Take a look. A set of the 40K 8th shooting rules are doing the rounds on the web. It’s our first glimpse of the official rules.

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With 8th Edition a week away from pre-orders – the launch goodies are probably shipping out to stores and other locations. In particular, folks noted the core rules summary foldout included int he boxed set. You can see it here to the right of the hardcover rulebook.

It looks like these images are from that foldout, and detail the shooting phase. Take a look.

Confirmation of Characters only being targetable if they are the closest model.

The new simplified to-wound chart.

Weapon categories that give new life to heavy and pistols types.

YIKES – no invulnerables versus mortal wounds. Beware!

~Have at it.