A “Read this first” book is included that gives some introductory information about the hobby, including assembly and painting information, as well as some background material about the universe and Space Marines and the Death Guard.

Impressively, beneath all of these contents, there is a shrink-wrapped bundle of printed material, ensuring they are not too bent or damaged in transit. There is also a nice translucent plastic 6” ruler, along with a bag of 6 small six-sided dice, enough to play your first small games of Warhammer 40k. There are four small plastic sprues, two green and two blue, designating the different forces, along with a small bag of slotted bases for them. Opening it up, there is a sturdy cardboard tray that slides out (and serves as a piece of terrain when turned upside down), containing all the components of the box. * This book is also available as a PDF from Games Workshop.Upon first getting the First Strike box, you will notice that it is about the size of one of GW’s standard small boxes (like a Space Marine Tactical Squad), but it is far heavier. and worth getting one for yourself if you're interested in the artwork or fluff of Warhammer 40k. Rules start around page 150 and there's plenty of fluff regarding the state of the Imperium and the wider galaxy.ĭefinitely worth picking up at least one copy for a gaming group interested in 40k 8th ed. The rule book itself is very well made and the new artwork is great. New Codexes will be coming out in quick succession shortly. Stratagems and objectives have been reworked to add some flair to a simple battle, and the new Keywords system greatly expands inter-army deployment options whilst laying the gro undwork for Codex-specific rules in the future.Īt present (Sept 2017), each army uses the combined Indexes rather than army specific Codexes, to allow every army access to the new rules at once. They also change some aspects of the game round and how the turn progresses to keep the pace up throughout. The new rules greatly improve game speed by making games easier to set up, armies easier to put together, and simplifying terrain details, without loosing too much in the way of gameplay. * These rules are for Warhammer 40k, the 30k/Horus Heresy rules have been spun out and are now provided by Forge World.

The newest revision of the Warhammer rules are simpler, faster, and more fun than 7th edition and it's clear a lot of emphasis was put on making the hobby more fun and reducing the need to meta-game.

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