How much is the 3rd Edition Big Rulebook worth?

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**4oursword**

Title says it all, really.

Found it in a Charity shop in Oxford, mint condition. The same shop had a Hardback copy of Necromunda too, but I didn't pick that up.

**Backspacehacker**

idk like 20 bucks maybe? thats just a guess

**master of asgard**

I would have got the necromunda book as well. Really, the only reason to pick up the 3rd ed BRB would be nostalgia or fluff, much of which has changed by now. It's probably worth it if it's cheap, but you could also have some fun with necromunda!

**Brother SRM**

The 3rd ed rulebook is worth next to nothing. It came in every starter set and you could buy it separately IIRC. I picked up the 3rd ed starter set for 10, 15, and 20 dollars on three occasions, and that was 10 Marines, a Land Speeder, 20 Dark Eldar, some jungle trees, tiny ruins, and the rulebook. The rulebook is just kind of ubiquitous in everyone's old 40k collection. Hardback Necromunda rulebook is actually worth something.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Generally old games books, with few exceptions like the old Realms of Chaos, are not worth much except to a few mad collectors. Torrents and such have made them worth even less.

**4oursword**

Oh well. For £3, it's hardly a loss. The Necromunda one was a tenner, so I shied away- not having ever played it. I guess I'll just keep it around, like the Warhammer Battle Magic box I found a few years back.
Thanks for the replies!

**Nevelon**

Some early printings of the 3rd ed rulebook would spontaneously loose their covers. GW was very good back in the day about sending out replacements.

One nice thing about the 3rd rulebook was it did have all the army lists in the back. So if you wanted to play some retro games, you can, without having to dig up old codexes.

**Mr. Burning**

Go back fro that Necromunda book. Much more useful than a 3rd ed 40k rule book.

3rd ed was a big jump in rules from RT/2nd ed but is fairly bland and current rules are much of a muchness. I doubt 3rd ed book will become as collectable as the previous editions.

**AnomanderRake**

Not...much? What would you do with the 3e book?

**Brother SRM**

AnomanderRake wrote:
Not...much? What would you do with the 3e book?

Vintage gaming books can sometimes go for a decent amount of money, mostly for collectible reasons. The 3rd ed rulebook is fun to page through though; there's a lot of cool photos, artwork, and fluff in there. It was my first real introduction to the universe after building and painting a couple Marines, so it holds a special place for me.

**evilsponge**

Want mine? They're not that rare

**Nevelon**

Another fun thing to do with old rulebooks is to figure out how many editions back you mistakes go. For those of use who have been playing for a while, sometimes you slip back to old edition habits, particularly with obscure little bits that don't come up very often. This happens more often in RPGs then war-games, but it can be fun to dig through the shelf to find out how long you have been doing something wrong.