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the Far Future

It is the 41st Millennium, and Mankind stands on the brink of extinction.

home by the vast fleets of the Imperial Navy. Humanity's elite

warriors, the Space Marines, are sent forth to stem the tide

of the most dangerous threats. The ancient Tech-Priestsof

Mars launch Exploratorfleets,colonizing planets and seeking

the wonders of ancient technologies to study and worship.

The Imperial Creed is taught to the masses by the Adeptus

Ministorum, its missionaries carrying the Emperor's Wisdom

acrossthe galaxy, while their military arm, the Sistersof Battle,

bring cleansing flame to any that choose the path of heresy.

It has been almost four hundred centuries since Man first

stepped out into the cold of space. Those initial colonisations

into the stars,with their grandeur and hope, are long forgotten

- a murky pastwhen Mankind set out from their home world

of Terra.Led by the falsewisdom of technology, they unlocked

the secrets ofscience that enabled Terran banners to be raised

proudlyon planetsbeyondwhat was thought possible.

If humanity's rise was rapid, its fall was equally swift,and the

blackness that followed swallowed its very history, leaving

only fragments of myths and unfathomable machinery buried

amongst ancient ruins. Legend tells of dark ages, lost millennia

where Mankind was scoured, its repressed populations

enslaved, hunted for pleasure,or worse. Those who survived

were little more than superstitious barbarians,feral hunter-

gatherersor petty robberbaronssquattingupon the wonders

of a lost era. From this dismal foundation, however, rose a new

epoch forged in war:the Ageof the Imperium. It began when

the Emperor and his newly created Space Marine Legions

brought order to the feuding tribes on Holy Terra and then

reached out to the Tech-Priests ofMars. Next, Mankind's

unstoppable armies embarked upon a crusade acrossthe stars,

reclaiming their lost realmof old,freeing scatteredplanetsfrom

the clutches of alien overlords and restoring lost colonies to

formerglories across the galaxy. Soended the dark times that

came to be known as the Age of Strife.

The Imperium has surviveduntold disasters, civilwarsand

alien invasions. It is a sprawling realm conquered by war and

maintained by repression. The Emperor's noble aim of bringing

enlightenment has been eroded since his internment upon the

GoldenThrone. To pacify the masses,the Administratum uses

the very tools the Emperor once found so repellant - ignorance,

superstition, dogma and stagnation. Yetsuch extreme measures

are necessary, for Mankind is beset on all sides and from within.

Not even the Inquisition, tasked with rooting out traitors, can

guess how deeply sedition has slithered into the foundation of

the Imperium. Riddled with a growing underclass of mutants,

traitors and psykers,those in power grow ever more intolerant.

Suspicionis everywhere; hope is fleeting.

Now, the Imperium faces a trial like no other, for the Time of

Ending has come.A crescendo of war ragesacrossthe galaxy -

in the blackness of space,on the surfaces of untold planets and

within the depths of every human soul. Though surrounded,

the Imperium is far from defenceless.Mankind's armies fight

with the valour of heroes, staving off foes beyond number.

From the ramparts of a million worlds, humanity watches the

skies for encroaching doom. In shattered cathedrals, believers

praywith the desperation of the damned, begging the immortal

Emperor for salvation.

The new golden age of Man had barely dawned when

treachery of the worst kind struck. The Emperor's most trusted

commander, Horus, embraced the power offered by the dark

gods and began the terrible wars of the Horus Heresy. It was

a time of legend, when the best and worst of Mankind strode

the stars,vying againsteach other in battle. On the verge of

defeat, the Emperor at last destroyed the traitor Horus, but in

doingso washimselfmortally wounded. To sustainthe will of

the Emperor,his shattered body wasplacedwithin the arcane

confines of the great machine known as the Golden Throne.

The Emperor, long worshipped as a god, remains on his throne,

as he has for ten thousand years.The roiling, arcane powers of

the Golden Throne ensure that his great mind endures inside

his withered carcass. Kept aliveby unfathomable technology

and supreme will,the Emperor's psychic powers protect

Mankind, guiding humanity towards their ultimate destiny; but

whether this is greatness or total destruction, who can know?

That was ten thousand years ago;yet the Imperium endures.

The empire carved from a hostile galaxy is a sprawling vastness

of over a million disparate planets, all sworn to the Emperor

and protected by the vast armies of humanity. Imperial Guard

regiments, each numbering tens of thousands of soldiers and

, tanks are raised and transported to deadly battlefields far from

A new era is coming.

Introduction

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Welcome to the grim darkness ofthe 41st Millennium, to a galaxy ofunending war, incredible heroism and bitter

betrayal.In this time of turmoil and conflict, you are the general of an army of mightywarriors. Will you fight for the

forces of humanityin the name ofthe carrion Emperor, or for one ofthe foul alien races that besets every border of the

Imperium? This book is the starting point for your journey into the Dark Millennium.

The weighty tome that you hold in yourhandsis the rulebook

forthe Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game;but this is far more

than an instructional manual. This book is the launchpad

foran entire hobby - a fulfilling and rewarding pastime that

encompasses collecting, painting and gaming with miniatures

in afar-future galaxy that teeters on the edge of annihilation.

Welcometo the Warhammer 40,000 hobby.

Whether you are a veteran of countless campaigns, or a new

recruit to the hobby, you will soon be controlling a force of

battle-hardened soldiers,powerful vehicles and even monstrous

creatures across countless war zones. So muster your armies and

prepare for war - the Dark Millennium awaits!

'There is aterrible darkness descending upon the galaxy,

shall not sec it end in our lifetimes.

Atthe time of writing, the journey of Warhammer 40,000

has spanned nearly three decades and drawnin thousands

ofhobbyists from around the globe. Indeed, for a great

many hobbyists,this will not be their first forayinto the 41st

Millennium, having enjoyedthe hobby through many editions.

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The Warhammer 40,000 hobby encompasses collecting, painting and gaming withCitadel miniatures.

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Games Workshop Hobby Centres are great places to challenge new opponents.

Warhammer 40,000 has

come a longwaysince

itsearliest days back

in the 1980s. Since the

advent ofthefirst edition,

known as Warhammer

40,000: RogueTrader,

it has grown intoa

world-renowned hobby.

The rules tothe game

have changed andevolved over theyears, always

retaining the same distinctive feel and enabling

the same battles ofwits and exciting tactics

introduced all those years ago, buteach time

presenting fresh, new tactical challenges.

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Diningtables around the globe are pressed into service as battlefields ona regular basis.

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What You Will Need

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In addition totherulebook you are reading now, you'U need some extra thingsto play your own games of

Warhammer 40,000. Here is arun-down onwhatyouwillneedto create your ownbattlesin the 41st Millennium.

elements to your gaming experience. Warriors will need to

make useof coverto avoid gettingshot to pieces. Carefully

concealed troops can launchambushes and cityruins canprove

to be deathtraps for the unwary.

THE BATTLEFIELD

Whether you're playing onabare tabletop, agreen sheet

looted from theairing cupboard or a bespoke setofmodelled

terrain, every game ofWarhammer 40,000 needs abattlefield.

As with collecting armies, in timemost hobbyists choose to

collect afantastic scenery settoo - encompassing a Realm of

Battle Gameboard such as the one shown here, along with a

multitude of evocative Warhammer 40,000 scenery pieces. As

well as looking great, adecent supply ofterrain can add tactical

Perhaps best ofall, however, is thatgreat terrain transforms

your kitchen table into astunning war zone - the ice-blasted

steppes ofVostroya, the ash wastes ofArmageddon orthe

deadly junglesof Catachan.

Dice

Whether a shot hits ormisses, a chainsword blow causes a gory death

ora minor inconvenience, and more, are alldetermined using dice. To

start with, you can make do with as few as five or six dice, but as you

play larger games and bring more firepower to bear against your foe,

you'll want alarger selection to speed things up. To work out the effects

of certain weapons you will also need ascatter dice.

Templates

Many of the weapons in the game, such asflamers, battle cannons, and

even grenades, have special effects such as explosions or gouts offire. We

use templates to resolve these - is a Guardsman caught in the blast of

afrag grenade? How many Orks will my inferno cannon set ablaze?

You'll need three such templates (large blast, small blast and template)

- which is convenient, because they come inpacks ofthree'.

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