Black Templars Fading Away?

[bfmusashi]

Space Wolves and Eldar were the first two codex books. Collapsing them back in to Space Marines would be a bit weird. Especially now that they wolf like smurfs smurf.

[GrauGeist]

I don't know why you think that has anything to do with whether or not they'll get a codex.

Protectable IP has *everything* to do with whether GW releases something. If GW can't protect the Chapter Heraldry, they won't print a Codex for it.

[gcsmith]

Protectable IP has *everything* to do with whether GW releases something. If GW can't protect the Chapter Heraldry, they won't print a Codex for it.

Since the already did print a BT codex, that's crap.

[Denzark]

OK, let me see about this 'exclusivity':

BT:
1. LR Crusader.
2. BP/CS Tac squads.
3. Neophytes in mobs up to 15.
4. Champion.
5. Erm, Helbrecht?

BA:
1. Fast vehicles.
2. Sang Priests.
3. Death Company.
4. Descent of Angels.
5. Black Rage.
6. Libby Dreads.
7. Sang Guard.
8. Baal Pred.

Space Wolves:

1. Grey Hunters.
2. Blood Claws.
3. Rune Priests.
4. Sagas.
5. Giant wolf riding marines.
6. Wulfen.
7. Acute Senses/Counter Attack.
8. No teleporting.
9. Wolf Guard leaders.
10. Wolf Scouts.


I can't arsed to do the same for DA, so now who is claiming BT are the most codex divergent chapter??? And I didn't even complete both lists for BA/SW???

[imperialpower]

That doesn't make it a smart idea for the game in a long run. "Makes money right now" and "sets you up to make more money in the long run" are very different things.

Just giving an answer to the statement Power Klawz made about seeing no sence in there been mulitpul marine codicies, I personally agree with you looking at it from a gaming perpective but then again GW have been running for a while now and make more money than I do so I couldn't comment on wether or not it is a bad bussiness model.

[OrksOrksOrks]

Why write a whole new codex for an army that can be represented with a few units in a codex?

[ElectricPaladin]

Why write a whole new codex for an army that can be represented with a few units in a codex?

This has been my question for years? Why do the Blood Angels need their own codex? I mean, I love my Blood Angels, but do they really need their own book? For Baal Predators, Death Company, Sanguinary Guard, and a few extra rules and options?

[GrauGeist]

Since the already did print a BT codex, that's crap.

Nope. The BT Codex was printed before the CHS lawsuit, which narrowed GW's protected IP to only those things which were actually created, versus stuff which was simply lifted wholesale from historical or generic elements. The Maltese Cross dates back centuries and is not something GW can copyright, regardless of the color scheme they use.

In the wake of the CHS lawsuit, GW will not publish such generic items, because it invites legally-protected 3rd party competition over generic iconography.

[Galadren]

OK, let me see about this 'exclusivity':

BT:
1. LR Crusader.
2. BP/CS Tac squads.
3. Neophytes in mobs up to 15.
4. Champion.
5. Erm, Helbrecht?

BA:
1. Fast vehicles.
2. Sang Priests.
3. Death Company.
4. Descent of Angels.
5. Black Rage.
6. Libby Dreads.
7. Sang Guard.
8. Baal Pred.

Space Wolves:

1. Grey Hunters.
2. Blood Claws.
3. Rune Priests.
4. Sagas.
5. Giant wolf riding marines.
6. Wulfen.
7. Acute Senses/Counter Attack.
8. No teleporting.
9. Wolf Guard leaders.
10. Wolf Scouts.


I can't arsed to do the same for DA, so now who is claiming BT are the most codex divergent chapter??? And I didn't even complete both lists for BA/SW???

Alright, so here's my question: how much of that existed before the 5th Edition updates for those chapters? How about Dark Angels from 4th to 6th? I mean I look at those lists and can take out at least half of it.

Now, I ask you: were Black Templars to get their own book what could be added to make them just as varied as those chapters?

[bfmusashi]

They've ended a whole product line because they didn't like it. What is clearly bothering certain parties is their little plastic army men will no longer be little special snowflakes.