Warhammer 40K - Adeptus Mechanicus

Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus contains a wealth of background and rules – the definitive book for Adeptus Mechanicus collectors. Within this 104-page hardback, you’ll find:

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.