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'''Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook''' was is the 4th core rulebook for the [[Warhammer 40,000 ]] gamepublished in August 2004. It was released as both a hardback book and in a reduced format in the [[Battle for Macragge]] boxed set.

== General Structure =='''Warhammer 40,000'' 4th edition rulebook. The previous edition of the game, published in 2004, released as both a hardback book and in a reduced format in the [[Battle for Macragge]] boxed set. This edition of the rulesset has relatively few differences to its [[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook|predecessor]] so almost all codexes and supplements produced for the [[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition work with this versionRulebook]] are compatible.The lore sections took a much more objective look at the background of the 40k universe, yet still remained largely focused on the Imperium of Man's perspective.

The cover depicts a skull across a hammer against a dark abstract background illustrated by [[Karl Kopinski|Karl]] and [[Stefan Kopinski]]. This edition of cover is notable for the rules took a much more objective look at having the background of roman numeral 'IV' emblazoned on the 40k universeskull, yet still remained largely focused making this the only edition released thus far that includes the edition's number somewhere on the human perception book. The 4th Edition rulebook was succeeded in July 2008 with the release of the world[[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]].

:[[John Blanche]], [[Alex Boyd]], [[Paul Dainton]], [[Dave Gallagher]], [[Jes Goodwin]], [[Neil Hodgson]], [[Paul Jeacock]], [[Nuala Kinrade]], [[Karl Kopinski]], [[Stefan Kopinski]] and [[Adrian Smith]]