Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader

[Jarhead0331]

Such potential with the concept, but I have my doubts and concerns with the scale, genre and execution here.

[Rayfer]

Hmmm....quite interesting trailer.  Could this be something like Baldur's Gate goes Warhammer 40K? 

[CJReich46]

IIRC, they have an pen and paper RPG- Rogue Trader where the players are characters inside the 40k 'verse.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/65991/Rogue-Trader-Core-Rulebook?src=hottest_filtered

I remember Fantasy Flight Games at one time having that as well but that might have changed.

[Dammit Carl!]

IIRC, they have an pen and paper RPG- Rogue Trader where the players are characters inside the 40k 'verse.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/65991/Rogue-Trader-Core-Rulebook?src=hottest_filtered

I remember Fantasy Flight Games at one time having that as well but that might have changed.

And it's gonzo. 

[Gusington]

Don't really like the art style but I do like the general idea of this.

[al_infierno]

Don't really like the art style but I do like the general idea of this.

Same here, it looks like they wanted an "Amazon Prime animated series" feel and had to go with the discount bin animators.  The artwork is OK if not my cup of tea, but the animations are very choppy and unpleasing to watch.

[Gusington]

I am a writer, not an artist at all, but even I could see the animations are whack.

WHACK!

Still...I like it, on paper.

[JasonPratt]

Wow! -- the original 40K game, finally adapted?!

[Jarhead0331]

Wow! -- the original 49K game, finally adapted?!

Somehow...by the grace of God...I've managed to keep my copy of the original Rogue Trader from circa 1986, despite all the moves and changes AND it's in near pristine condition, too! I also have all the original codex and many of the original White Dwarf magazines.

[al_infierno]

^ Wow, that must be worth a pretty penny - especially if it's a first edition.

[SirAndrewD]

^ Wow, that must be worth a pretty penny - especially if it's a first edition.

It is indeed.  Got to drop around $250-$300 for it in that condition.  Only core book I'm missing. 

Got nothing on my pristine copy of Dune Chronicles of the Imperium though.   :nerd:

[Jarhead0331]

^ Wow, that must be worth a pretty penny - especially if it's a first edition.

It is indeed.  Got to drop around $250-$300 for it in that condition.  Only core book I'm missing. 

Wow. i see one on Abe Books going for $601!

The art work on the cover is what gripped my imagination. I haven't looked back since. Hard to believe it has been 35 years... :hide:

[JasonPratt]

Lots of rogue trading happening on that cover! 

[undercovergeek]

Lots of rogue trading happening on that cover! 

40k was never supposed to be what you see now - it was border struggles and patrols - a couple guys versus their coupla guys - you can see that in the points system and setups in the rogue trader book

[al_infierno]

Lots of rogue trading happening on that cover! 

40k was never supposed to be what you see now - it was border struggles and patrols - a couple guys versus their coupla guys - you can see that in the points system and setups in the rogue trader book

Am I a dweeb for thinking this sounds a bit more interesting than "fifty guys fighting over a tiny square patch of land"?