Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus

Warhammer 40,000 - 8th Edition #Army Codex

by Games Workshop

The Adeptus Mechanicus are the keepers and manufacturers of technology for the Imperium of Mankind. It is a role they guard jealously, using their own standing armies, engines of war and god-machines. It is within their power to unleash the most arcane weaponry in the Imperium, and they do so without mercy. Grim processions of soldiers stride in perfect unison, each one a disturbing fusion of man and machine. Behind them stomp soulless automata, and towering over them are enormous walkers. An Adeptus Mechanicus army marching to war is a sight both terrifying and glorious.

Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus contains a wealth of background and rules – the definitive book for Adeptus Mechanicus collectors. Within this 104-page hardback, you’ll find:

Background

- Disciples of the Machine God: a detailed history of the Adeptus Mechanicus, from their inception to the 41st Millennium, describing their devotion to the divine trinity – the Omnissiah, the Machine God and the Motive Force;
- An illustrated organisation of the Adeptus Mechanicus’ fighting forces, divided into macroclades, cohorts and maniples, with an overview of the hierarchy of the Cult Mechanicus;
- Bastions of the Machine God: a map of their forge worlds, Mechanicus-aligned Knight worlds, Skitarii expeditions and Dark Mechanicus worlds;
- Iconography of the Adeptus Mechanicus: icons, sigils and background information for 11 infamous forge worlds;
- The Ever-faithful: colours and heraldries for 17 examples of Kastelan Robots of the Cult Mechanicus;
- A guide to the structure of a Mechanicus-aligned Knight House, with 4 examples of Questor Mechanicus heraldry;
- A detailed timeline of key events, discoveries and battles in the history of the Adeptus Mechanicus;
- Background and details on each character, vehicle and unit available to an Adeptus Mechanicus army;
- A showcase of beautifully painted Citadel miniatures, depicting the colour schemes of the major forge worlds expertly painted by the ‘Eavy Metal team.

Rules

Everything you need to get a Adeptus Mechanicus army primed for games of Warhammer 40,000 is in here:

- 22 datasheets containing rules for every Adeptus Mechanicus unit;
- Army abilities reflecting the Adeptus Mechanicus’ methods of war;
- Armoury of the Machine God: wargear both ranged and close-combat used by the Adeptus Mechanicus;
- Points values for all miniatures, weapons and wargear for use in Matched Play games;
- Congregations of War: rules for Battle-forged armies:
- Forge World Dogma for armies with the following forge world keywords – Mars, Graia, Metalica, Lucius, Agripinaa, Stygies VIII, and Ryza;
- 28 Stratagems, 20 of which are unique to this army – 7 are used with specific forge worlds, and 1 is specific to the Questor Mechanicus,
- the Arcana Mechanicus: a selection of rare wargear, some forgeworld-specific;
- 6 Warlord Traits for use by any Warlord, with a further 7 specific to the main forge worlds: Mars, Graia, Metalica, Lucius, Agripinaa, Stygies VIII, and Ryza;
- 6 unique Tactical Objectives.

Genres: Science Fiction

104 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated as GW) is a British miniature wargaming manufacturing company. Games Workshop is best known as developer and publisher of the tabletop wargames Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.

Reviews

[Ark · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a reference manual for tabletop gaming, this codex does a brilliant job of combining tabletop specs, imaginative lore, and beautiful artwork to thoroughly explain the different combative forces of the Adeptus Mechanicus as well as the Adeptus Titanicus. Explaining the specialties of each forgeworld and their lore brought an extra-dimension to this faction.

[Grimm Grimmschlund · Rating 2 out of 5]

on a nerd level: i liked it.


on a literacy level: i read the german translation and it was badly translated. there are syntax mistakes making it hard to read sometimes. i got the book secondhand but had i bought it for full price, which is now 20€ for the older edition i read, i would feel scammed.
this book needed an editor.

Liebe Leute, ich würde mir mir vorm Kauf vielleicht noch mal die neuere Auflage anschauen oder eben das englische Original. So versteht man den Text zwar aber teilweise ist das so hölzern übersetzt, es klingt wie der unbearbeitete Übersetzungsentwurf. Was soll das.

[Mikael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great introduction to the whole Mechanicus force but they only had to smash the two earlier "half codexes" together. Could use some more information on the nature of the caledoscopic belief of the cult and its sub-cults but its highly interesting to read about the different forge-worlds and I see they snuck in the toaster crusade as a joke.

Rules come a long way in a relatively short while but still lacks special characters, artillery and flyers.

[Jim Pickone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good but nothing spectacular.

[R. Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

FROM THE MOMENT I UNDERSTOOD THE WEAKNESS OF MY FLESH, IT DISGUSTED ME… I ASPIRED TO THE PURITY OF THE BLESSED MACHINE.