Adeptus Astartes. Space Marines. Angels of Death. They have many names, but you know you've always wanted to play one (if you're into role-playing that is). Now Fantasy Flight Games is putting out the Deathwatch RPG that enables you to play as a Space Marine using the same rules (more or less) as Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader (which could be a good or bad thing depending on your relationship with said system).

I'll certainly pick up a copy. Always loved those Marines. Not sure I think the Deathwatch makes a lot of sense though. If you didn't know the DW is a group of Marines under Inquisition command and control, hailing from a variety of Chapters out there. It's not hard to understand why GW made up the Deathwatch in the first place - to let gamers field their favorite Marines from several different Chapters within the same squad-sized units. Makes sense from a wargaming/painting point of view, but I have a hard time making it fit within the rest of the 40K universe. So I've done a little retconing in my games - the Deathwatch is just a term for any Marine unit attached to the Inquisition (any part, not just the Ordo Xenos) as auxiliaries.

At any rate; to celebrate this occasion, let us join in prayer (and you can substitute anything you don't like for 'Xenos'):

To be Unclean
That is the Mark of the Xenos
To be Impure
That is the Mark of the Xenos
To be abhorred
That is the Mark of the Xenos
To be Reviled
That is the Mark of the Xenos
To be Hunted
That is the Mark of the Xenos
To be Purged
That is the fate of the Xenos
To be Cleansed
For that is the fate of all Xenos