"One Page 40k" Topic

What is One Page 40k?

One page 40k is a single-page ruleset that you can play with your warhammer 40k miniatures. It was designed to be fast to learn and simple to play, and serves as an abstraction of 40k, allowing you to play quick games with your friends!

As of right now the core rules are done and there are army lists and units for ALL warhammer 40k armies, so you can grab your copy right now, learn the rules within 5 minutes, and start playing. You can find the rules for FREE on the official blog here: onepagerules.wordpress.com. We also recently released Kill Team rules, which are designed for fast games with just a handful of miniatures, and feature awesome stun and push mechanics so you can boot enemy soldiers off of roofs, or slam them into a wall!

What do you think?

I can hear the legal scribes at GW scribbling away about copyright "40K", oh the cost of midnight oil…

I can hear the legal scribes at GW scribbling away about copyright "40K",

Trademark, not copyright, assuming GW has trademarked the term "40K" as opposed to the official name of the game, which is "Warhammer 40,000.' Trademarks are very specific things.

Remember folks, you can't copyright a single word or unconnected phrase, but you can trademark it (possibly). Different law, different process, different purpose. Even GW has gotten that one mucked up, when they tried to prevent someone from using the phrase "space marine" in the title and content of a novel. They lost that round.

Parzival has the right of it and then you get into the entire issue of derivative works. In this case since money is not involved and while the name 40K may be in use the rules if different in enough ways may not fall under any IP restrictions, maybe.

In this case since money is not involved

However, the existence of a free set of rules can be argued as impinging on the sales of the commercial set, which is a consideration in IP law. You can't call a drink "Coke" and give it away anymore than you can charge for it. Your profits or lack thereof are not the consideration— the trademark or IP holder's profits are the key matter. And while, no, I don't believe anything named One Page 40K would have any noticeable effect on sales of 40K rules or product (heck, might make people buy figs and paint), the mere fact that it might is probably sufficient to be ruled a violation of GW's IP. Depends on the judge and/or jury.
Oh, the standard disclaimer applies: IANALNDIPOOTV

As a special thank you for 2.000 downloads me and Samurai are going to be answering your questions whilst streaming a live painting session.

The show will be broadcast on saturday, with two sessions: the first session will be at 8pm GMT, and the second session will be at 8pm PST.

To access the live Q&A you have to turn on annotations and click on the Q&A banner that appears on the lower left corner of the video display.

Youtube Channel: YouTube link

See you on saturday!

Thing is:

16 pages is not…

One page.

You want to call this One Page 40K you will need to get these rules down to just one page.

Hi Mithmee. The rules are just one page. Here is a link to the latest public release: PDF link

Dry humour aside I like the work you've done. Reminds me of the days when 40k was fun…

Reminds me of the days when 40k was fun…

You mean like back during the late 1980's and early to mid 1990's.

Now they are pulling 6th Edition after only two years and it has not been fun to play for nearly 15 years now.

The First stream for today is up now, click on the lower left corner where it says "join Q&A" to ask questions! YouTube link

Me and Ross are going to be livestreaming right now, here is the link: YouTube link

You can join the Q&A and chat with us about anything, just turn on annotations and click on the Q&A button on the lower left corner of the screen!

Second Stream is over, thank you everybody for watching!

I get nothing. Can some kind sir send me a PDF at
jend111 at yahoo dot com ? It would be greatly appreciated!
-Edgar

OK I got it on my desktop. iPhone wouldn't open the files for some reason…maybe I should update the OS.

Oh and to OnePageAnon: thanks for the files!

You are welcome, however those files might be out-dated soon because 1p40k is getting a hefty new update in the coming days!

Gee, so is 40K.

Hahaha, that's true. I don't know if i am excited about it or if i am just afraid of what is to come. In a certain sense i feel as if GW has been screwing up so bad that i am already waiting for 8th edition.

I was reading through my 5th Ed 40K book and was thinking about how moronic it is to keep coming out with new rditions( aside from the obvious marketing standpoint). Oh well, I'm still trying to push 1st Edition Warzone at my local club….

Hello everyone, today we bring you a fairly juicy update from One Page Rules.

Fist off we have updated our 40k and Kill Team rules. We have added a bunch of units and upgrades, and we fixed a couple exploits. We have also added 3 fan armies submitted by you guys, so that you can play with you Warpath and Inquisition miniatures. You can download them here: onepagerules.wordpress.com

Then we have finished up the first drafts of our Campaigns supplements, however they are still undergoing a lot of testing, so they can be found in the WIP section here: onepagerules.wordpress.com/wip

We have also decided to open a forum after getting a ton of e-mails, which you can find here: onepagerules.proboards.com

Finally we have been working on some exciting new projects such as our modular papercraft terrain and a space battles game. We are always looking for talented artists and designers who want to help out, so don't hesistate to contact us if you want to help at onepageanon@gmail.com.

Next up we are going to focus on releasing the core rules for Fantasy, but more on that when it's ready… enjoy!

Today we bring you a small but exciting new game: Grimdark Racing!

Grimdark Racing is a racing game inspired by mario kart and crash team racing which allows you to play with up to 8 friends, challenging them to a deadly race.

So get your awesome vehicle conversions together, create some crazy tracks, and have fun: link

You've been able to play 40k from one page since 3rd edition…

Hey everyone, today is a bit of a special day.

After exactly two months of being online, OPR has just reached over 6.000 downloads and so we were thinking of getting back to the community in some way for all the support.

Right now we are thinking of making some sort of small show in podcast or vlog format (weekly? monthly?), where i and other artists/designers talk about the state of wargaming and answer your questions (20-30min long).

In order to do this we need to see if there is enough interested to make this worth everybody's while. If we gather at least 50 subscribers on our channel we will start working on getting the videos out. Of course the more people are interested and the more subscribers we get, the more effort we will put in having the videos come out as often as possible, maybe even get other wargaming people on board.

So, if you or anyone you know would be interested in making this happen, then subscribe to our youtube channel here: YouTube link

Thanks for the support and happy wargaming!

Hey guys,

today we are updating our 40k and Kill Team systems to a new version which completely re-designs how psykers and psychic abilities work. We decided to expand on the psychic portion of the game, allowing you to upgrade your mastery and pick whichever powers you want. In addition to that we added advanced rules for denying the witch and perils of the warp, just to give psychic combat a little more spice.

Here are the latest rules, enjoy! onepagerules.wordpress.com

Today we are excited to bring you our latest release: Deathball.

Deathball is a brutal sports game set in the warhammer world (40k/Fantasy) that provides a fast moving and action packed experience. Take the role of the coach, assemble your team, and break the opposing players in half!

You can find the rules here: link

After many delays due to its sheer length and issues with the cover art we have decided to not make you wait any longer, and so we are releasing One Page Fantasy!

One Page Fantasy uses an alternating phases system which creates epic regimental battles and allows for deep tactical choices, and is built to play great even at smaller scales, needing no more than a battalion box to start playing.

You can find the rules here: link

As some of you may know, we have been working toward updating all of our core system to 2nd edition for a while, and it shall probably take a few more months before we roll them all out. Fear not however, because today we bring you something completely different: Hammer Wars!

Hammer Wars is the first in a series of system-agnostic games that we are going to release over the coming months. Basically these are games designed to be played with any miniatures you have, regardless of manufacturer.

Today's release is a small-scale miniatures wargame inspired by RTS video games. In an alternate universe where battleships from the 41st millennium have crashed on the warhammer world, get ready to fight where fantasy meets sci-fi!

You can find the rules here: link

Hello everyone,

it's been a while since we updated 1p40k and today we got big news. We are releasing the 2nd edition of 1p40k, with updates to all rules, advanced rules, armies and to our campaign system. The list of changes and updates is far too big to cover it here, so just take a look at it yourself!

You can download the rules here: link

..I did a lot of Coke and wasn't sued once! Go publish!!!

Hello everyone,

We are proud to announce the release of our newest game: Army Men Combat!

Army Men Combat is the second in a series of system-agnostic games that we have been releasing (the first being Hammer Wars), which are basically games designed to be played with any miniatures you have, regardless of manufacturer.

Today's game is a throwback to 1st edition 1p40k and its mechanics. The game is fast and fun, and as always fits on a single page. Whilst when this idea first popped in my head i thought of it as a game played with green army men, this system works well with almost any miniatures, from ww2 to modern to sci-fi and more!

The whole team at OPR wishes you happy holidays, and we'll be back early next year with some exciting new releases!

You can find the rules here: link

As announced in our early 2015 release schedule post (http://bit.ly/1BmD80x) today we are updating 1p40k to v2.5!

This latest release features lots of little tweaks to the rules and layout, making the game even more compact, balanced and fun. You can find the latest post which describes some of the changes on our blog (http://bit.ly/1yoBTyn), and you can find the rules here: link

Happy Wargaming!

Awesome stuff! Unfortunately I only saw this site towards the end of my visit home, where we have tons of 40k that's gone unused for years. We'll have to break it all out next time.

The rules look quite fun. Like that quality takes the place of most stuff. I look forward to trying it out.

Have you been enjoying the new version of 1p40k?

Well here is a new version of 1pKT! This new version of the game was streamlined to be even faster and more exciting than before, without some of the clumsy mechanics that the old one used to have.

Kill Team is perfect if you have a handful of miniatures on your hand and you want to just have a quick and fun game, or introduce new players to the hobby. Check it out!

You can find the rules here: link

Wow. You guys have an awesome resource. Thanks a ton for doing this. I have been collecting a lot of old school 40K figures (Rogue Trader) and your Kill Team stuff is perfect.

Hi Everyone,

Today we are posting a new update for Army Men Combat, which adds a lot of unit variety and flyer rules. We have also cleaned up the core rules and introduced a new activation system, which should make things even more fun!

Army Men Combat can be used as an alternative to the GW rules to play fast and simple games using your 40k miniatures. This update introduces flyer rules for the first time in one of our system, and should serve as a sneak preview of how we are intending to handle flyers in 1p40k sometime in the future.

Get the game here: link

Well done one the rules. I've house ruled a few changes on the Tau and am trying some "chapter doctrines," but otherwise I'm finding this set enjoyable.

Hello everyone,

In this latest update we are introducing the 1p40k Beginner's Guide, which is a step-by-step guide to playing miniature wargames for novice players.

Today we are also celebrating OPR's one year anniversary. We have written up a little re-cap of how OPR got started, and have put together a series of interesting stats on our progress in this past year for you.

Read the update here: link

Happy Wargaming!

Hi everyone, Today we are excited to release the final ruleset in our series of system-agnostic games: WarStuff.

WarStuff is a skirmish wargame that you can play with anything you like. You can have space nazis fight plastic dinosaurs, superman battle against space marines, or even just see your candy-bars duke it out, anything goes!

Download WarStuff here: link

Happy Wargaming!

Hello everyone,

First off, it seems that between all the recent stuff that has been going on we have missed a few of the new units that have been released with the end times. We have gone through the releases and are now adding 4 new units to 1pFB/FS.

Next up, we now have an official Roll20 campaign which you can use to play with your friends and the OPR team, or to challenge a fellow one-page-fan to a match!

Roll20 is a virtual tabletop which you can use to play tabletop games online through your browser. It doesn't require you to download or install anything, and it is completely free to use. We use it all the time to test new games or just have some fun, and it is a simple system you can pick up after playing one or two games.

Join the OPR Playroom: link

Happy Wargaming!

Hi guys,

Today we are excited to bring you a new army and a ton of new units for 1p40k. We noticed we had been missing some of the newer releases, so this update makes up for it and then some. The biggest addition is the new Harlequins as a standalone faction, but there are also some new units for the Tyranids and updates to some of the already existing units.

Get the update here: link

Hello everyone,

With the latest patch we are moving the Dark Angels from the Fan Armybook into the Main Rulebook, and we are adding the Blood Angels and Space Wolves factions to the games. These armies come with all new units, equipment, special rules and psychic powers, so that you can enjoy your space marine chapter to the fullest.

Check out the update here: link

No Black Templars?

We are only adding the chapters which currently have a dedicated codex as separate factions. For now you are going to have to use the regular space marines list for your black templars.

Hi everybody,

Now that GW has rolled out the second wave of admech miniatures we are happy to announce the release of the Adeptus Mechanicus for 1p40k and 1pKT!

Check out the update here: link

Played first game this week, rolled out teh Lost & The Damned from the good old Eye of Terror codex. Glory days!

What's up everybody?

Been a long time since the last update, and it's about time to do something about that. Today we are releasing a major patch for 1p40k and 1pKT, which changes some of the fundamental aspects of the weapons.

Find the update here: link

Hey there,

Today we are releasing another important update for our 40k based games, introducing the newest Tau units and re-working some of their core features.

See the list of changes here: link

All right guys, this one we've been very excited about to release!

Today we have a huge patch for 1pFB/FS as well as 1p40k/KT. This includes some of the things you had already seen in the last big 40k patch transferred to Fantasy, as well as updates to most Fantasy armies and some 40k armies. Additionally we have updated the point costs of "x" weapons across all games.

Read the update & get the games: link