Welcome to the Black Crusade

Have a look at this first: http://tinyurl.com/5u7pclx

Nice way to pander to your audience, FF Games. ;)


Honestly, I've no idea how much demand this game has had. All I know is that in most of the RP sessions I've been in, there's been a decidedly PvP sentiment going on. It takes a seriously common cause to make your PCs not want to kill each other, or at least think twice before leaving each other behind in a minefield. I've genuinly had to tell the party cleric, "No, for the third time, you CANNOT side with the evil dragon, you are the good guys."

So...I don't know whether Fantasy Flight's newest Warhammer 40,000 shaped offering, Black Crusade, will be either the cure or simply the therapy for this RPG trope. The fact that the party will consist of people fighting under the same banner (the good ol' Eight Point Star), and yet will still want to murder each other and wear the entrails for armour (hell, I'd give them a couple of points for it) will be difficult to plan for; that's right fellow GMs, we may have to...*shudder*...improvise.

I think every 40k Role Player will have either tried playing Chaos or considered it, or at the very least begged the GM for it. I'm wondering how they would represent Chaos influence; I mean, Corruption points are out the window, as are the means to gather them (unless you want players killing at will as the only way of gathering power). There will have to be some factor to kerb the more overt aspects of Chaos worship (unless you're a Khornate, in which case go nuts), and I'm looking forward to see how they handle that.

The announcement has only just come today, but I'm a big fan of the 40K Role Play range so far; the rules work for me and they've covered some good gameplay themes, from horror and intrigue to open warfare to galactic exploration. This looks like a good way to show the darker side to a universe that's already almost pitch black.

Warhammer 40,000 is the property of Games Workshop Ltd
Black Crusade and Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay created by Fantasy Flight games

Also, apologies to any non-40k enthusiasts who got lost in there. I'll get back to something a little more mainstream later.

Comments down below please :)