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Food and Drink
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How to Play 40k
The Tabletop Battlegame of the Far Future
Welcome to Warhammer 40,000. The 41st Millennium is a savage future age where Mankind must battle for survival in a galaxy riven by bloodshed and destruction. Humanity teeters on the brink of extinction, assailed on all sides by aliens, traitors and Daemons, and only the superhuman strength of the Space Marines and the uncountable numbers of the Imperial Guard stand between the slavering alien hordes and total annihilation.
Warhammer 40,000, Gamesworkshop's tabletop battlegame of the far future, allows you to wage war with armies of Citadel miniatures across miniature battlefields in the ultimate contest of strategy and skill. Each player is a commander who must choose his finest warriors, decide upon cunning battle plans and strategies and lead his army to victory or death. Games can vary in size from small skirmishes of just a few dozen models per side, to massive clashes with hundreds of miniatures.
How is the Victor Decided?
In a nutshell, each player collects an army of Citadel miniatures then, using the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook as a guideline, they fight epic battles against their fellow generals. Dice (like you'd find in almost any board game) are used to determine success and failure: to decide whether a bolter shell hits its target, or whether a lascannon blasts through the armour of a tank. Each game is played, not on a regular 'board' but on a special gaming area where models are not confined to 'squares' but are free to move as their controller wishes. Because Warhammer 40,000 is not played on a set game board, tape measures or rulers are used to see how far a miniature can move - an agile Eldar jetbike can travel faster than a foot-slogging Imperial Guardsman after all.
That all might sound a little complicated, but most Warhammer 40,000 players find that after just a short game or two they've grasped the basics. Seasoned Warhammer 40,000 generals find that the rules become second nature, and they seldom need to refer to the rulebook at all.
Where do I start?
Come to one of our events and ask us to give you a rundown of how it all works. If you're ready to begin waging wars, or want to buy a gift for someone new to the game, the Assault on Black Reach kit is a great place to start! In this kit, you'll have everything you need to play for a cheap price.
Alternatively, you can watch a few games of other players. This will help you not only with the mechanics of the gameplay, but on deciding which race and chapter you will start for your own army.
Space Marine Chapters
In the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium, heretics, traitors, aliens and Daemons assail Mankind from all sides. Of all the soldiers that defend humanity, the greatest are most assuredly the Space Marines - super-human warriors forged through ancient and arcane science, they are the Emperor's greatest gift to the Imperium and the hope of all Mankind.
They are the Adeptus Astartes, the Space Marines, and though there are less than one million of them spread through the galaxy, they represent the greatest hope for civilisation. Each Space Marine is part of a Chapter, an army of warriors one thousand strong who share an intense fraternal bond. Each Chapter is composed of ten companies and each company of ten squads. In these small groups the Space Marines do battle. A company is considered enough to quell a planetary rebellion, a Chapter can conquer a whole star system.
Battle as one of the traditional chapters who adhere strictly to the codex astartes such as the Ultramarines, White Scars, and Salamanders. Or, alternatively, build an army from one of the more unique and mysterious Space Marine chapters such as the Space Wolves, Blood Angels, or Grey Knights.
Xenos Races
Coming Soon
Imperial Guard
Coming Soon
Forces of Chaos
Coming Soon