The Adeptus Mechanicus are the machinists who keep the Imperial war machine going, and they’re not adverse to a little front-line action themselves. If strange technology, strict Doctrina Imperatives, and the logical certainty of steel is your vibe, Mars has the post-humans for you. These Index datacards contain profiles for every xenos unit in the new edition of Warhammer 40,000, accompanied by fresh army and Detachment rules for each. Ultramarines • White Scars • Iron Hands • Raven Guard • Salamanders • Imperial Fists • Silver Templars

Vigilus Defiant • Vigilus Ablaze • Shadowspear • Psychic Awakening ( Phoenix Rising • Faith and Fury • Blood of Baal • Ritual of the Damned • The Greater Good • Saga of the Beast • Engine War • War of the Spider • Pariah) With yesterday’s influx of Chaos, the Grey Knights are the proper remedy. They have been reimagined as a lightning-fast strike force able to batter their quarry from every angle with a Teleport Assault. As the Tyranids barrel into the far side of the galaxy, the Genestealer Cults draw their gaze with secretive underground operations. The Day of Ascension is at hand, and no Imperial oppressors will see the Cult Ambush coming from beneath their feet. It includes 137 datasheets covering the Ork, T’au Empire, Tyranid and Genestealer Cults range of miniatures, with overviews of each army. Updated abilities, psychic powers, weapon profiles and points values allow you to field your collection in games of Warhammer 40,000. There’s also a blank army roster and detachment roster, which you are free to photocopy and use when building a Battle-forged army in Matched Play games.Aeldari (Craftworld Eldar, Dark Eldar and Harlequins) and Necron armies are covered in Index: Xenos Vol.1. A Tyranids army list, with an explanation of the Hive Fleet keyword, Hive Mind psychic discipline and the Synapse, Instinctive Behaviour and Shadow in the Warp Abilities; An overview of the Ynnari (an Eldar alliance of followers of Ynnead introduced in the Gathering Storm); WAAAGH! Get yer boots on, ladz – there’s fightin’ to be done. Other factions might be messing around with fancy powers and shiny gubbins, but the Orks can krump ‘em all with sheer mass, noise, and unspeakable violence.

Tomorrow brings the rest of the Imperium, with the Xenos factions and the first Munitorum Field Manual (which contains all the points) of the new edition arriving later in the week. In the dark depths of Commorragh, the Drukhari prepare their raids into realspace with even faster, deadlier troops who draw Power From Pain. A T'au Empire army list, with an explanation of the Septs keyword, For the Greater Good Ability and rules for using Markerlights;It contains 124 datasheets covering the range of Aeldari and Necron miniatures, with overviews of each army. Updated abilities, psychic powers, wargear, weapon profiles and points values allow you to field your collection in games of Warhammer 40,000. There’s also a blank army roster and detachment roster, which you are free to photocopy and use when building a Battle-Forged army in Matched Play games. An Ynnari army list, with an explanation of the Reborn keyword, the Revenant psychic disciplineand the Strength From Death Ability Each Index contains that faction’s army rule and one full Detachment, so you can get playing straight away. The Adeptus Custodes are the Emperor’s own bodyguards – the best of the best, the mightiest mortal soldiers in the galaxy, who have mastered the Martial Ka’tah. Alongside these golden heroes, the psychic nulls of the Sisters of Silence combat the warp with their mere presence.

An Ork army list, with an explanation of the Clan keyword, Power of the Waaagh! psychic discipline and the 'Ere We Go! and Mob Rule Abilities; Tomb Worlds continue to awaken as the galaxy slides further into turmoil, and the Necrons are revitalised by Reanimation Protocols. They also benefit greatly from the new Leader rules, as oversight from Overlords upgrades their legions of shambling Necron Warriors . Angron’s World Eaters are the bloodthirsty, maniacal warriors you know and love, joining the new edition with myriad Blessings of Khorne. A Drukhari army list, with an explanation of the Kabal, Wych Cult and Haemonculus Coven keyword and the Power From Pain and Combat Drugs Abilities; Craftworld Aeldari have always manipulated fate through psychic precognition, and they take this ability right into games of Warhammer 40,000 with the new-look Strands of Fate.Space Marines • Chaos Space Marines • Grey Knights • Death Guard • Astra Militarum • Adeptus Mechanicus • Craftworlds • Tyranids • Dark Angels • Blood Angels • Chaos Daemons • Adeptus Custodes • Thousand Sons • T'au Empire • Necrons • Drukhari • Deathwatch • Harlequins • Imperial Knights • Space Wolves • Gellerpox Infected • Elucidian Starstriders • Orks • Genestealer Cults • Vanguard Space Marines • Daemonkin • Chaos Space Marines II • Chaos Knights • Space Marines II • Adepta Sororitas Chaos Knights are fear incarnate, Harbingers of Dread who impose an aura of sheer terror wherever they tread. Unlike their Imperial counterparts,* they couldn’t care less for the tenets of honour, instead taking all the glory and slaughter for themselves – and themselves alone.