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2010/11/02 00:02:33
Subject: Rogue Trader
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Spawn of Chaos
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What exactly is 40k Rogue Trader. I just found a really old book for it and I've no idea. Is it any different to Regular?
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 What do you do when the Ruinous Powers give you Lemons? RAM THEM INTO THE ENEMIES EYEBALLS!
filbert wrote:Sometimes I get the impression from GW that if they could market via carrier pigeon, then they would..
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2010/11/02 00:07:03
Subject: Re:Rogue Trader
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Stormin' Stompa
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I believe it is the father of warhammer 40k, others will have more information.
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2010/11/02 06:56:26
Subject: Re:Rogue Trader
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
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Yuo, Rogue Trader was the original GW 40K setting. In some ways it was closer to a role play system writ large. You had a lot more control of the characteristics of each miniature and what they were armed and equipped with.
I still read my copy from time to time as it's the basis for where a lot of the 40K universe fluff comes from.
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"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them.
But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart."
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2010/11/02 08:18:49
Subject: Rogue Trader
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Spawn of Chaos
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So Its got good Fluff? Might have a gander then. Thanks.
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What do you do when the Ruinous Powers give you Lemons? RAM THEM INTO THE ENEMIES EYEBALLS!
filbert wrote:Sometimes I get the impression from GW that if they could market via carrier pigeon, then they would..
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2010/11/02 08:25:48
Subject: Re:Rogue Trader
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Mad Gyrocopter Pilot
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Some of the fluff is incorrect as they've changed a lot of it over the years. But still worth a look at.
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2010/11/02 09:04:07
Subject: Re:Rogue Trader
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[DCM]
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Indeed, quite a lot of the fluff has changed since then, much of the current stuff we know and love/despair really started when 2nd edition rolled out.
Rogue Trader is basically 1st edition 40K, we're currently on 5th edition.
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2010/11/02 10:40:34
Subject: Re:Rogue Trader
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
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No no no. The Rogue Trade fluff is correct. It's the other editions that changed it to be wrong 
yeah, a lot of the fluff is different to how it is currently, but it still a fun book to see where it all started.
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2010/11/02 12:21:01
Subject: Rogue Trader
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Consigned to the Grim Darkness
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There's also a second Rogue Trader which is much more recent-- a roleplaying game by FFG created with the assistance of GW writers, where you play as an actual Rogue Trader and retinue.
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