40K Retro: Meet the New Codex Orks… from 1994

Welcome to the BoLS Retro Corner, where each week, we take you on a time machine to the era of early tabletop awesomeness.  This week, we take you back to the heady days of Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition, and the origin of many of the original and zany Ork characters and units – some still with us today and other lost to the mists of time.

Codex Orks: 2nd Edition (1994)

Behold some old school Blanche Ghaz artwork:

40K was a very different place – more kaleidoscope colors and a lot less models – but just as fun!

~ Who’s still got their copy lying around and what is your favorite bit of early 40K craziness?  I’ve got a soft spot for Pulsa Rokkits.

Author: Larry Vela

Dad, Gamer, Publisher, Pilot, Texan. All games all the time since junior-high. I started BoLS Interactive in 2006. I’m a lifelong tabletop & RPG gaming enthusiast, and internet publisher working to entertain and inform my readers every day. I've been playing RPGs and Tabletop Games since the 1970s. I'm been playing and covering Warhammer and Warhammer 40K for over 35 years.