Necromunda: Underhive

This article is about the Revised Compilation Rulebook from 2003'; for the 2017' Relaunch Box Set, see Necromunda: Underhive (2017).

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Necromunda: Underhive
Author	Rick Priestley with Jervis Johnson, Andy Chambers & Chris Colston
Editor	Matt Keefe
Publisher	Games Workshop
Preceded by	Necromunda Rulebook Necromunda Sourcebook Necromunda (Hardback Rulebook)
Followed by	Necromunda: Underhive (2017)
Released	2003
Pages	144
Editions	Softback (2003) ISBN 1-84154-418-3 Living Rulebook (2003)

Necromunda: Underhive combines the contents of the 1995' Rulebook and Sourcebook, with minor alterations (such as individual House weapon lists, and the removal of Sustained Fire dice and Hand Flamer templates). It was also published online with corrected errata as the Living Rulebook, which was available on the Games Workshop official website, but has been taken down since.

Differences compared to the Original Rulebook

The game was officially intented to still be playable with the previous Rulebook and Sourcebook, by applying the following list of changes :^[1]

Templates

The templates used in the Original rulebook were dropped in favor of the then 40k sized templates ; there were only two templates : blast, gas cloud.^[1]

Damage Dice

D4, D8, D10 and D12 dices were removed in favor of D3 and D6.^[1]

High Impact

High Impact is a new rule which applies when shooting attacks. When a fighter is hit by a high impact weapon they will go out of action depending on the Dice roll.^[1]

Sustained Fire

Sustained fire shots are represented by 1 dice per shot, instead of 1 dice for all the shots.^[1]

Flamers & Catching Fire

This rule was removed completely because its complexity didnt add much to the game.^[1]

Contents

Introduction

• Tabletop Conflict
• Building the Gang
• The Rulebook
• New Players
• What You Will Need to Play

The Rules

• Characteristics
• The Turn
• Phases
  • Movement
  • Shooting
  • Hand-to-Hand Combat
  • Leadership

Advanced Rules

• Falling
• Stray Shots
• Exploding Weapons
• Wild Grenades and Shells
• Attacking Structural Features
• Fear
• Terror
• Stupidity
• Hatred
• Frenzy

Hive Primus

The World of Necromunda

The Hives of Necromunda

• Hive Primus
• The Houses of Hive Primus
• The Merchant Guild
• The Underhive

Campaigns

• Battles in the Underhive
• Necromunda Campaigns
• Trading Posts
• Hired Guns
  • Underhive
  • Bounty Hunters
  • Ratskin Scouts
• Battles in the Underhive
• Playing a Campaign Game
• Scenarios

Appendices

• Weapons Summary
• Post-Battle Sequence
• Blast, Flamer & Gas Templates
• Game Summary

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 Living Rulebook is no longer available to download directly from Games Workshop.

Notes

As of 2022, the independent fansite https://yaktribe.games/ (external link) hosts the Living Rulebook .pdf to download for free : https://yaktribe.games/community/vault/living-rulebook-edition.2/. registration is however required to download the file.

Sources

• 1 : Necromunda Magazine Volume 2 Issue 3, pg. 26, A Summary of the new edition by Matt Keefe