Warhammer 40,000. Codex: Orks

Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition

by Games Workshop, Phil Kelly

Orks are the most warlike aliens in the 41st millennium and their number is beyond counting. Should the Orks ever truly unify, they would crush all opposition and drown the civilised races in a tide of violence and gore. But the Ork's unquenchable thirst for violence sees them waging brutal wars against there own kind that only the strongest survive. When an exceptionally strong and ruthless Warboss arises and leads the Orks on the rampage, the galaxy trembles under the deafening echo of their mighty Waaagh!

Genres: 40k, Science Fiction, Games, Fiction

104 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

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

[Nikky Southerland]

There's a certain amount of chaotic joy that derives from reading 40k Ork lore.

[Webb]

Fun history and analysis of ork culture, society, economy, physiology and more.

Two favorite parts:
- Orks are born with knowledge of how machines and engines work. In the same way a human is born knowing how to breathe, an ork is born knowing how to repair a car.
- Orks use their own extracted teeth for money. This creates a form of universal basic income, since orks can use their own constantly regenerating teeth to buy the basics of what they need.

Orks always feel kind of racist. Brutish, violent, simple-minded, and they have dark skin. In this book, at least they all just have Scottish accents and are violent in an enthusiastic way instead of in an evil way.

[Tomas]

Not much, Just a bunch of Really Short Snippets of Ork stories. Not as fleshed out as the Imperial Books.

[Azaam]

WAAAAAAAGH!