Points M WS BS S T W I A Ld Wargear Cards Human 5 4 3 3 3. (These values were taken from the 1st edition 40k rulebook.) These values. Wargear cards, psychic powers, strategy cards and polyhedral dice.

Hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane.ĭo you like our tutorials and reviews? Here is what you can do to support us: Check out our sponsors or place your next Wayland Games order by clicking here or on the banner on the right.40K 2E was also important as it was the last time Squats had an official. But do you know what… my rose tinted glasses and I love this game more than you can imagine. The cardboard terrain and dreadnought is awful. The cards and playsheets are annoying and make for a messy battlefield. The painting guide is basic and unrealistic. Now all these additions are cute, but pointless. Cards, counters, background books, painting guides, scenarios, card terrain etc etc. The old 40k boxed game you also get models and rules, but they’ve squeezed so much more in. The modern 40k game is highly polished and refined. The fans would not let Games Workshop get away with cardboard models nowadays. You also get a poxy Ork Dreadnought… sorry I mean proxy Ork Dreadnought. That takes me back, playing small games against my brother using card terrain and polysterene hills. You get a lot of card sheets with rules, missions, counters and wargear.

I’m really looking forward to reading this book again. A whole section on Adeptus Mechanicus, Squats and Genestealer cults for instance. Codex Imperialis even feels in the blanks in the modern 40k fluff. This is something else that is missing from the recent Dark Vengeance. The Codex Imperialis has some great fluff in it. The Wargear book has the rules for all the main weapons in the game. The army lists and points costs are included in a separate book.

It’s basically a bestiary for all the units and background available at the time. In the box you get a Hobby leaflet explaining the hobby to beginners, interestingly at the back of the leaflet is a “how to make your own gaming table article”. The front of the box has the immortal words “In the grim darkness of the far future their is only war”… You wouldn’t think it was ‘grim dark’ looking at the cover artwork. It’s really interesting to see all the bases on the sprue, this is something Citadel has returned to with their plastic character models. The skin will be painted a much lighter green. These will be similar to the Orks with rusty metals. I will use gore and rust effects as wellĤ0 Gretchen with the same single piece pose is going to be a challenge. For the Orks I will paint them as Goffs, but I’m going to make the 20 identical poses a bit more grimy by painting brown and black leathers instead of bright reds.

40k 2nd edition wargear cards