Cubicle 7 Take Their RPGs To The Grim Darkness of Warhammer 40,000
May 17, 2019 by dracs
Cubicle 7, publishers of the fantastic RPGs Adventures in Middle-earth and Warhammer Fantasy Role Play, have made the exciting announcement that they will be producing RPG's set in Warhammer 40,000.
In their announcement, Cubicle 7 have said they will be kicking off the new range of products with a revised printing of the Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook. They are working with the Ulisses Wrath & Glory Design team to deliver titles planned for the game, which will include supplements exploring areas of the universe both old and new.
Cubicle 7 CEO Dominic McDowall said in their announcement:
Warhammer 40K is a huge chunk of our gamer DNA so we are all incredibly excited to build on the long legacy of 40K RPGs. I’ve been a 40K fanatic since the first edition, so I am absolutely delighted to bring our brand of roleplaying to this amazing setting.
This is extremely exciting news. Cubicle 7 have done a fantastic job in revitalising Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (I have a copy of the rules sitting next to me as I type) and their growth lately has been phenomenal. I'm really excited to find out what direction they take Wrath & Glory.
Of course, it looks like it won't be limited to Wrath & Glory. As they said, this will form part of their initial range of products. It may be naive, but I'm hoping we get to see a return of games like Dark Heresy and Rogue Trader in some form, updated to tie into Wrath & Glory's mechanics.
In the meantime, Ulisses, the previous publishers of Wrath & Glory, are set to continue publishing the German language edition of the game, as well as those for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and the upcoming Age of Sigmar RPG, in partnership with Cubicle 7.
What do you want to see in a Warhammer 40,000 RPG?
Delighted to see this. US always seemed to be on shaky ground with the line.
C7 have been nailing it with their GW licenses so far.
Really interested to see what other titles they might release for 40k too. W&G covers a lot of options for character builds and gives you a lot of options that were previously spread across multiple games.
Met them at WarhammerFest. Their enthusiasm is on display for all to see. It’s obvious they love these worlds.
Biggest problem with Cubicle 7 is their release schedule… really slow.
Moria is about two years late and pretty much everything is late by at least six months.
” It may be naive, but I’m hoping we get to see a return of games like Dark Heresy and Rogue Trader in some form, updated to tie into Wrath & Glory’s mechanics.”
@Dracs I doubt it. Mainly because the core book already has rules for all of that. So no specific core books (because the system supports all levels of play), but I expect more context based books (so more details on the Inquisition, or Rogue Traders, or Heretics).
Is this the same grim darkness where everyone seems to dress in pastel shades 😀
More ‘Grim Heroic’ which will probably attract a wider audience. By all means you can go full ‘dark grim nihilistic there-is-only-war’ mode if you want 🙂 This will appeal to folks who like the 40k setting but want to have a more fun roleplaying evening.
Sounds good will be interesting to see the games coming from this.
Does anyone know why Ulisses aren’t producing the English version?
They were originally but there seems to have been problems. There wasn’t a full explanation.
I have the collectors starter box and it was well produced, good quality box o stuff. I can’t speak to actual game play but the mechanics seam sound and the fluff is well written. Nothing new but new tellings of it.
C7 just announced a new edition of the One Ring.
That means three editions of Warhammer (AoS, Old World and 40k), Middle Earth for D&D5 and One Ring edition.
As I said before, they are slow to release supplements. That’s a lot of stuff to delay.