Final Blood Angels Rules Dump

This is it. My final "preview" post on the new Blood Angels Codex. This gives us a really good picture of what to expect come release. If you are stuck on a forum or Facebook group that's fallen to the Black Rage, stop on over at The Bolter and Chainsword's Blood Angel Subforum which has resisted the Red Thirst and remains the most open minded and frankly the best gathering of Blood Angels players on the internet IMHO.

Big thanks to Pascalnz and Duke Danse Macabre from over there for getting hold of the Codex early and doing a massive Q and A. I believe they are still answering questions, so if there's something you are dying to know, head on over to this thread. At this point, I'm satisfied with what I know and for anything else I'm just going to wait until I get my Codex.

Rules dump coming after the break.

White Dwarf 46 Leaked!

Posted by the blog El taller de Yila here.

More images after the break.

Spanish version of the Blood Angels Codex leaked!

Iuchiban has the Spanish version of the Blood Angels Codex and was doing a Question and Answer thread over on Warseer.

I reformatted everything and posted below for your perusal. I also added it to my Blood Angels Compiled MEGA Post. Here's what we know:

Army Special Rules:
Furious Charge

FOC Changes:
HQ: Librarian Dreadnought
Troops: Tactical Squads, Scout Squads
Elites: Death Company, Dreadnoughts (Death Company and Furioso), Command Squad (Honour Guard are gone)
Heavy Support: Baal Predator

Baal Strike Force Detachment:
Mandatory 1 HQ, 1 Elite, 2 Troops
Optional: as usual, but 3 additional Elite slots (Total 4)
Special Rule: +1 Initiative when charging, all the army, any turn.

More after the break.

Blood Angels Compiled PDF Preview

Update: I updated the link. Apparently all the traffic broke my Dropbox!

Just in case you aren't keeping up with my "Blood Angels: Compiled MEGA Post!!!" I created a 55 page PDF which compiles previews from: Blood Angels Codex: iBooks Interactive Edition, Blood Angels Codex: eBooks Edition, and the Sons of Sanguinius: iBooks Interactive Edition. You can download it here.

With that, I'm going to take a break from the Blood Angels rumors for the time being unless pics leak of a unit we haven't heard of yet or something else interesting pops up. I'm still adding auctions to eBay and I'm starting to get to the Warhammer Fantasy Battle stuff I had laying around. You can see what I'm currently selling here.

Enjoy the weekend folks and let's offer some words of encouragement to my Pittsburgh Steelers as they are in dire need of it.

Till next time,
–The Harrower

New Blood Angels Terminators Pic!

Where are all of the naysayers now?

I have a lot to add to the compilation thread and I'll get to that tonight. Just wanted to get this pic up right away.

New Blood Angels Terminators!

I received an email from a reader whose been playing since Rouge Traders days and he's been worried (as well as some other people) that after the Tactical Squad, Sanguinary Priest, and Codex are released, the Blood Angels are done.

Arguments for this suggest that Games Workshop wouldn't release a new unit after the Codex. Well, historically that isn't accurate.

We'll break it all down and analyze the picture that everyone is talking about after the break.

Blood Angels: Compiled MEGA Post!!!

***** UPDATES *****

• 12.10.14: Final update to this post. Added more rules based on a Q and A done by Pascalnz and Duke Danse Macabre over on The Bolter and Chainsword. Thanks dudes!
• 12.09.14: Added some more rules. These were reposted by GrunTeufel on The Bolter and Chainsword from some guy that was answering questions on 4chan.
• 12.09.14: Added leaked pics from White Dwarf 46. These were posted by the blog El taller de Yila.
• 12.08.14: Added a huge rules dump from Iuchiban over on Warseer who has a Spanish copy of the Blood Angels Codex.
• 12.07.14: Added a new pic from the Blood Angels Codex which shows what might be a new Special Character. Posted by Forge the Narrative on Facebook.
• 12.06.14: Added 2 pics from the actual Blood Angels Codex. Posted by tsijben on The Bolter and Chainsword. Added some additional rules commentary based on the leaked pics.
• 12.06.14: Added a few more pics from the different GW sites that weren't in the Blood Angels Preview PDF.
• 12.06.14: Added some stuff to the new rules section. Among them, Dreadnought Warlords!
• 12.06.14: Added a new link to the Blood Angels Preview PDF. Apparently all the traffic broke my Dropbox!
• 12.05.14: Added a 55 page PDF which compiles previews from: Blood Angels Codex iBooks Interactive Edition, Blood Angels Codex eBooks Edition, Sons of Sanguinius iBooks Interactive Edition. You can download it here.
• 12.05.14: Added a pic of the Sanguinary Guard edition. Provided by an anonymous source.
• 12.05.14: Added unit and wargear pics from Deathstorm. Posted by tsijben on The Bolter and Chainsword.
• 12.04.14: Added rules for the Sanguinary Guard and info on the Sanguinary Guard edition of the Blood Angels Codex. Posted on Faeit 212 via ShadowWolf32387.
• 12.04.14: Added Captain Karlaen's point cost. Thanks Pascalnz!
• 12.04.14: Added another pic of the Blood Angels Tactical Squad. Posted by IronKobra on The Bolter and Chainsword.
• 12.04.14: Added NEW pics of the Blood Angels Tactical Squad. This is one sick kit! Posted by Forge the Narrative on Facebook.
• 12.04.14: Added a pic of the Blood Angels Digital Codex Cover. Posted by L'Astropate: News e Rumors di Warhammer 40.000 on Facebook.
• 12.04.14: Added rules and points for the Death Company and Death Company Dreadnought as they are in Deathstorm. Posted by Pascalnz on The Bolter and Chainsword.
• 12.04.14: Added a pic confirming 165 points for Sanguinary Guard! Posted by tsijben on The Bolter and Chainsword.
• 12.03.14: Added a pic of the limited edition Blood Angels dice set. Posted by LutherMax on The Bolter and Chainsword.
• 12.03.14: Added a pic from the new White Dwarf which apparently shows new Blood Angel Terminators!!! Posted by Rabianegra on The Bolter and Chainsword.

• 12.03.14: Added pics of Magna-grapple and Blood Talons rules. Posted by Natfka.
• 12.03.14: Added pics of the Sanguinary Guard unit entry, Dreadnought unit entry, and Datacards. Posted by SpikeyBitz.

As promised here's the compiled thread of all the Blood Angels info we currently know. If I missed anything here, please let me know in the comments below.

We'll start with the good stuff (all the leaked images) after the break.

Blood Angels Codex Cover Revealed!

Here's the new Blood Angels Codex cover. Really liking the look of this. I'll do another rumor roundup in the next couple days.

Till then,
–The Harrower

New Sanguinary Priest!

Here's the new Sanguinary Priest from the upcoming White Dwarf. I'm not sure, but this looks like Corbulo to me!

And here's another pic of the Tactical Squad.

Exciting times to be a Blood Angels player!

White Dwarf 45 leaked!!!

Whoa! Looks crazy!

White Dwarf 44 Cover!

Not too crazy about that captain, but at least the Blood Angels are here! More pics after the break.

Shield of Baal: Leviathan SOLD OUT!

Shield of Baal: Leviathan went up for preorder today, but if you didn't order your copy it's already sold out!

There is a free preview GW Digital Editions is offering via the new Warhammer app on iOS. If you don't have an iOS enabled device or the app, fear not, I created a PDF that is available for download here. This is short and just fluff, but it's definitely a good read and sets the stage for what is to come.

The rumors from Faeit212 are saying next week it's Warhammer Endtimes: Khaine and then back to Shield of Baal. I'm thinking that will be the boxed set, but we'll see how it plays out.

Till next time,
–The Harrower

Shield of Baal: Leviathan Unveiled!

Pics from White Dwarf 42 have surfaced and Shield of Baal: Leviathan has been confirmed. The odd part? The Blood Angels don't take part in the initial part of the campaign. Here's the text from the article:

Shield of Baal: Leviathan is the opening installment of a new narrative campaign for Warhammer 40,000, depicting the Tyranid invasion of the Cryptus System, the Shieldworlds of Baal. The campaign follows the harrowing events as multiple worlds are struck by massive elements of Hive Fleet Leviathan. Against this onslaught the Imperium calls upon the regiments of the Astra Militarum, a Militarum Tempestus strike force and even a convent of the Adepta Sororitas, hurling them into battle against a foe that seeks to harvest worlds.

More after the break.

Blood Angels boxed set gets a name!

This is NOT an official graphic.

This just in from KaldorSwarmlord over on Warseer:

I don't know if any other german WD readers noticed:

on page 20 of the current WD, where they talk about the various ways to benefit from the Toxicrene, some note is written in the bottom left corner (I'll translate):

"Shield of Baal: Leviathan ist ausschließlic in englischer Sprache erhältlich, aber damit du sofort mit dem Spielen loslegen kannst, haben wir hier die Regeln auf Deutsch abgedruckt."

"Shield of Baal: Leviathan is exclusively available in English, but for the purpose of playing immediatly we printed the rules in German here for you."

I have no doubt now that this has to do with entry 999.M41 The Darkest Hour from page 17 of the current Blood Angels Codex when a tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan and a force of Chaos Daemons led by the Bloodthirster Ka'Bandha attack Ammonai, the outmost planet of the Baal system. More into on The Darkest Hour in my previous post.

If Chaos Daemons make it into this campaign it would make a for a surprise Codex release like Lords of War Gaming talked about. Interesting times ahead! I'll do an updated Rumor Roundup for the Blood Angels later this weekend.

Until then, Enim Sanguinus!!!
–The Harrower

Blood Angels Rumor Update!

This just in from Lords of War Gaming on Facebook:

I keep getting questions about a Tyranids Codex release and here's some info.

1. This is a model release no Tyranids codex.
2. A Campaign book will be released and if I remember correctly it's called Leviathan.
3. Blood Angels are still coming.
4. There will be a starter set that contains BA and Tyranids. It will be similar to Storm Claw.
5. Hope to update Blood Angel rumors this week.

Hmm. This sounds a lot like The Darkest Hour that's detailed in the current Blood Angels Codex.

999.M41 The Darkest Hour 

The Blood Angels are tested as they have not been since the days of the Horus Heresy. As the launch of the 13th Black Crusade consumes the resources of the Imperium, a tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan is determined to be on a direct course for Baal. To make matters worse, the dread Bloodthirster Ka'Bandha, the Bane of Sanguinius, returns from the Warp leading an army of daemons. His first blow is struck against Ammonai, the outermost world of the Baal System.

Faced with a possible war of extermination for the Chapter on 2 fronts, Lord Commander Dante makes swift preparations, and unites many Imperial and even non-human worlds under the command of the Blood Angels simply for the sake of survival against Tyranid and Daemon alike. Even some former foes of the Chapter and the Imperium are counted in Dante's alliance, though whether or not they can be truly trusted when the time comes remains an open question. Well aware that even these forces will not be enough to repel both foes, Dante recalls the 3rd Company from its operations on Armageddon and sends requests for aid to all of the Blood Angels' known Successor Chapters. The Flesh Tearers are the first to respond and despatch their entire fighting strength to the Blood Angels' aid without question. Ultimately, all of the Successor Chapters save for the Lamenters lend some form of aid to their primogenitor. Even the Knights of Blood, declared Renegade by the Imperium many centuries earlier, heed Dante's call–though they are very careful to never take the field alongside the other Chapters.

The stage is thus set for the defence of Baal, and perhaps the final battle of the Scions of Sanguinius, the Sons of the Angel.

Anyone want the Tyranids from my Boxed Set?

Till next time,

–The Harrower

New Blood Angels Campaign, Boxed Set, and Dataslates!

This just in from Lords of War Gaming on Facebook:

There will be a campaign book that is released early November. Necrons are not for a while I know of two armies that are next and another codex that will shock people next year.

Early November campaign book... with Blood Angels?
I been told that there will be a box like Storm Claw. BA for sure but I don't know it its Nids or Necrons. If I was to guess I would say Necrons following the Storm Claw model.

End of the year as in December or in November?

I was told December. I don't not know if it is at the beginning or at the end.

Rumors about Tycho and a couple new Dataslates after the break.