Pre-orders are up for White Dwarf Issue 477, which contains the Index Hereticus: World Eaters supplement for the incoming Codex: Chaos Space Marines for Warhammer 40,000.
I'm immediately thrilled to see the same artwork used for the cover of Codex: Khorne Daemonkin from the 7th edition of 40K. The artwork is rad as hell, and if the rules are anything like Khorne Daemonkin, there are going to be fun times ahead.
With the proliferation of unique rules and mechanics for each codex, growing increasingly disparate as the edition goes on, I think it's fair to say we'll see a few things to set the World Eaters apart from their generic Chaos Space Marine cousins, as well as legionaries of the Thousand Sons and Death Guard.
Browsing the image previews, let's take a look at the World Eaters specific content within this issue:
A little blurry, but here's what the above image says:
- 74 INDEX HERETICUS: Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne! And background and rules for all you frenzied World Eaters fans out there.
- 88: KILL. MAIM. BURN. : A short story about Kharn the Betrayer doing what he does best. There is killing. There is maining. There is burning. All the boxes are ticked!
- 92: GALACTIC WAR HOSTS: WORLD EATERS: It's time to paint the town red with this inspirational gallery of World Eaters converted and painted by talented readers and studio staff.
- 104: BLOOD SPATTER: WORLD EATERS OF KHORNE: A Paint Splatter focusing on the red and brass-clad lunatics of the World Eaters Legion. Plus tips on painting blood spatter and skulls, naturally!
There are also going to be stratagem and datasheet cards for the Index Hereticus:
Very cool, though nothing new to see in the picture above. I think as per the reveal there will be rules for Kharn and Berzerkers, and the only stratagem we can see the title of above is for Scorn of Sorcery, which (if unchanged) allows the World Eaters player to deny an enemy psychic power on a d6 roll of 4+.
I am preordering this issue now! I don't buy White Dwarf often but this one is directly relevant and the cards are neat to have. Zone Mortalis rules are a bonus.
You can preorder White Dwarf Issue 477 here.
