I can never decide whether I like 90s Tyranids or not. On the one hand, they look goofy AF. On the other hand, they're just so WEIRD. And weird is good. Aura of Torment is awesome, and scary.

I hope Keith gets their book back one day, the poor lad deserves a break

I think my favourite thing in this book that wasn't mentioned was that ripper swarms could eat terrain. If you moved them through a forest, you had to remove that forest from the table

I love those angry beavers 90s Tyranid Warriors. Goofy and terrifying.

3:05 the bold initial letters combined are pretty much what every sane human would like to say as they turn around upon seeing a Tyranid hive.

I do enjoy that the capital letters on the introduction of the Tyranids spells out "B-Y-E".

Huh, I never would have guessed that the genestealer cult had an army list this far back!

Last time I was this early, Genestealers were still a separate thing.

The best YouTube videos usually involve Snipe, Wib and a second edition codex.

The "soft" retcon of the genestealers was a clever way of doing it! I much prefer that way of handling the lore than simply erasing the past...

I was half expecting Snipe to say
"I'm sorry Keith, but I'm afraid we can't do that."

Such memories. Who could forget the old Carnifex or: Stubbed Toe the Miniature.

I am 38 years old. I was in the hobby in my teens and have just got back into it in the last 18 months.

I just got the Sly Marbo thing 😵

reading disapproving headmistress snipe is my new favorite snipe

I’m shocked, SHOCKED, that the random tables of things that happen to your opponent before the game even starts and the special Tyranid Attack mission weren’t discussed!

They were such a radical difference from playing any other faction in 2nd edition as to being a big part of my building a Tyranid army as well as my Genestealer Cult I’d been playing through 1st edition.

0:45 The Blood Ravens chapter in a nutshell.

The 2nd ed Tyranid army is one of my all-time faves of the 40k ranges over the years.

1 - I love the somewhat cheesy 80s low rent sci-fi vibe of some of them, esp the Tyranid Warriors

2 - I love the differing designs - I feel that in the absence of individual personalities like Marine Captains or Elder Farseers get in the lore, it helped provide some personality to the Tyranids that a Hive Tyrant and Carnifex and Lictor all look very different

3 - Related to that, I feel like modern Tyranids often look like the same model at different scales to me, both because of how similar they look in design but also in paint job

Similarly loved the Epic Tyranid range too.

Oh no ... You forgot to mention by far my favourite thing in the whole codex : "JONES IS ACTING STRANGELY !!"   XD

🥂🎉Happy Codex Compliant day everyone!!!! 🥳🍻

4:21 As a Lamenters player, I get this. I'm also pleased to report they're most definitely still around as of the latest Blood Angels Codex and only reinforced with Primaris marines and entirely not refounded from the ground up because there's barely enough of the old Badab War veterans left to fill a Thunderhawk these days.