Editing Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition (section)

===Other Changes===
The [https://www.warhammer-community.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/w3XH4n7yL3Ti1hW2.pdf| official FAQ] answers a couple of notable questions (and a lot of PR chaff). Notably:
*Your codices will all still work, but expect new ones to come out with adjustments and new rules for Crusade.
**First to get their codices are the Necrons and Space Marines, with the Space Marine codex becoming the "core" codex for all chapters, with all first founding chapters (including Blood Angels, Dark Angels and Space Wolves) and Deathwatch getting their own supplements, except the Grey Knights. Kinda overdue, to be honest.
*[[Psychic Awakening]] books all still (mostly) work, except in those odd cases where unit ignores to hit penalties with certain stratagems, abilities, etc. (Except now it has been confirmed that if your faction's 9th Ed. codex comes out, your PA book is now obsolete. So all that 'keep your books' schtick? Yeah...At the very least, all the goodies that PA had are baked in.)
*[[Forge World]] indexes have been compiled into one single Compendium that holds all the datasheets for the entire Forge World Range. It's also been handled by the regular Codex rule writers, so while a lot of the more unique rules and abilities many FW units had have been either removed or reworked, everything is a ''lot'' more streamlined. Any non-exclusive standard weapon or equipment options many FW units have access to require players to refer to their respective Codex entries for their rules. While that's a touch less convenient, it does help reduce potential confusion as updated Codexes and FAQs alter weapon profiles change over the course of the edition. As a final touch, the Death Korps of Krieg received their own special rules (of debatable quality).
**The bad news, ''many'' FW units have been squatted to Warhammer Legends. The entire Renegades and Heretics line and what remained of the Corsairs are completely removed while the DKoK lost a significant number of their unique units and loadout options. Most of the other factions lost a few units here and there as well. At the very least, though most of the units that were moved to Legends are no longer in production or supported for official tournament play, they at least have rules for casual use so players with those models aren't ''completely'' screwed.
*Expect point changes to a lot of units with the new rules coming in. In what way is uncertain, but tanks and explosive weapon-bearing models are prime candidates. And as mentioned earlier, the vast majority of units will cost more points in order to make smaller armies more viable. 
*[[Chapter Approved]] will remain, though it's now split into the "Munitorum Field Manual" (for all the adjusted points costs and other errata) and the "Grand Tournament" (for extra missions, objectives, and tournament rules).
**On top of Chapter Approved and the FAQs, GW has also begun releasing something each quarter called "Balance Dataslates", which give them somewhere to display more sweeping changes to the game. These changes are NOT the same as the ones in the regular errata for each codex, which means you have to dig for yet another printout for when you play.
***Starting in 2022, Point Updates are ''finally'' being freely distributed digitally for players. This means you are no longer required to purchase a $40 supplement once or twice a year just to legally play the faction you purchased a $60 codex for. While the Grand Tournament aspect is still sold separately and are still required for official matched play, chances are pretty high any official tournament you go to will have those rules on standby.
*To note: the FAQ says you can still ‘use your army in the new edition’. Yes, you can still use your INDIVIDUAL models but the Death Guard codex has created a scary precedent: VERY strict limits on what you can take in each unit now. That squad of Blightlord Termies with all combi-plasmas? Illegal now. That unit of all melee Plague Marines? Illegal. Seems GW is moving towards a policy of ‘what is in the box is your unit loadout’ as well as ‘milk competitive players until they’re dry’.