Rogue Trader was a tabletop role-playing game published and supported by Fantasy Flight Games between 2009[1] and 2014,[2] and part of a wider range of role-playing games with Dark Heresy, Deathwatch, Black Crusade and Only War.[3] The game put the players in the role of a Rogue Trader and his closest crewmembers as they explore the Koronus Expanse. Several Carrer Paths are available to players: Rogue Trader, Arch-Militant, Astropath Transcendent, Explorator, Missionary, Navigator, Seneschal and Void-master. The game also supported a system for naval combat.[4]
The game serves as a basis for the video game Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader by Owlcat Games, and players of the Fantasy Flight Games Warhammer 40,000 line of products should find familiarity in the design. However, it is not a direct adaptation of the tabletop game and uses it as an inspiration rather than a set of hard rules to follow. Even before pitching the video game to Games Workshop, going as far as during the development of Pathfinder: Kingmaker, employees of Owlcat were running three different campaign of Rogue Trader (one was mixing Dark Heresy and Rogue Trader),[5] during 5 years.[6]
Returning content from the tabletop game are listed here.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ "In the Name of the Emperor..." (October 7, 2009). Fantasy Flight Games. (achived on September 16, 2016)
- ↑ "A Crusade in Twilight" (June 4, 2014). Fantasy Flight Games. (achived on May 18, 2021) is the last time content was released for the game.
- ↑ "A New Path Forward" (September 9, 2016). Fantasy Flight Games. (achived on September 25, 2022)
- ↑ Watson, Ross, et al. (2009). Rogue Trader: Core Rulebook. Fantasy Flight Games. ISBN 978-1-58994-675-0
- ↑ Reuben, Nic: "Owlcat Games on exploring the Koronus Expanse and going full heretic in Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader" (June 15, 2022). Rock Paper Shotgun. (achived on June 16, 2022)
- ↑ Bussell, Cat: "In Warhammer 40,000 RPG Rogue Trader, you’re 'less of an adventurer' and more 'like a god'" (September 5, 2022). TechRadar. (achived on September 16, 2022)