: Any and all of them.

Give it a “well-rounded” rating, emphasizing the aspects you think are important. If you’re into the hobby-aspect, it’ll likely influence you more than a hard-core tournament-player.

The beauty of a public poll is that different people can like (or hate) a book for different reasons.

So go ahead and vote. And if you have time, share some of the thoughts and reasoning behind your vote in the comments!

Much appreciated.

Z.

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  • http://twitter.com/belverker belverker

    i personally love it, it will play like Dark Eldar, hit hard but will die to a stiff wind. There are some great fun units, i especially want to see a 1850 point army with 17 exalted chariots of slaanesh. But it is also balanced with the other 2 books. The models are great (i realy love the new ones) the fluff is good, pretty much the same as it was. I also love that they brought back the god animosity in a small way.

  • Bartali

    I voted atrocious. It’s the codex that made me realise 6th ed 40k isn’t for me – a random roll on a table too far. The boost then subsequent nerf to flamers and Screamers also leaves a sour taste.

  • kaptinscuzgob

    it felt like a rush job to get all the different White Dwarf updates in one place. throw in too many annoying random tables and the worst special rule in the entire game (warpfire) and bam, daemon codex

  • petrow84

    I think, they ripped off the competitive value of the codex by the numerous random things included, and by seriously nerfing, or altering the used-to-be-auto-include units. At the same time however, all of that enhanced the fluff and gameplay experience of the codex.

    CCD is definitely not an army i’d suggest for a beginner, unless one is really committed to the faction. There are many special things beside the basic rules, and one must think really fast how to cope up with bad dice rolls, or exploit the potential of good ones, if some random event spoils the battle plans.