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So I was digging through my closet the other day and ran across this in one of the boxes. Thought Some people might get a kick out of it!!

Original Rule Book from 1993!! Really Enjoyed reading the Rule on Stupidity LOL

That brings back some memories...lordy, those old ork models were horrible!

I recently picked up this, as well as the Wargear and Codex Imperialis books, on Ebay. Was fantastic for a nostalgic read through.

I want some of those berserkers ... Again

Thank god the 80's are dead.

I still have a 3 of those books from when I bought them back in the 90's.

I demand a better photo on the stupidity part!

Idk what you folks are on about. Those models are great, so much character.

Bah, you need the rulebook with the Ork Robots that were crude, offensive characters of other races.

Fond memories

If we are going old school I am adding my GKs!

I still think that the original Screamer-Killer (pictured above) might be the worst model GW has ever released.

 Las wrote:
Idk what you folks are on about. Those models are great, so much character.

Sure, Disney character.

Bludbaff wrote:
I still think that the original Screamer-Killer (pictured above) might be the worst model GW has ever released.

No, that belongs to this guy. More skulls than the Imperial Palace.

Bludbaff wrote:
I still think that the original Screamer-Killer (pictured above) might be the best model GW has ever released.

Fixed!

 Mythra wrote:
If we are going old school I am adding my GKs!

I spy with my little eye, a Space crusade Chaos Dreadnaught, Epic! although, if we're going to be honest, the one with 4 guns was cooler.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Thank god the 80's are dead.

Shame, then that most of those pics are from the 1990s 2nd ed books (which admittedly, still had the RT models because they hadn't made all of the newer 2nd ed stuff yet (like the guard tanks all IG players take for granted these days).

I'm kinda glad the 90s are dead, personally. The music wasn't as good.

Madtankbloke
"I spy with my little eye, a Space crusade Chaos Dreadnaught, Epic! although, if we're going to be honest, the one with 4 guns was cooler. "

I have that one too.

Ok Couldnt get a good pic of the "Stupidity Rule so Here it is in all its glory

Stupidity
Many Large and powerful creatures are unfortunately rather stupid. Even some otherwise quite intelligent creatures act stupidly now and again because they are confused or distracted, or perhaps because they are drugged or have been knocked insensible. The stupidity rules represent the sort of slow wittedness or dumb behavior that most animals instinctively avoid, but which some especially stolid or stubborn beasts may be prone to Creatures which are stupid are indicated as such in the Codex Imperialis.

Stupid creatures must make a test at the start of their turn to see if they overcome their stupidity. Make a test for each unit of stupid troops. If you pass the test by rolling less than their Leadership on 2D6 then all well and good - the creatures behave reasonably intelligently and the player may move and fight with them as normal. If the test is failed then all is not well and the following rules apply until the start of the creatures' next turn when they must test once more to see if they are overcome by stupidity.

1. If already in hand-to-hand combat stupid creatures are liable to suddenly stop fighting. Roll a D6 for each stupid creature that's fighting in hand-to-hand combat. If the result is 4-6 the creature fights; on a roll of 1-3 it forgets what it's doing and rolls no attack dice and makes no parries though it still counts its full WS (instinct!).

2. If not in hand-to-hand combat the creatures momentarily forget what they are doing. Roll a D6 to determine how they move this turn. This is compulsory movement and so occurs before other movement (see the Movement section).

1-3 Move each stupid creature its normal move in a random direction determined by rolling the scatter dice. Any enemy troops encountered are automatically engaged in hand to hand combat (though the creatures may not actually fight, see above).

4-6 The creatures stand around in a confused and ineffective manner. They will do nothing for the remainder of the turn.

3 Creatures cannot shoot weapons or use psychic powers while they are suffering from stupidity. Creatures affected by stupidity are quite unaware of anything happening around them, such is their state of confusion. While overcome by stupidity they ignore all further psychology tests. This means that stupid creature cannot be affected by terror, fear, ect, but they can still take and fail a Break test exactly as normal. Broken troops are not affected by stupidity until they have rallied, after which they must take Stupidity tests at the start of each subsequent turn. It sometimes happens that a cavalry model will be riding a stupid creature. If a rider's mount is stupid then he will have to test for stupidity at the start of his turn, but the rider's Leadership characteristic is used rather than that of the mount. If the test is failed the rider is obliged to hang on while the creature behaves in whatever bizarre manner the rules dictate, but the rider can fight normally if he gets the opportunity. A rider on a mount suffering from stupidity does not add the mount's attack dice to his own if the creature does not fight.