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The problem is, to play the Rogue Trader version of the game, you need pretty much all the main core books (rulebook, Compedium, Compilation) and probably a fair number of the expansions. Not easy or cheap to get hard copies of those.

The game sorta evolved as it went along, so the rules are fairly spread out. The original book won't have Chaos forces at all. Tyranids were two units (Tyranid Warriors and Zoats), though Genestealers have rules too. Obviously Tau, Dark Eldar, Sisters and Necrons don't exist either. Most of your Imperial Guard vehicles won't exist either (RT era Guard had Land Raiders and Rhinos)

But it's still kinda fun in its retro, silly, kind of way. If my buddies and I ever dusted off an old ruleset, we'd probably go with 2nd Edition instead. No Tau or Dark Eldar (and significantly less Necrons), but it's a fairly solid ruleset. The game is more time consuming though, especially if you allow psykers, lol.