Yesterday we unveiled Codex: Aeldari, which accompanies the massive warhost of miniatures revealed at the Las Vegas Open. This hefty tome brings the galaxy’s most arrogant and deadly race kicking and screaming into the 41st Millennium,* along with a diverse and devastating set of rules to rail against their long-foretold doom.
So what’s waiting for you in the pages of this massive new 200-page codex? Let’s start with new ways to build the mixed-faction Aeldari armies of your dreams. Their race may be in decline, but they’re full of vibrant factions who can be called on for aid.
The fickle Harlequins are devotees of the Laughing God, and this new codex includes all the rules you’ll need to field an exclusively Harlequin army for the deadliest dance-off in galactic history. Yet the children of Cegorach aren’t limited to solo performances. A Masque will often caper from the webway unannounced, to aid their Aeldari cousins before evaporating once again. These fairweather allies are known as Travelling Players.
Neatly sidestepping the constraints of mission packs, this rule allows you to add a Detachment of Harlequins to any Aeldari army, as if a poised Patrol of perilous pierrots had put in an unexpected appearance on the battlefield.
Importantly, including a band of Harlequins in a Travelling Players Detachment will not prevent you from using Battle-forged rules, such as Power From Pain for Drukhari, special secondary objectives, or the new army-wide Asuryani special rules.**
That’s right – these alarmingly acrobatic assassins can make a cameo in Aeldari armies of both the smooth and spiky varieties.
This rule opens up a whole barrel of laughs (and options) for your army, as on top of the mandatory Troops and HQ choices, a Patrol Detachment has two slots each for Elite, Fast Attack, and Heavy Support units. Why not start throwing Skyweavers, Voidweavers, Death Jesters, and even a Solitaire into the mix?.
Travelling Players will allow anyone with existing Harlequin armies to supplement them with more straightforward Asuryani or Drukhari forces, it’s easier than ever to find a place in your collection for some of the wildest and most acrobatic miniatures in the Aeldari range.
Harlequins aren't the only Aeldari who can cross traditional faction borders -- keep an eye out for updated Ynnari and all-new Corsairs. This is the most comprehensive Aeldari codex ever, and unlike the Laughing God, we’re not joking around.
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** More on these as we divine the strands of fate…