Codex: Space Marines

by Games Workshop

The Space Marines are numbered amongst the most elite warriors in the Imperium. Created by the Emperor himself from the genetic material of the demigod Primarchs, they are the ultimate soldiers for a cruel and terrible age. Inside this 192-page hardback codex, you'll find everything you need to unleash the Space Marines in battle, plus thrilling lore and art to inspire your own collection.

Inside this book, you'll find:
- The history of the Space Marines, with a look at how these genetically engineered warriors annihilate the enemies of the Emperor with terrible force
- A Space Marines bestiary with background details for every unit and Character featured
- A showcase of stunningly painted Citadel miniatures
- Rules for Space Marines units that are available to every Chapter
- Stratagems, Warlord Traits, Litanies of Battle, Psychic Disciplines and Chapter Relics that define the ways that the Space Marines wage war
- And more!

You will need a copy of the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook to use the rules included in this codex.

192 pages, Hardcover

Published August 1, 2019

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

[Cloak88 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book contains the Background information/ Lore and Army Rules to make and make a Warhammer 40K Space Marine army.

And overall it does just that: Lots of flexabilty, lots of choices, lots of options,.....
In all about half the book is dedicated to rules and the many, many, many different SM entries in the army. The other half is divided between background on various types of Marines, Artwork of those marines or pictures of professorially painted miniatures.

Overall this is a isn't a bad book, but from a background perspective there wasn't all that much. Most of the pages were dedicated to brief descriptions of various units only to quickly move on to the next unit. Thus leaving little space over for the deeper lore on the Adeptus Astartes and their place in the 40K universe.

Rules: 4 stars
Art: 4 stars
Lore: 2.5 stars

[AveN · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is interesting and full of information, but there are dark sides, too. So many ortographic mistakes for example. But really frustrating is the omni-presence of Ultra Marines... but that was to be expected. The biggest Problem for me, the miniature pictures. I had wished for at least one picture of any unit mentioned in the book, but instead we got multiple pictures of the same models in same the coloring, sometimes even the same pose... that was avoidable.