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Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (8th Edition)

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Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus
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Released September 2017
Preceded by Codex: Skitarii (7th Edition)
Codex: Cult Mechanicus (7th Edition)
Followed by Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (9th Edition)

Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus is an expansion book for the 8th Edition of Warhammer 40,000.

Cover Description

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.

Contents

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.

Other Publications

  • Codex, a general overview of all Codex publications.

Sources