Codex Imperial Guard

Games Workshop, 2003-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 10x7x0. Minor shelf wear, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. The Imperium of Man is beset in all quarters by perfidious traitors from within, savage aliens from without, and Warp-spawned fiends from beyond. Across countless warzones, the warriors of the Imperial Guard form the staunch backbone of the desperate war to hold back the relentless tides of the Imperium's enemies. "I have at my command an entire battle group of the Imperial Guard. Fifty regiments, including specialised drop troops, stealthers, mechanised formations, armoured companies, combat engineers and mobile artillery. Over half a million fighting men and thirty thousand tanks and artillery pieces are mine to command. Emperor show mercy to the fool that stands against me, for I shall not." Warmaster Demetrius, at the outset of the Salonika Crusade, 733.M38. Inside you will find: • ARMY LIST. The complete Imperial Guard army list, which allows you to choose your forces for a tabletop battle. Also included are special rules for Regimental Doctrines, Commissars, Preachers, Adeptus Mechanicus Enginseers and Sanctioned Pyskers. • BACKGROUND. Details of the galaxy spanning war machine that is the Imperial Guard, including recruitment, insignia, organisation and history. • HOBBY SECTION. Sixteen full-colour pages packed with advice and tips on collecting, modelling and playing with an Imperial Guard army. • SPECIAL CHARACTERS. Complete rules and background information for Imperial Guard characters such as Lord Castellan Ursarkar E Creed, Colonel Schaeffer and his Last Chancers, Commissar Yarrick, and Commissar Gaunt.