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Codex: Imperial Guard
Author(s)	Robin Cruddace
Editor(s)	Graham Davey & Andrew Kenrick
Cover Artist	David Gallagher
Illustrator(s)	John Blanche, Dave Gallagher, Alex Boyd, Paul Dainton, Robin Carey, Neil Hodgson & Nuala Kinrade
Released	May 2nd, 2009
Pages	104
Preceded by	Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)

Contents 1 The General Structure 2 Contents 2.1 Army List 2.2 Background 2.3 Special Characters 2.4 Hobby Section 3 Other Publications

The General Structure

Codex: Imperial Guard is an expansion book for the Games Workshop tabletop game Warhammer 40,000. This edition of the book was published for the first time May 2nd, 2009 for the 5th edition of Warhammer 40,000. It was the second codex released for that edition of the game.

The book has 104 pages and the cover is printed in colour while the majority of the book remains in black and white, although there are several pages in colour throughout the book, including the hobby section in the middle.

Contents

Army List

This book contains a complete army list for using an Imperial Guard army. Further special rules and equipment are included, such as the new 'Orders' system.

Background

Special Characters

This book contains background and special character rules for:

• Lord Castellan Ursarkar E. Creed and Colour Sergeant Jarran Kell
• Knight Commander Pask
• Sergeant Lukas Bastonne
• Colonel Straken
• Sly Marbo
• Gunnery Sergeant Harker
• Commissar Sebastian Yarrick
• Captain Al'rahem
• Commander Kubrik Chenkov
• Mogul Kamir
• Nork Deddog

Hobby Section

This section contains a selection of Imperial Guard units and how they are painted including characters, squads and vehicles.

Other Publications

• Codex, a general overview of all Codex publications.