Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War

Name: Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War
Availability: InStock
Author: DreamForge Intertainment

July 23, 1999

DreamForge Intertainment

80/100IGDB

Genres

StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Age rating

This game is rated for Animated Blood and Animated Violence.

Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War

July 23, 1999

DreamForge Intertainment

80/100IGDB

Genres

StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Age rating

This game is rated for Animated Blood and Animated Violence.

About

Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is a turn-based strategy game developed by DreamForge Intertainment and released in 1999 for PC, set within the science-fantasy universe of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000. Players command the Eldar through a 24-mission campaign with varied victory conditions as the faction fights for survival. Additional scenarios offer control of Tyranid and Imperial forces, broadening the strategic scope beyond the central storyline. A glory point system governs army construction, with eight distinct unit classes available — ranging from War Machines and Assault Troops to Devastator Squads. The game incorporates RPG elements through a level-based experience system that allows units to be upgraded over time, with options to improve warrior skills and deploy psychic abilities known as "psyker" powers. These layered progression mechanics sit alongside the core turn-based combat to give the title some depth beyond straightforward tactical maneuvering.

Storyline

The mysterious Eldar are all that remains of a once great and powerful civilization that ruled the galaxy. They travel the stars in enormous spacecraft called Craftworlds, seeking the Maiden Worlds their ancestors created in ancient times. One such world is now inhabited by humans and possesses historical records and artifacts of great power far too valuable to leave in their hands. This once proud race now fights for its very survival, and must protect the secrets and power of their ancestors from both the Imperium of Man and the evil, bio-engineered Tyranids, bent on the destruction of this fertile paradise.