This warhammer news roundup has rules, battle reports, painting, and Black Library drama.
The new Codex: Space Marines keeps reshaping divergent Chapters. Meanwhile, Warhammer TV is showing those rules on the table. Finally, Neave Blacktalon returns for a suitably grim Age of Sigmar novel.
Space Wolves, Black Templars, and Deathwatch Join the New Marine Era
Space Wolves, Black Templars, and Deathwatch are being folded into the new Codex: Space Marines framework, but each keeps a strong identity. Space Wolves get wider Marine boosts, including more Toughness on many datasheets, while Grey Hunters can now split ten-man squads into two five-man teams before deployment. That is a big deal for missions, because Fenrisian infantry can cover more ground without losing their pack flavor.
Meanwhile, Saga of the Beastslayer and Saga of the Great Wolf return with tweaks, while Champions of Fenris becomes deadlier with new Stratagems.
Black Templars change more dramatically, since Templar Vows move into the Vow-sworn Crusaders detachment while the army adopts Combat Doctrines.
However, the Emperor’s Champion still looks nasty, with better charging and Devastating Wounds baked into the Black Sword.
Deathwatch get an updated Black Spear Task Force, plus a 1DP Deathwatch Support detachment that lets 500 points of elite xenos-hunters join any Space Marine army.
Warhammer TV Shows the New Codex in Action
Warhammer TV is giving the new Codex: Space Marines its global tabletop debut with Space Marines against Tyranids. Jack from the studio commands the Marines, which is always useful because he helped write the rules.
Roboute Guilliman leads the force alongside a Captain, Victrix Honour Guard, Intercessors, Infiltrators, Desolation Marines, Infernus Marines, Scouts, and four Dreadnoughts. Meanwhile, the list showcases Devastator Brethren, Tacticus Attack Force, and Ironclad Champions working together. Across the table, Tyranids bring a Neurotyrant, Broodlord, Genestealers, gaunts, Norn Emissary, Biovore, and Neurolictor.
Also, Painting Desk follows with Daz discussing Blood Angels, Legion of the Damned, and Space Wolves work.
Neave Blacktalon Faces Fog, Memory, and Despair
Black Library’s new Neave Blacktalon novel, Shadow of the Silver Wolf by Gary Kloster, sends the Blacktalons to Greybank, a fog-wrapped city twisted by nightmares. However, the hook is not just another monster hunt. The story asks how warriors who have died countless times fight memory, despair, and a curse that attacks loyalty and faith.
Neave’s earlier fiction gets a nod too, including First Mark and Blacktalon, which helps frame this as the next step in her battered legend. Overall, this warhammer news batch works because it mixes rules, play examples, hobby craft, and fiction without feeling scattered.
