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'''Rogue Trader''' was published in 1987 and written by [[Rick Priestley]], and was quite different to future versions of the game. Largely a cross between Role Playing Games and Table Top Battle Games, rather than an out and out Table Top Battle Game, Rogue Trader contained much more background on the wider universe, races and technology found in the Warhammer 40k universe than later editions did, and for this reason is considered a prized collectors' piece.
The '''game''' is described as a fantasy game set in space, a sort of science-fantasy. The aim was to create a medieval attitude to the background : fear, supersistionsuperstition, self-sacrifice, and common accdptance acceptance of death.{{Fn|1}}
Combat follows the tried and tested Warhammer Fantasy Battle system, adapted for the technological weapons of the setting, but it can be played with a dozen of models, as opposed to the hundreds required for Warhammer Fantasy.{{Fn|1}}
