Hey there! I'm the guy that draws the 2D printable minis for Grimdark Future and Age of Fantasy. I actually first got into drawing paper miniatures because of your videos on printable minis for RPGs; it's been crazy to go from simple characters cobbled together for fun to making official drawings for my favorite gaming ruleset. Thanks for setting the ball rolling and getting me this invested in the hobby! And, of course, to anyone that hasn't tried them yet, I highly recommend you try the rules for either Grimdark Future or Age of Fantasy--you can print out free copies of the 2D minis and get playing right away :)

Holy Shit! This battle system seems...comprehensible. I might actually play this.

Thanks GOD i encountered OPR. My whole Gaming Group switched from GW to OPR which is just so much better than classic 40K.... that literally saved our Hobby because we got tired of the 40K-Bloat-Rules

Great tutorial! Yet another prove that the alternate activation should be the norm in army level games

What I especially like about Grimdark Future is that the "feel" of the GW armies are preserved... My necrons really feel like necrons! Fantastic ruleset.

Thank you SO much for introducing Grimdark to me. I have tons of Lego Star Wars figures so I use them. I hope you’re doing well and keep up the great content! ^-^

This rule set always feels like a great method of operating Apoc 40k. It's clean, it's smooth, it's slightly more abstract and simplified, it's faster than standard rules but it loses some "detail" (crunchiness). But it makes for an awesome Apoc 40k game. It plays so smoothly you can really move a lot of points around and resolve things with plenty of "maneuver" and "tactics". In a lot of ways it what 8th/3rd Apoc should have been. A 750 point game is REALLY fast, and a 4K game is still faster than a 2K 9th edition game.

Used to love 40K back in the day. But can't justify a company that charges $30 for a single plastic mini just because it's a hero/champion.

Found Grimdark Future from your videos. Had been a wargamer for years, but burned out on GW rules churn and poor rules balance, as well as the bloat of the game. GF recaptured my interest, and like you I soon was dropping an embarassing amount of money building up forces. Gotten back into Wargaming after 10 years of just painting stuff for RPGs and making terrain following your tutorials (working on my industrial catwalks right now). Got a non-gamer buddy interested due to the easy nature of the rules, and my wife has played a few games with me and enjoyed herself, which is a testament to how accessible the rules are since normally it wouldn't be her kind of thing. I really love the whole approach of GF and really appreciate you giving the game publicity. I think a lot of people like me who like the 40K and Fantasy models and background but are a bit tired of some of the other aspects of the game like rules bloat or pointless complexity would get a lot out of this system. The games I have played have been reasonably balanced too, and easy to patch if there are balance questions.

It's crazy to see how much OPR has blown up in the past few years. I know they're working on Not-BFG, I hope Not-Epic 40k is next.

Great introduction to the rules of Grimdark Future, and while familiar with them I found the visual Army Building section very helpful to solidify the rules for me. I always get tripped up with the "Buy X" headers. Also I have to agree on the sentiment for it helping Games Workshop sell models. If it wasn't for Grimdark Future, I would never have bought a starter set of miniatures.

4 major selling points 1. Doesnt take all day to play 2. Take what ever minis you want. No detachment memes 3. Skaven and dorfs are in it as well as some mantic stuff 4. Alternating activations

This video is doing the trick, over on the OPR discord server we've just seen a lot of new folks join citing this video. Hope my Age of Fantasy Regiments video series can do the same.

Funnily enough, this was what I originally assumed 40k would play like when I first learned of its existence. Imagine my surprise when I looked at the *actual* 40k rules. 😂 OPR is definitely for me. I just hope I can find a group to play. 😅

Between your sci-fi terrain crafting videos, and this grim dark future one page rule war game tutorial, I am finally inspired to branch out from fantasy and sci-fi RPGs to some entry level war games. Thanks Bill 🤘💀🤘

What a great video. I've been wanting to get my kids into Warhammer tabletop, but the rules can be pretty convoluted. This will simplify things so a 9 year old can grasp it more easily. Thanks!

I love how in one well-organized video taking less than 25 minutes this is all you need to know to play the game! Nice job, Wyloch :)

This is exactly what I have been needing to get me back into big army scifi wargaming. Most excellent video.

They did update the book in regards to declaring targets when splitting fire. It does now state that you have to declare targets first.

That's an awesome parade of Ultramaroons. This game, and the other games from One Page, really do deserve more publicity.

Thanks for the vid. Totally Agreed with what you said at the end. Tried to get into 40k, loved the models, but with every handbook, codex and new miniature coming out every month...I couldn't keep up with the cost or layers of additional rules. OPR is a great way to get people into the hobby with it's simplicity and availability. With the current sate of affairs, would love to see you post some A.I. battle reports (another perk of OPR).

New gamer here that occasionally bribes the wife into playing with me. We both felt the GW mechanics were too complicated for your average/new player. This would work much better. Hell, off your description of combat alone, I feel like I could pick up my models and play a round or 2. That is amazing. Also, thanks for the heads up about the skirmish version. Model collection is still in it's infancy (soul war starter set).

Man this video should be on the front page of OPR! It helped so much with reading the lists and understanding the greatness of this system. As well as having a basic reference to come back to.

gamer of 20+ years now, and was bored with the constant updating and buying rules, so went into grimdark future and loving it. Not a patreon guy myself, so happy they are starting to sell the full rulebooks over at wargamevault! very cheap as well!

Thanks - waited for something like this - its always added benefit to see rules explained in action!

Thank you for this tutorial. From the bullet points to the FAQ - everything was evenly paced and concise. I’m a visual learner and your use of graphics was a HUGE help - especially for a war gaming newb. Subscribed!

Awesome! Army building always trips me up and now I feel like I "get it" better. My friend and I did play a game of GDF:FF around the end of last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. Then things hit the fan and now it's just a waiting game....

Dude ive binged ALL OF THIS PLAYLIST I NEED MOAR!!!!

I went over and downloaded the rules, they look pretty straightforward. By the way, nice Ultramarines army you've got there!

I'm going to give these rules a try, they look great, thanks for the work to explain it all! Also at 18:30 you replace a model with a straight up plasma gun, but Table A is a unit leader style upgrades and attachments are meant to be combi-weapons on a sergeant, not a regular gun. Just worth noting for clearing up confusion of visuals.

This is basically how my friends and I played even with 40K rules back in 3rd ed, even with the activation portion since we thought it was boring to sit around and wait all day in big battles. This is great.

I made 'Bolter Action' based on previous one page rules. I am going to play the hell out of this!

Thanks to you using this ruleset on your channel, I recently gave grimdark a try ( because as a non-SM player the current situation has left me REALLY unhappy with 40k 9th edition and the OP Marine-tide) it's fun and quick to pick up and I've been spreading the word to other upset/disenfranchised 40k players to try grimdark as well

Alright! You totally sold me. I've never played a wargame and I don't know why this came across my dash but I'm glad it did. Im just too broke for a toy chest full of models 🤣

Awesome video. Would like to see this game gain some momentum in the community.

I'm just starting OPR Grimdark future, I watched this video, read the rules, play several games, and now come back again to this video to check what I missed (mainly moral tests...)

Found this rules system through the KZfaq algorithm (one of the few times it's gotten something right). Thank you for making this video. My friend group (n=5) hates 40k as a game, but LOVES the universe and models. We all own tons of GW minis but have sworn off the actual 40k system for years now. I won't bother explaining why but I imagine you could come up with several reasons we might have that are common to many who have done the same. I've watched this video front-to-back, and have now also read the rulebook for GDF. What a fuckin' fantastic game. THIS is the "Warhammer" we wanted. We're going to put armies together and play this very soon. Thanks again for your excellent, crisp, no-frills and to-the-point video on how it works. I appreciate it.

Excellent explanations and clearly labeled. Top notch video tutorial for Grimdark Future! 🙌

This is really comprehensive and so well put together. Thank you for taking the time to make this 😁

Dude. This video is even better than the rules. This is so well-structured, your description is so ON POINT, your speed is exactly right... and you are able to ARTICULATE your thoughts in a way that somehow has become rare these days... Subscribed!

A “breath of fresh air” - I got the Kill Team Starter set a while back after many years of not playing 40k and after trying to come to terms with the Rule Book, realised that likely 90% of play-time would be spent consulting and interpreting the overly complicated “Rules”. Not good d for a fast paced skirmish game. - OPR is exactly what is needed for a quick-paced skirmish game - few and simple “rules of engagement” that don’t need to be minutely referenced at every turn. Games Workshop should take notice and drastically slim down their skirmish targeted rules. Well done 👍

Thank you, awesome rules ! Easy but efficient. Just dont like Line of sight rule, i would be more realistic to consider you can jusk kill the minis you see. If you see 3 minis in a unit of 10, you can kill a maximum of 3 minis,

I was worried I was going to have to "home rules" 40k to make it simple for casual players, this is perfect!

Thank you so much for introducing me to Grimdark. I hope you read this at some point. I found you're channel before you hung up your shirt but only started playing Grimdark recently as my kids couldn't stand the long warhammer game times :) Anyway rest up and maybe one day we will see you again. Until then to quote the man ... make things and play games :D

You did an amazing job breaking this down!!

Subscribed. I've had it with re-buying rules every 10 minutes.

I mainly paint for display. I tried 40k, two years ago, with my son. We both agreed it was damn snoozefest. I recently started buying the new Black Templars and 40k Orks, because I like the painting aspect. I really wanted to play, then I found OPR...holy crap! I can't wait to get back into it =D

Kids and I love 8th edition 40k. But, games take a while, they hate 9th, things get more and more complicated. So far,, we've just gone back to playing 8th, but I'd like to use my models that have been made illegal, and my models that didn't exist until 9th edition, and to finish a decent sized game rather than abandon it when the kids have to go to bed. This might be our solution, so glad I discovered this somehow.... no, seriously you've been doing this for awhile and it hasn't shown up in my feed or general searches until I started looking into some skirmish games and this "one page rules" was mentioned so I searched. This video gives me everything I need to make a decision on this, and since it's free it also won't be buyers remorse if there's something I can't stand (doubtful) or my picky kids refuse to play it (possible). The presentation seems like it will minimize page flipping ad well. My concern is being broke right now the unit builder may have to wait, lol. But then I'll finally be able to pick up those Mantic ForgeFathers and use them as Squats!

I've heard OPR mentioned, or at last alternate 40k rules... But this was a really simple explanation that's sparking my interest. I've been a D&D player for several years, and this simplified combat really feels more like how TTRPGs play, with units taking turns and the rules feeling a bit more fair and easy to run. I could see this being really fantastic for narrative games. and... I see there's a Killteam equivalent too that's much easier to use. That's on my list of things to try right now. As soon as I'm done this next terrain piece.

I love this, and hope to bring more people to wargaming showing OPR products around. Also, the patreon is 100% worth it.

Dam man that entry look seriously good. And I have been waiting for a video like this for ages

You are a giant in the community. You're videos took me from being 'interested in a alternative to 40K' to understanding how viable (and fun)the OPR system is. I'm now 43 games in with GDF and loving it. My son and best friend play regularly. The tactical depth smokes 40K. Thank you so much for all the work you put in to make these tutorials and battle reports. I am not worthy :-)

This system is standing on the shoulders of giants for sure. Thanks for showing us this!

What I like most about this video are the examples you provide after explaining the rule. Well done.

My group always takes so long between games that there are new editions and codex every time we try to get our 40k armies out.

I am learn for myself and this my first time to understand about wargame. I love the Warhammer 40k lore, thanks for this video.

I know this is an older video but I just got into painting miniatures and since WH is way too expensive I print my own minis with a resin printer. I wanted to play tabletop games but WH has become too expensive and complicated. Well apparently OPR has answered that problem and you showed how the game is played - so thank you. Sub'd and liked.

To be honest this seems more interesting than 40k. I mean I never gotten to 40k because of how long a game took, how many rolls there are to do anything and that because it's a "I go U go" system the waiting takes ages. But this seems to have the cool aspects of 40k (high customization of forces) combined with rules that make the game fast and enjoyable insted of a waiting simulator.

Done with GW bloated rule of Warhammer. Been thinking of switching to this all day long

Wow best video so far I’ve found explaining this game. Thank you so very much

awesome video. makes me wish i had more people to try and play this game with. I played 40k though 8th edition (dark eldar mainly) and that edition and 9th so far have been utterly cruel and brutal to my faction. So playing a fun, easy, balanced game would be pretty sweet. I built a papercraft sisters of battle army using your methods and guides as well, and frankly i've like the GDF battle reports you've done. hopefully this vid gets more people to play irl or on TTS, would be sweet to play.

I was just looking at my thousand and thousands of points of space marines and nids and having given up on 40K 3+ editions ago today. Maybe need to give these a try with my youngest.

Thank for the video. I printed up these rules a couple of months ago, but haven't got around to playing with them. Great intro! (y)

You have no idea on how good this video was, thank you, wyloch!!

I was wondering if you have dabbled into the Grimdark Future: Firefight expansion... specifically, the Gang Wars (Necromunda style). I'd love to see a similar video for that. You explain things in a way that is very easy to understand for someone with minimal experience. Thank you!!!

I played a small game with my buddy who's been in a 40k rut lately because of the rules bloat in 9th, this ruleset really lit a fire under him to get playing again! We've both been enjoying it and got to use armies we've had shelved for YEARS!

I got into tabletop wargaming because of this channel, about 9-10 months ago. I play the skirmish version (GF: Firefight) and i love it :) Thx for introducing me to this awesome hobby :)

Wow! Thanks for the tutorial, comprehensible, fast a and fun! I have two friends who don’t really play too much minute games if any at all, so I think theis simpler game might be for them. (One never played TTGs and one is a rules lawyer but only plays DND) i myself find current WH bit too overwhelming so this is a good idea. Plus GW controversies would make me personally feel more guilty with normal WH.

I'm so glad to see you make this video. You've become one of the most vocal proponents of Grimdark Future (and OPR's other games, by association) and I'm sure this is going to encourage even more people to get in on the hobby. I learned the intricacies of the game by watching your battle reports, but a primer like this is an even better way to get people started. Your channel is now a one-stop shop for folks who want to scratch-build terrain, craft or modify their own miniatures AND put it all together in either a wargaming or TTRPG setting. Well done!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! after 1 25 minute video ( and 30 years of gaming ) I think i could actually play a game competently thank you guys!

Still, best rules teaching video in history of any rules-teaching-videos

Ive been thinking about getting into warhammer 40k but the initial cost has been a BIG part of holding me back, not to mention the extensive rules! Im definitely going to dive in now! Warhammer +RC's....rip wallet lol

Kudos very well made video, thank you bro now my old Mage Knight collection gets life back and be represented amongst the figures that can be used in the Battlefield. Love the figure agnostic position of OPR. This makes formation based battles so much easier and faster gameplay. Now to introduce to my youth group.

I just found out about One Page Rules and this video was very helpful. Thanks!

This is a very good introductory video. Kudos.

Wow awesome, this rule system incorporates somany ideas I already wished 40k head. Will defintly try

Great intro video for this game. i was wondering what i was going to do with my sizeable wh40k collection. Thank you muchly!

Amazing tutorial. After the fatigue from the rules bloat from GW this is such a breath of fresh air. Christmas is coming and that's a great time to give this a try

They should pay you for this video! Excellent quality as always.

Quality of this presentation persuaded me

Great introduction to the rules. I play a lot of Mantic games which have this kind of vibe and I really dig it. Can't wait to try it out!

Awesome video Wyloch!!! I want to play around with the rule set in 15mm scale. I think if I half the ranges it should work for 95% of things.

Given how broken primaris are I like this one a lot at least at first glance oh, I'll have to give it a try hopefully all the factions are supported, maybe I can switch over to this system until 40K gets its head out of its ass

Was considering playing 40k, but all the books and pricey models and FAQs really turned me off. OPR seems like a godsend!

Oh man I just find this, it's perfect to get my friends into the universe of W40k ! Tyvm !

This video was concise, precise, and illuminating. In other words, I have been educated and am ready to play. Sharing with all my WH40k friends. Thanks muchly!

Another great video. Very well structured and instructive. On an unrelated note, I love the way your Tyranids look. Would you consider doing a painting tutorial on them?

What you can also do (stolen from Bolt Action btw) is have a bag with different colored chits for every unit in both armies and take them out at random to see who gets to activate their unit - that would help mitigate elite armies activating all their units sooner than the horde army opponent can.

Thanks Wyloch, you're a champion of this hobby.

Okay wow I got into warhammer40k lore this year May 2022. I ended up loving Tyranids. I considered getting the Commanders edition for necrons/space marines. The conbat patrol and start collecting boxes for tyranids And would figure out what else to add for necrons and space marines Was going to build up about 1000 points for all 3 factions so i could have buddies over to play and choose between the three factions Would eventually build up the tyranids to 3000 points worth for mix and matching for when i would go to the local game store. HOWEVER. By the time i was getting caught up on base rules and more importantly Tyranid rules using Wahapedia i found the FAQ/errata that changed things. Then shortly after the necron points changed. Thats when i read how they are constantly tweaking rules and its near impossible to keep up with. I gave up the idea and just doubled down on battletech/alphastrike which i had started buying Your video and rules have significantly reinvigorated my desire to get some wh40k models and can run even smoother games with my friends at my place!

Never played anything but D&D, but now you make my want to branch out

I am a real noob on this. This video is excellent, thanks so much.

Excellent Tutorial! All well explained visually with examples as I like it. Hope you make more tutorials like this for the other games of onepagerules.

Fab video. Clear, concise, helpful.

Great simple and clear explanations of the basics - thanks so much.

Gotta get me some of those dice.

This video is almost too good. Fantastic work

Thank you for doing this video! It really helped me teach my dad and little sister how to play!

I wanna play this so bad, though I’d probably use Mantic instead of GW.

This is fantastic, thank you ! I've been meaning to look into these games for a while now, but this really showed how easily the game is played and I'd love to give it a shot!