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{{otheruses|USE=Imperial board game|OTHERUSE=video game|OTHERPAGE=Warhammer 40,000: Regicide}}
'''Regicide''' is an ancient strategy game played in the [[Imperium]] with similarities to [[M2]]-era [[Wikipedia:chess|chess]] and can be played on a circular board with a grid.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|9}} The game is simple to learn, but difficult to master and is played across all classes from lowly [[refresherscrubber]]s to [[HiveSpire|spire]] [[Noble House|nobility]]. Many [[Imperial Guard]] officers play, claiming it hones their tactical senses, and use transportable regicide sets that can fold into their combat kit.{{Fn|3}} Some in the Imperium would describe it as a game played by generals and statesmen.{{Fn|7}}
==Rules of the Game==
===Board===
Regicide being played on a circular playing field isn't an uncommon configuration. It is divided into segments, each of which made up of nexuses conjoined by the curved lines that gives the board its shape. Six spokes jut from the main nexus, the core.{{Fn|4}} Some consider the the circular board to be the classic.{{Fn|9}}
Fine quality regicide sets might be carried in a heavy, brass-bound box. A fine quality board might be made of a cream-coloured wood on which the field is picked out with thick, silver wire. The playing pieces could be simple wood, artfully carved stone, or whatever else is on hand to adequately replace a missing piece, such as an [[autogun]] shell casing.{{Fn|7}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[The Long Games at Carcharias (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Double Eagle (Novel)]], ''Day 253: Theda MAB North, 12.26''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Dark Heresy Second Edition: Core Rulebook]], pg. 177
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperfect (Short Story)]] — [[War Without End (Anthology)]]
