Gaming weekend : W40 000 campaign!

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I ran a quick campaign with Laurent aka Slaanesh Child few days ago, weekend format is my favorite way to deep dive in a gaming trip with friends. Tree interconnected battles with progressive army lists. No heavy campaign rules, just easy peasy (lemon squeezy!) rules to give cool benefits for next battles. Played with the Warhammer 40.000 2^{nd ed} rule set with a large amount of gorgeous Old School RoC models!

Background : Energies are precious resources for the legions. Dedicated troops are constantly seeking for across the galaxy in order to provide the materials and energies required for endless conflicts. Renegade legions have also to deal with it and my next blogposts going to report the clash between Emperors Children’s and World Eater’s legions.

The planet where the struggle take place contain plenty of ores which ones are significant sources of energies once refined. Planet residents are specialized in this process, the complexity of the method isn’t accessible the chaotic Marines and the residents will have to be forced to share the riddle of the refining with their invaders.  Unfortunately, for the Renegades, the major part of the inhabitants fled. Both Legions are now on chase to get theirs hands on the last runaways able to run the refining plants.

First game : On chase!

During their flee the technical staffs from refineries abandoned precious materials, both legions sent-out scouting platoons to seek those crates full of priceless information.

Skirmish Battle, 1000pts on 120x120cm table. Multi Objectives game.

A: World Eaters swooping on their foe

B: Slaanshies defend their objective

C: Veterans before

D: Veterans after they flee in the wrong direction then reaped by the Noise squad

At the bottom, a Chaos spawn cross the WE tactical unit
At the right : WE capitain surounded by some friends

Emperor Children win! This quick game is a perfect campaign appetizer

Second game : The spaceport

The precious information collected in the previous scenario oriented the invaders in direction of the spaceport. Indeed, some fleeing engineers reached to late the escape spaceship and stayed abandoned on their own planet. The toughest-ones quickly runaway to new hiding place, the weakest-ones stayed at the spaceport as such prey for the Legions.

Classic Battle, 2000pts on 180x120cm, Single objective battle.

A: Emperor Childen tactical squad, Knighmare miniatures beauty

B: Lot of frenzy troops!

C: Relentles Terminators with Dreadnaught support

D: Kill them all!!

E: I'm well protected behind my gamaing table!

F: Emperor Children reach the suffuring Engineer first

G: Somptuous Noise Marines

H: You won't believe me... The Slaanshy captain survived...

Drawn! Both sides tried out to pickup the Engineer but none succeeded, the unfortunate Squat ended  stamped by a Juggernaut and a Slaanesh mount. Chaos poetry!

Last game : Final assault!

The world Eaters protect the gates of a colossal refining plant from what it seems to be the last assault of their eternal rival. The riddle of refining is lost and none legion have local Engineering support to ran those equipements, the precious refinery must be owned in the name of their respective gods.

Massive Battle, 6666pts on 240x120pts, Multi Objectives game.

Deployment overview

A: All-out assault  !!

B: Few seconds before the clash 

C: Summoned Daemons pop on the battlefield

D: Third Bloodthirster! Emperor Children hold on!

D: Slaanesh sent his Daemonic minions as well!

E: What a marvellous Keeper of Secrets!

F: Daemons battling for an objective

G: Slaanshies Veterans are going to taste to Bloodletters charge!

Both Daemon prince struggling in the name of their Patron, draw!

Skulls for the skull throne! World Earters are on top today and Slaanesh didn't succeded in his plan!

Such a good weekend! W40K 2^nd ed set of rules is good, sometimes a bit heavy for close combat and vehicles damages locations. The overall feeling is good and the pleasure to play with so much great models overweigh any rule/technical drawbacks J Thanks Laurent for the visit!