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Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition
Warhammer 40,000 Libro Base
Non è tempo per la pace. Nessun perdono. Nessuna tregua. C'è solo guerra.
La galassia si contorce nel pugno corazzato di un conflitto che consuma tutto. L'Imperium del Genere Umano barcolla sull'orlo dell'annientamento, assediato da tutti i lati da condottieri eretici, streghe evocatrici di demoni e rapaci imperi alieni. In ogni sistema stellare e su ogni pianeta infuriano battaglie per il dominio tra lealisti, eretici e alieni che dilaniano la realtà. Ogni giorno le fiamme si levano più alte.
Si tratta di un'epoca terribile, e non c'è pace tra le stelle...
La galassia si contorce nel pugno corazzato di un conflitto che consuma tutto. L'Imperium del Genere Umano barcolla sull'orlo dell'annientamento, assediato da tutti i lati da condottieri eretici, streghe evocatrici di demoni e rapaci imperi alieni. In ogni sistema stellare e su ogni pianeta infuriano battaglie per il dominio tra lealisti, eretici e alieni che dilaniano la realtà. Ogni giorno le fiamme si levano più alte.
Si tratta di un'epoca terribile, e non c'è pace tra le stelle...
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August 7, 2020
The design team obviously go to a lot of effort to provide a wide-ranging narrative and gorgeous graphics. However I suspect there are a lot of people like me who buy the book to get the latest rules and guidance to make the actual game playing more interesting and enjoyable. Which is why I find it frustrating that Games Workshop then release the Chapter approved book less than a month later, containing big changes to the game playing. After spending £40 they now want you to spend another £25.
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July 12, 2021A great deal has changed since third edition. I’m excited to hopefully play sometime soon. Stratagems sound like a great deal of fun.
September 21, 2020
This was a very long rulebook, and it's going to be a lil' heavy when using it to actually play games.
Some nice changes to the basic rules / objectives / terrain + a proper narrative system.
Lots of repetition in the background content from previous publications, but serves as a good catch-up for the events which happened in the ("too many, too expensive, did not buy") campaign books.
Some nice changes to the basic rules / objectives / terrain + a proper narrative system.
Lots of repetition in the background content from previous publications, but serves as a good catch-up for the events which happened in the ("too many, too expensive, did not buy") campaign books.
June 12, 2021
good fluff good game :)
February 18, 2023
Far, far too much heresy.
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October 20, 2021One of the classic pleasures of tabletop gaming is leafing through a massive, glossy, full-color, coffee-table tome introducing a make-believe universe through fiction, "history", paintings, pictures, and rules. The 9th edition 40k book is a classic in every way, and just a blast to read. I'm passingly familiar with the 40k fictional universe, but this did a good job as an introduction and taught me a few things.
The rules are very well organized and laid out, with paragraphs detailing particular rules followed by big red bullet points summarizing them; this not only serves as a good reference when looking up rules in the future, but it's a great way of making the rules stick in your brain, because you read the same information twice in a row, but worded differently. It's clear also that Games Workshop has really put effort into the Narrative Play campaign mode of linked games, here called "Crusade". That's not to say that the head-to-head Matched Play section suffers, as it seems robust, and even the simplest way to play, Open Play, has its temptations.
With wargame rules increasingly moving to apps and other digital media, a traditional rulebook like this really needs to be comprehensive, referenceable, interesting to read on its own, and hit with the "wow" factor. The 9th edition 40k core book succeeds on all fronts.
The rules are very well organized and laid out, with paragraphs detailing particular rules followed by big red bullet points summarizing them; this not only serves as a good reference when looking up rules in the future, but it's a great way of making the rules stick in your brain, because you read the same information twice in a row, but worded differently. It's clear also that Games Workshop has really put effort into the Narrative Play campaign mode of linked games, here called "Crusade". That's not to say that the head-to-head Matched Play section suffers, as it seems robust, and even the simplest way to play, Open Play, has its temptations.
With wargame rules increasingly moving to apps and other digital media, a traditional rulebook like this really needs to be comprehensive, referenceable, interesting to read on its own, and hit with the "wow" factor. The 9th edition 40k core book succeeds on all fronts.
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February 6, 2021I front-to-backed the 9th Edition Core Rulebook for the sake of clarifying where 40k is at. I played this game years ago and every edition moves and shapes and changes the game in interesting ways. This book does a great job covering the lore and making clear the rules of the game.
GW is doing a better job redeeming the extravagant cost of their books by crafting them into coffee table works of art and making the contents streamlined and helpful (can you imagine a rulebook being streamlined and helpful?!) In an age of the internet it’s still hard to justify buying a book of this cost that will become steadily outdated; I was able to borrow this from a friend. GW loves to troll tolling its adoring fans (guilty as charged) so it would be nice if they could do us a favor and allow the vast ocean of rules to be accessible without paying a premium at every turn.
NONETHELESS, if you play the game it’s a heck of a lot better having this on hand.
GW is doing a better job redeeming the extravagant cost of their books by crafting them into coffee table works of art and making the contents streamlined and helpful (can you imagine a rulebook being streamlined and helpful?!) In an age of the internet it’s still hard to justify buying a book of this cost that will become steadily outdated; I was able to borrow this from a friend. GW loves to troll tolling its adoring fans (guilty as charged) so it would be nice if they could do us a favor and allow the vast ocean of rules to be accessible without paying a premium at every turn.
NONETHELESS, if you play the game it’s a heck of a lot better having this on hand.
August 23, 2023
I cannot really bring myself to give this more than 2 stars. Since this is supposed to be an introduction to a vast franchise (it was my introduction to the franchise, for example), I expected them to dedicate more pages to the separate factions. Instead, the book keeps on babbling about the Empire for hours, simply mentioning the other factions for a page or two.
This is also an introduction to a board game (let us not pretend 40K is anything else but a board game) where the Imperium amounts for several among dozens of factions. And instead of talking about the different factions and their ideologies, helping new players make a pick, the book keeps on reflecting on the other cultures and races from the Imperium's point of view.
This is absolutely unacceptable and definitely sets the tone for the vastly imbalanced state of the game.
This is also an introduction to a board game (let us not pretend 40K is anything else but a board game) where the Imperium amounts for several among dozens of factions. And instead of talking about the different factions and their ideologies, helping new players make a pick, the book keeps on reflecting on the other cultures and races from the Imperium's point of view.
This is absolutely unacceptable and definitely sets the tone for the vastly imbalanced state of the game.
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October 9, 2022I just love Warhammer 40k. The action packed scifi universe, the over-the-topness, the sheer badassery and the underlying horror and grimdarkness... it just hit all the right notes for me. The sheer quality and quantity of art herein makes the investment in the core book worth it as an artbook in itself. I would really love more lore as well... seems to me that previous editios had more lore stories.
August 17, 2020
Loved the fluff section, and the rules are overall pretty good, and seem like this will be a great edition of the game.... but I feel like I finished reading everything and still had questions, and at this point, GW has enough experience with rules writing that this shouldn't be happening. I'm sure they'll be covered in an early FAQ, but it's not a good feel, and not a good start.
October 9, 2020
I have no idea why I read through the whole thing from cover to cover. The last parts of the book with all the missions should be treated as a reference section but I just kept reading through.
October 9, 2020
Para cuando juegue en verdad me tocará volver a leerme todas la parte de las reglas porque no le acordaré de nada 😂
October 10, 2020
Cover to cover baby
October 10, 2023
Another solid addition to the rules with good lore in the pages prior to the rules.
December 20, 2022
Imagine my surprise when picking up the rules for the latest edition of 40k, and finding a treasure trove of lore!
Superbly written, with amazing artwork. The layout is also done well, breaking this book into three main sections:
A) Introduction to the tabletop miniatures hobby
B) An Imperium's worth of backstory for the various factions in the 40k setting
C) The rules for playing the game
Certainly a worthwhile read, and does a great job giving newcomers the knowledge they need to start playing.
Superbly written, with amazing artwork. The layout is also done well, breaking this book into three main sections:
A) Introduction to the tabletop miniatures hobby
B) An Imperium's worth of backstory for the various factions in the 40k setting
C) The rules for playing the game
Certainly a worthwhile read, and does a great job giving newcomers the knowledge they need to start playing.
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