Gorth Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/02/download-the-new-warhammer-40000-rules-for-free-right-here/ Didn't know where else to put it as it isn't really a "video game" 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 13, 2023 Author Share Posted June 13, 2023 https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/09/download-free-space-marines-index-cards-and-defend-the-imperium-from-annihilation/ Space marines (non chapter specific rules) https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/08/download-free-tyranid-index-cards-and-devour-the-galaxy-whole/ Tyranids https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/12/free-space-marines-index-cards-dark-angels-blood-angels-space-wolves-black-templars-and-deathwatch/ Dark Angels, Blood Angels, Space Wolves, Death Watch and Black Templars (free downloads) Edit: Games Workshop added various Chaos factions as free downloads... https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/13/free-chaos-index-cards-let-the-galaxy-burn-with-rules-for-six-factions/ Generic Chaos Marines, Thousand Sons, Death Guard, World Eaters, Chaos Demons & Chaos Knights Seems like Fulgrim's lot is conspicuously absent? Emperors Children turning out to be slackers “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Ive never even played the game but for some reason I downloaded all those manuals. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 15, 2023 Author Share Posted June 15, 2023 30 minutes ago, Gfted1 said: Ive never even played the game but for some reason I downloaded all those manuals. I recognize that brand of ocd (I have it too) More free downloads, rules for various Imperial forces: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/14/free-imperium-index-cards-reclaim-the-galaxy-with-humanitys-finest/ Grey Knights, Astra Militarum (which old grognards like me remember as The Imperial Guard), Adeptus Sororitas (aka "The Sisters of Battle"), Adeptus Custodes (aka The Emperors personal bodyguard), Imperial Knights & Imperial Agents (which looks like an amalgam of Adeptus Assassinorum and the various releases for Kill Team, i.e. Rogue Traders, Navy Breachers, Adeptus Arbites squads etc.) “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 20 hours ago, Gorth said: I recognize that brand of ocd (I have it too) More free downloads, rules for various Imperial forces: https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/14/free-imperium-index-cards-reclaim-the-galaxy-with-humanitys-finest/ Grey Knights, Astra Militarum (which old grognards like me remember as The Imperial Guard), Adeptus Sororitas (aka "The Sisters of Battle"), Adeptus Custodes (aka The Emperors personal bodyguard), Imperial Knights & Imperial Agents (which looks like an amalgam of Adeptus Assassinorum and the various releases for Kill Team, i.e. Rogue Traders, Navy Breachers, Adeptus Arbites squads etc.) I've not been in the game as long as you, but haven't the Imperial Guard always been Astra Militarum in the lore after Emps kicked the bucket? Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 15 minutes ago, Azdeus said: I've not been in the game as long as you, but haven't the Imperial Guard always been Astra Militarum in the lore after Emps kicked the bucket? I'm not going to scan the pages (they didn't have their own "Codex") from the original Rogue Trader, but they were called Imperial Guard back then. The only models available (when they became available) were from the world of Armageddon (where the Necromunda spin off game takes place). But I have the various rule books covering 1995-2008, so at least from the start of WH40k and until 2008 they were "The Imperial Guard" and the troops known as "Guardsmen" “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Show off! I was actually curious about what they are called in the early lore texts rather than on the cover, such as the Adeptus Astartes and so on. Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 2 minutes ago, Azdeus said: Show off! I was actually curious about what they are called in the early lore texts rather than on the cover, such as the Adeptus Astartes and so on. They were just referred to by their regimental names, like the 602nd Armageddon etc. Edit: But if non-specific, they were "The Guard". Things like abhumans Ogryns, Ratlings, Beastmen (yes, they had beastmen in the early versions, trying to repent and absolve themselves of the crime of being born), commissars etc. were all a thing almost from the beginning. Rules were a bit more loose, much was randomised (including stats and gear), so you could have a Lieutenant with better stats and abilities than his colonel ... or assault Ratlings with jump packs (and leadership skill 5 and will always flee from combat) 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 I might get it mixed up with Departmento Ministorum, but Astra Militarum really pokes at my memory about something. I've consumed way too much content to place it though, the only thing I've never really read are the codices Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 16 minutes ago, Azdeus said: I might get it mixed up with Departmento Ministorum, but Astra Militarum really pokes at my memory about something. I've consumed way too much content to place it though, the only thing I've never really read are the codices Hehe... lots of organisations, like the Adeptus Astra Telepathicus (Astropaths), the Navis Nobilte (Navigators), Adeptus... just about everything else: Titanicus, Mechanicus, Astronimica, Assassinrum, Sororitas (nuns with guns), Astartes (space marines), Arbites, Custodes, Ministorum (the church), Administratum (the pencil pushers and accountants) etc. An ingame name for just about every occasion. Edit: Departmento Munitorum, the logistics and supply chain branch keeping the Emperors armies going. They provide bullets, Adeptus Ministorum provides prayers “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Dammit, don't know why that slipped in, brainfart. I was even reading the text that said Munitorum... Aha! From Dark Heresy 2nd edition. 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 20 minutes ago, Azdeus said: Dammit, don't know why that slipped in, brainfart. I was even reading the text that said Munitorum... Aha! From Dark Heresy 2nd edition. Which makes sense... that was released in 2014 (and my newest guard book was from 2009) Edit: Which means, just guessing, it was introduced somewhere between 2009 and 2014 as a new name 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) My google-fu is pretty weak, but I've seen refrences from before that, though I don't know how reliable that stuff is because I don't know how to verify the date that google tells me. Edit; I'm fairly certain I've seen it mentioned before, since I've got Astra Militarum in my pen and paper notes from ~2010. But I don't know if that is because we might have heard it in a novel or such. Edited June 16, 2023 by Azdeus 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 13 minutes ago, Azdeus said: My google-fu is pretty weak, but I've seen refrences from before that, though I don't know how reliable that stuff is because I don't know how to verify the date that google tells me. Edit; I'm fairly certain I've seen it mentioned before, since I've got Astra Militarum in my pen and paper notes from ~2010. But I don't know if that is because we might have heard it in a novel or such. As said, my "knowledge" (official rulebooks) ends at 2009. It's entirely possible that you have a publication from 2010 (or even 2009 or thereabouts) with the new name “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 Yeah, I got a couple of hits from around 2007, but, hard to verify it. I think I've heard it mentioned in some Horus Heresy novel aswell, but I don't have a searchable copy, besides the Heresy series spans a few years. 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 Next group of free downloads from Games Workshop - the filthy Xenos... https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/15/free-xenos-index-cards-the-battle-for-the-galaxy-rages-on-all-sides/ T'au (some mecha loving race), Aeldari (used to be Eldar), Drukhari (used to be Dark Eldar), Necrons (iused to be living beings... sort of), Genestealers (ends up eating all living beings), Orks (opportunistic killers and eaters, preferably the food puts up a good fight first), Leagues of Votann (used to Squats) “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 And the last bit... datasheets with individual unit capabilities are all nice and good, so here is the download for the army composition. Unit point values, number of units allowed etc. https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/16/get-all-of-your-points-for-free-with-the-first-munitorum-field-manual-of-new40k/ Munitorum Field Manual has the army composition for all released factions so far and Rules Commentary is effectively a FAQ “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 Free 40k Combat Patrol rules for download... I should probably edit all these links into my first post For smaller scaled combat (and because GW wants to sell their combat patrol boxes to you) https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/20/free-combat-patrol-rule-downloads-let-you-fight-fast-balanced-skirmishes-in-the-new40k/ “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 Now also for free on your phone (Android and iPhone) https://www.warhammer-community.com/2023/06/21/download-the-all-new-warhammer-40000-app-for-free/ Knowing GW, I doubt they are doing it to be nice, probably to sell more miniatures... “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Looked at the points, and together with Wargear not costing anything it seems like GW is trying to sneak 8th/9th edition Power Levels on us instead. Craftworld Eldar have apparently turned out to be so broken that they're being banned from some store tournaments. That said the big problem units (Support Weapon Platforms and War Walkers) are ones I don't actually have in my army. Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 I've gotta kidnap this thread for a bit, because I can't figure out where to whinge about this where noone but Gorth will hear it Leman Russ went from the Chapter Master of the 4th founding chapter Space Wolves who had to be fitted with a cybernetic breathing apparatus after his lungs were damaged by acid and who wrote the Codex Astartes to a First Founding Primarch who had perfectly functioning lungs and opposed the Codex Astartes. The Emperor went from being entombed on the throne due to old age and the burden of running the Imperium to the whole Horus story. In addition, early works implied he still gave orders from the throne. Orks went from being marsupials who reproduced with pouches at the end of their life cycle to fungus who reproduced through spores. Daemon Princes went from being stronger than Greater Daemons to weaker than them. I dunno why it was changed like that to be honest. Squats went from being vassal client states of the Imperium in Rogue Trader to being a seperate empire allied with the Imperium in 2nd Edition to being eaten by Tyranids to being alive again but not aligned with the Imperium at all. Tyranids were slavers who enslaved multiple species, most notably Zoats. They were presented as less an all-consuming horde of beasts and more an evil but functional alien society reliant on biotech. The Black Rage originally came from the Blood Angels using the corpse of Sanguinius as a source of geneseed when recovering from their losses during the Horus Heresy and thus having their geneseed contaminated with his genetic memory of his death. Now its pretty much established as a purely psychic curse. Grey Knights went from having almost no psykers in their ranks to consisting entirely of Psykers. The Black Legion went from a small but extremely veteran group with mysterious, unknown motivations to by far the largest Traitor Legion and being pretty open about their plans to destroy the Imperium with the Black Crusades. Fulgrim went from trying to arrest Horus at Isstvaan only to be seduced by the pleasures of Slaanesh during a negotiation to being corrupted by a daemon sword. The basic Thousand Sons marine went from being a regular Space Marine whose armour was covered in arcane glyphs so he could act as a source of power for the Sorcerers he served into a mindless automaton who is nothing but dust in an armour. +add new; The Custodes now has Muscle Mommies. [Fanbase] 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 Gotta love how the lore changed over the decades The Horus Heresy was a gimmick to explain why the boxed set had two sets of identical plastic titans in them (because GW couldn't afford more than 1 injection mold). It was a 2 line cast away reference in the manual, why imperial titans would fight each other. The Primarch names were all "invented" by a group of old guys in a drunken stupor in a pub. Completely no thought going into it, probably just a lot of laughter and thigh slapping... and so on and so on. It wasn't really until 20 hears later they started organizing it a bit better. Edit: I don't remember when the idea of legions appeared. The original 18 chapters later branched out and became a 1000 chapters, spawned of the original 20 legions and their 21 Primarchs (22 if you count Valdor as a Primarch, 23 if you also count whatshisname the leader of the original Thunder Warriors as one). Later editions introduced Astarte as the Luna geneticist, that created the Primarchs and their offspring, named after her (the Astartes Project). There was also another "mother of space marines" introduced the last decade, which provided the female chromosomes for the Primarchs (the Emperor the male chromosomes obviously). It's a constantly evolving background. No wonder they have ideological warfare going on both in the lore and the fan base Edit2: I suppose that makes the Emperor their father in the very literal sense of the word, even if he denies ever having had sex with that woman 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uuuhhii Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 (edited) On 4/20/2024 at 7:36 PM, Azdeus said: I've gotta kidnap this thread for a bit, because I can't figure out where to whinge about this where noone but Gorth will hear it Leman Russ went from the Chapter Master of the 4th founding chapter Space Wolves who had to be fitted with a cybernetic breathing apparatus after his lungs were damaged by acid and who wrote the Codex Astartes to a First Founding Primarch who had perfectly functioning lungs and opposed the Codex Astartes. The Emperor went from being entombed on the throne due to old age and the burden of running the Imperium to the whole Horus story. In addition, early works implied he still gave orders from the throne. Orks went from being marsupials who reproduced with pouches at the end of their life cycle to fungus who reproduced through spores. Daemon Princes went from being stronger than Greater Daemons to weaker than them. I dunno why it was changed like that to be honest. Squats went from being vassal client states of the Imperium in Rogue Trader to being a seperate empire allied with the Imperium in 2nd Edition to being eaten by Tyranids to being alive again but not aligned with the Imperium at all. Tyranids were slavers who enslaved multiple species, most notably Zoats. They were presented as less an all-consuming horde of beasts and more an evil but functional alien society reliant on biotech. The Black Rage originally came from the Blood Angels using the corpse of Sanguinius as a source of geneseed when recovering from their losses during the Horus Heresy and thus having their geneseed contaminated with his genetic memory of his death. Now its pretty much established as a purely psychic curse. Grey Knights went from having almost no psykers in their ranks to consisting entirely of Psykers. The Black Legion went from a small but extremely veteran group with mysterious, unknown motivations to by far the largest Traitor Legion and being pretty open about their plans to destroy the Imperium with the Black Crusades. Fulgrim went from trying to arrest Horus at Isstvaan only to be seduced by the pleasures of Slaanesh during a negotiation to being corrupted by a daemon sword. The basic Thousand Sons marine went from being a regular Space Marine whose armour was covered in arcane glyphs so he could act as a source of power for the Sorcerers he served into a mindless automaton who is nothing but dust in an armour. +add new; The Custodes now has Muscle Mommies. [Fanbase] thought warhammer fan base must be less horrible than they were 20 years ago with all the new blood still the same level of pathetic Edited April 23 by uuuhhii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorth Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 1 hour ago, uuuhhii said: thought warhammer fan base must be less horrible than they were 20 years ago with all the new blood still the same level of pathetic The other way around. 40k today is geared towards competitive play for the later generation and creates the same atmosphere as any moba/online pvp community. Toxic is the best way to describe it. Then you have the slightly less popular games systems like Horus Heresy and boxed games like Blood Bowl, Warhammer Quest and Necromunda (just to name a few), which is aimed at players who prefer narrative play over competitive play. But the latter usually appeals more to long time fans. I.e. those that were 40k fans 30 years ago but can afford to pay ridiculous over price for what is by GW standards niche games. Name calling like that just makes you look stupid btw. 1 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted Sunday at 08:49 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:49 PM Though Blood Bowl in particular is odd. It attracts players a lot with the sillyness and fun ideas, but underneath that is ultra competitive, with one of the largest miniature competition communities. But then the large competitions are all friendly and fun, as if they were still a tiny niche game. Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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