Ork players, you are first in the queue this time. At the Big Summer Warhammer Preview on Friday 26 June, Games Workshop confirmed that Codex: Orks will be the very first codex for the new edition of Warhammer 40,000, putting the green horde front and centre as the army book that sets the template for everything to follow.
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Find events near youThat is a big deal for one of the hobby's most beloved factions, and being first means the Orks set the power level everyone else gets measured against. Games Workshop says the book packs in no fewer than 15 detachments to mix and match, so whether you fancy a speed-freak biker mob, a stompy walker army or a classic green tide, there is a build for it. The headline change is a new take on the Waaagh!, the army-wide rule that has always defined the Orks, with units picking up a range of bonuses when they get properly riled up. Games Workshop is holding the finer details back until the codex's full reveal, but it leans hard into the faction's "the bigger the mob, the angrier they get" fantasy.
If you grabbed the Armageddon boxed set that launches the new edition, there is more good news. The Orks from that box are getting standalone releases, so you can add extra Weirdboyz and Wartrakks to your collection, while the Bigboss, Bannernob and Painboy with Grot Orderly arrive together as the Armageddon Kommand Krew. The codex itself comes with a Command Pack of 94 reference cards, a set of faction dice and an app unlock code that promises quarterly drops of rules and lore through the edition.
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Set up your group for freeThere is no firm release date yet, though codices usually follow hot on the heels of a reveal like this. If a new edition has you itching to find a regular opponent or a local club, round up a crew on Backseat Gamer.
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