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I! had!a!number!of!small!changes!to!tighten!up!the! played! endless! games! with! my! friends! across! rules,! and! to! improve! their! clarity! and! layout.!It! tabletops! populated! with! a! wide! range! of! figures! also!had!brand!new!rules!for!items!like!vehicles.! and! terrain! made! from! shoeboxes.! Even! though! ! the! rules! were! clunky! and! often! didn’t! work! we! The! most! noticeable! change! was!the!splitting!of! found!that!we!could!have!fun!by!operating!with!a! the! game!into!three!documents.!The!Retinues!of! cheerful!disregard!for!anything!that!did!not!make! Appendix!2!had!grown!so!large,!especially!with!fan! sense.! made!additions,!that!they!now!formed!a!document! ! in!their!own!right.!! The! main! game! of! Warhammer# 40,000!remains! ! one!of!the!most!popular!in!the!world,!despite!rules! The!Campaign!Section,!written!by!Jason!Maestros! that! run! into! hundreds! of! pages! and! the! and! formerly! appearing! in! Appendix! 1,! was!also! continuous!churning!out!of!army!codices.!I!believe! expanded!into!a!separate!document.! that!it!is!the!40K!universe!itself!that!keeps!people! ! playing!rather!than!the!rules!and!figures.!! ! The'Third'Edition' When! Space# Crusade! and! then! Space# Hulk!came! ! out! I! was! overjoyed.! Simple! rules! made! the! play! The! Third! Edition! was! inspired! by! the! discussion! fun! again.! Unfortunately! when! the! deal! with! and! feedback! on! the! Forge! of! War! forums.! A! Milton! Bradley! ended! so! did! most! support! for! number! of! dedicated! ItEN!players!gave!their! these!games.!! suggestions! for! improvements! to! the! rules,! based! ! on!their!experience!of!playing!the!game.! The! next! true! skirmish! game! from! Games! ! Workshop!was!Necromunda.!The!rules!were!quite! For! the! Third! Edition,! all! of! the! Core! Rules! have! complex! and! restricted! to! playing! the! featured! been!reviewed!and!edited!to!improve!their!clarity! gangs! in! the! box.! ! Like! Space# Crusade,!support! and!consistency.!The!Third!Edition!is!also!the!first! dwindled,!and!it!went!into!the!back!catalogue! version!of!ItEN!to!be!published!in!two!variants:!the! (Specialist!Games).! Gamer’s!Edition,!which!retains!the!existing!“plain! ! and! simple”! layout! and! formatting! of! previous! By!now!I!was!reading!books!published!by!the!Black! editions,!and!the!deluxe!“Gold!Edition”,!which!will! Library,! wishing! I! could! be! Gregor! Eisenhorn! or! have!full,colour!layout,!inline!graphics!and!a!style! Gideon!Ravenor,! so! imagine! my! joy! when! the! in!keeping!with!the!grim,!dark!universe!of!the!41st! Inquisitor!game!came!out.!I!rushed!down!to!my! Millennium.! local! Games! Workshop!and!bought!the!rules.! ! Thank! the! Emperor! I! didn’t! buy! the! figures! too,! Unlike! previous! editions,! the! Retinues! and! because! the! rules! were! probably! the! worst! that! Campaigns!books!will!not!be!released!at!the!same! Games! Workshop!had!ever! created.! I! couldn’t! time! as! the! Core! Rules.! Until! these! are! updated! believe!that!you!needed!a!huge!volume!of!rules!to! and!revised,!players!can!continue!to!use!the!books! describe!a!game!between!two!groups!of!five!to!ten! from!the!Second!Edition,!but!be!warned:!the!points! figures.!! cost! system! in!the!Third!Edition!is!quite!different! ! from!the!old!system.!Players!should!use!the!online! Since!then!I!have!experimented!with!a!number!of! Retinue! Builder! (see! Section! 1.4)! to! work! out! the! commercial!and!home!grown!SF!skirmish!rules!and! correct!points!costs!for!their!figures.! this!set!is!the!result!of!all!that!work.! ! ! ! ©!Forge!of!War!Development!Group!,!Page!2!of!29!–!3rd!Edition!May!2013! In#the#Emperor’s#Name# ItEN'Online' Copyright'Notice' ! ! In#the#Emperor’s#Name!was!born!and!lives!on!the! 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Used! ! without! permission.! No! challenge! to! their! status! Gavin!Brown! ! Contributor!and!3rd!Edition!! intended.! All! Rights! Reserved! to! their! respective! Editor! owners.!! Craig!Cartmell! ! Original!Author!and!Editor! ! Joseph!Urban! ! Cover!Art! This!game!is!fan,created!and!as!such!is!free!to!copy! Chris!Knowles! ! Contributor!and!Proof,! and!use.! reader! Pascal!Tognon! ! Contributor! Mike!Rybak! ! Contributor! Edgar!Traverso! ! Contributor! Jason!Mastros! ! Contributor!and!creator!of!! the!Campaign!section! Scott!R.!Pyle! ! Contributor! Francisco!Javier!! Contributor! ! ! ©!Forge!of!War!Development!Group!,!Page!3!of!29!–!3rd!Edition!May!2013! In#the#Emperor’s#Name# # ! Table'of'Contents' 4.1.3.3! Shooting!and!Movement................. 11! Foreword......................................................2! 4.1.3.4! Declaring!Targets!and!Checking!Range The'Second'Edition.......................................... 2! ! 11! The'Third'Edition............................................. 2! 4.1.3.5! Shooting!and!Cover ......................... 11! 4.1.3.6.............................................................. 11! ItEN'Online ...................................................3! 4.1.3.6! Rolling!to!Hit.................................... 11! Credits ..........................................................3! 4.1.3.7! Torrent!of!Fire ................................. 11! 4.1.4! The!Melee!Phase..............................12! Copyright'Notice...........................................3! 4.1.4.1! Multiple!Melee!Weapons ................ 12! 4.1.4.2! Outnumbering ................................. 13! Table'of'Contents..........................................4! 4.1.4.3! Exploding!Sixes ................................ 13! 1! Introduction............................................6! 4.1.4.4! Disengaging!from!Melee.................. 13! 1.1! A'note'for'Warhammer'40,000' 4.1.4.5! Multiple!Attacks .............................. 13! Enthusiasts...................................................... 6! 4.1.4.6! Ganging!Up ...................................... 13! 4.1.5 The!Grit!Roll .....................................14 1.2! A'note'on'figure'scales........................... 6! ! ! 4.1.6 Knock!Down .....................................14 1.3! Building'a'Retinue.................................. 6! ! ! 4.1.7 Morale..............................................14 1.4! Online'Retinue'Builder........................... 6! ! ! 4.1.8 Post,Game!Survival!Test ..................14 1.5! Figure'Profiles........................................ 6! ! ! 4.2 Psyker'Powers......................................15 1.6! Figure'Costs ........................................... 6! ! ! 4.2.1 Psyker!Powers!Table ........................16 1.6.1! The!Cost!of!Grit.................................. 7! ! ! 4.3 Special'Abilities ....................................17 1.7! Figures................................................... 7! ! ! 4.3.1 Analyze.............................................17 1.8! Allies.....................................................