"Give me one thousand men fool enough o' want to conquer hell...
and we'll conquer hell!"
- Warmaster SolonBoring but necessary legal stuff
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Welcome, traveller. Come, step out of your starship, explore the spaceport and read about the world of the far future, where mankind lives among the stars beset by alien races on all sides. Warhammer 40,000 (WH40K) is a tactical tabletop game produced by Games Workshop, set in the far future, where the Imperium of mankind is under attack from all sides and, as if that weren't bad enough, threatening to come apart from the inside. The Eldar stage seemingly random attacks on planets of the Imperium for reasons unknown, the Orks seek to overcome all planets they come across in the green tide, Tyranid hive fleets ravage the Imperium for fresh genetic stock and Chaos oozes insidiously from the vents in reality known as the Maelstrom and the Eye of Terror. Against this backdrop mankind struggles to come to terms with it's own evolution as a psychic race, equally under attack by Chaos from within, every psyker a possible doorway for the demonic denizens of the Warp to invade reality. This same, strong background is also the setting for many a home-brewed WH40K roleplaying game. Relatively recently, Games Workshop and their roleplaying imprint Black Industries, finally published the official one, Dark Heresy. While Black Industries is now shut down, the game is now being carried on under license by Fantasy Flight Games, with rules similar to WFRP second edition (WFRP2). In response to this, and in view of the fact the version of the 40K roleplay here previously on the site was based heavily on WFRP first edition, I had two choices with this part of the site - convert this page to WFRP2, or go to Dark Heresy. While there are aspects of Dark Heresy I dislike, I chose the latter option. |
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As such, the old rules files here, based on WFRP1, which I will henceforth refer to as the 'Kaos' rules, are no longer here. If you have been to this site before and wish to have copies, let me know and something can probably be arranged. If you're new to this site though, and interested in a 40K roleplaying game, check out Dark Heresy. I intend to convert, in time, the game background files to be useful to Dark Heresy. These have always been the more popular, interesting and useful files of my version of the 40K roleplaying game, and I see no reason why they should not contiunue to be so. Some of these, for now, may refer to the old ruleset, especially with regard to weapon stats, or creature stats. I intend to convert these to Dark Heresy in time. Here are the files: |
Background and History
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Maps and Miscellaneous
Appendices
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Bear in mind that not all chapters are done yet, and those that are available are not necessarily finished yet. You can click the following link for files of some Provisional Versions of unfinished chapters, as well as unfinished and not yet officially released provisional versions of some chapters named in the contents list above. A zip file (463 Kb) is available containing the text of all these files. Check out the Games Workshop pages on Warhammer 40,000 and Inquisitor. Click here for Dark Heresy at the Fantasy Flight Games site. |
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