Codex: Death Guard

Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition

by Games Workshop (Brand)

The Death Guard are the greatest champions of the Plague God, Grandfather Nurgle, his favoured spreaders of his bounteous gifts. Look upon them and see the signs: pus seeping from festering wounds that never heal; miasmic smogs of corrosive, stinking gas hanging thickly in the air wherever Nurgle’s chosen tread; the wriggling, lamprey-mouthed tick-leeches that clamp on to their rotting flesh; the droning billions of plague flies that swarm the battlefields they stalk and the ships in which they course through the stars.

Few armies offer such a rich canvas for painting and modelling as the Death Guard. Every miniature is riddled with gruesome details and grisly flourishes, showing the blessings they have received from Nurgle, and in turn how they will spread the Lord of Decay’s infections. With them you can craft a truly head turning – not to mention stomach turning – force that can terrify your enemies and be disgustingly powerful on the battlefield. This book is the ultimate guide to the Death Guard, featuring in depth lore and background and the rules that you need to field them in Warhammer 40,000.

Inside this book, you'll find:

– Background on the reunification of Mortarion with the Death Guard during the Great Crusade, his eventual fall into heresy, and the process inflicted upon the Death Guard as Nurgle's Destroyer Plague took them.
– Information on the organisational structure of the Death Guard following the Horus Heresy and how their cohesion meant they were better able to enact war upon the galaxy.
– Incredible photography of units, single miniatures, and armies on terrain, both on their own and as part of battle scenes.
– Datasheets that cover every unit fieldable by a Death Guard army.
– Death Guard-specific Stratagems, Warlord Traits, Relics, and psychic powers.
– In-depth Crusade rules that let you grow your force as it spreads diseases and plague across the galaxy.
– And more!

Genres: Science Fiction, 40k

95 pages, Hardcover

Published January 23, 2021

About the author

Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated as GW) is a British miniature wargaming manufacturing company. Games Workshop is best known as developer and publisher of the tabletop wargames Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.

Reviews

[Jerry Jenkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a budding Warhammer fan when I picked up the codex and a box of plague marines, I found this book to be informative, helpful, and packed with interesting information. Focusing on the lore sections of the book (as the rest are stat sheets and data tables), I found the writing to be sufficiently grandiose and foreboding, suiting a grinding, inexorable march of mutated and diseased super soldiers. Of course, I have to admit that I am biased in this regard; I love the Death Guard and Mortarion, and they will eventually be my first Warhammer 40K army. While expensive for what it is, I think that the lore is a must read for any potential Death Guard player; the writing, art, and subjects set the tone (and, if I am not mistaken, playstyle) of the Death Guard faction.

"You are my unbroken blades. You are the Death Guard. By your hand shall justice be delivered, and doom shall stalk a thousand worlds."
-Some bald dude named Mort or smthn, idk

[Frank Guerra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best 40K Codex yet, if you're into that sort of thing.

[Cam · Rating 5 out of 5]

So helpful and informative!

[Ryan Grinas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deep lore, well written and superb illustrations and photographs. If you love the Death Guard, this is well worth your time.