Pyramid Review
Dark Heresy: Roleplaying in the Grim Darkness of the 41st Millennium
Published by Black Industries
Designed By Owen Barnes, Kate Flack, & Mike Mason with Dan Abnett, Gary Astleford, Alan Bligh, Ben Counter, Jon French, Guy Haley, Andy Hall, Tim Huckleberry, Andrew Kenrick, Mark Latham, TS Luikart, Chris Pramas, & Rick Priestley
Cover by Clint Langley
Illustrated By John Blanche, Alex Boyd, Paul Dainton, Wayne England, David Gallagher, Des Hanley, Neil Hodgson, Paul Jeacock, Nuala Kinrade, Karl Kopinski, Stefan Kopinski, Clint Langley, Pat Loboyko, Mark Raynor, Adrian Smith, Paul Smith, Andrea Uderzo, Kev Walker, & John Wigley
402-page full-color hardcover; $54.99
Dark Heresy is perhaps the most longly anticipated RPG of 2008, probably more so than the forthcoming Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition. After all, fans had been awaiting the publication of an RPG set in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe for 20 years, ever since the announcement of the Rogue Trader RPG. And even with the publication of Dark Heresy the fans have not got that, instead having been expected to wait for its eventual publication in 2009 to be followed in 2010 by Deathwatch, an RPG focusing on the Warhammer 40,000's iconic Space Marines. Yet Dark Heresy looked like it was all the fans would get, for despite an incredibly successful launch, Games Workshop announced it would close Black Industries and thus cancel its two RPG lines… Fortunately, the good news is that Fantasy Flight Games has the license . . .
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Article publication date: May 16, 2008
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