Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition Box Set

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Warhammer 40000 (2nd edition) Box Set
Designer(s)	Rick Priestley, Andy Chambers
Manufacturer	Games Workshop
Released	1993
Price	£34.99[3]
Scale	28mm
Players	2+
Followed by	Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Box Set

Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition Box Set was the starter set for the 2nd Edition of Warhammer 40,000 released in 1993

Contents

Contents

The box set came with:

• A Space Marine army including:
  • 18 Space Marines
  • 2 Space Marine Sergeants

• An Ork army
  • 20 Orks
  • 40 Gretchin
  • 1 cardboard Killa Kan

• Other:
  • Codex Imperialis
  • Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition Rulebook
  • Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition)
  • 20 battle runes
  • 14 dice
  • templates
  • Painting guide
  • scenario book
  • reference sheet
  • army list
  • equipment cards
  • data cards
  • tokens

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

• The box art is noteworthy for having inspired a conversion in 1994 by Eavy Metal team member Mike McVey^[1], which was again the object of a commemorative miniature for Games Day' 2012^[2]:

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  Box Artwork by John Blanche

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  1994 Conversion by Mike McVey

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  2012 Games Day miniature

Sources

• 1: White Dwarf 174 (UK), pg. 45
• 2: White Dwarf 385 (UK), pg. 93
• 3: White Dwarf 166 (UK), pg. 2