Hi everyone, sorry about the long delay in getting this issue out. I have been absurdly busy getting Armorcast up and running so you could have all the big toys you have been waiting for. INQUISITOR will continue in its current independent style, not becoming a "house" magazine for Armorcast, although developments and new releases from Armorcast will be covered as part of the normal coverage.

Since the last issue came out, there have been four 40K Codex army lists released; Tyranid, Imperial Guard, Angels of Death, and of course, finally, Chaos. The Chaos codex provides Chaos Marine players with the most tactically flexible army in the 40K system; veteran Marine (close combat equipped) squads can infiltrate or with the addition of heavy weapons, make up three-man heavy weapon squads with no redundant troops.

Demons may appear when and where they are really needed without having to cross a deadly 40K battlefield. There are some new and interesting weapon limitations for dreadnoughts, terminators (watch out for that Reaper Cannon!) and heavy weapon troops although targeters have disappeared. Demon animosities are back (yay!) although Marines following different Chaos powers that previously hated each other will now fight alongside one another.

Last, but not least there are now demonically possessed vehicles and some other fun Chaos vehicle cards that make modeling Chaos vehicles lots of fun.

THIS ISSUE

Titan Rules: This issue contains an updated version of the INQUISITOR Titan Rules originally printed in INQUISITOR #3. There have been a number of revisions to the system since then, so we have combined the revisions and some additional rules for special weapons with the base rules and printed them all in a single issue.

Armorcast is working on 40K second edition datafaxes for the Titans that will make them more playable in "normal" games, but these will take a while to perfect. When the datafaxes are finished, there will then be two completely separate rule systems for using Titans in 40K, the datafax system for smaller games and the Inquisitor system for larger games where the true power of the Titans can be more accurately represented.

FOAM CUTTER UPDATE

I recently purchased a Hot Wire Foam Factory from SVN Inc. It consists of a foam cutting "scroll saw", a small hand held cutter with a 6" throat, a hot knife and a video showing how to use the tools. Using these tools it is possible to make pretty much anything out of foam. The whole combo costs about $150 and works well. If you are seriously into scenery, the Foam Factory is definitely worth the money.

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