Games Workshop - Warhammer 40,000 - COMBAT PATROL: Space Marines

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The Warhammer Vault meanwhile adds the entirety of Flyers of the Dark Millennium to its ever-growing library. This Week on Warhammer-Community.com Three new Combat Patrol box sets are on the way for Warhammer 40k as Tyranids, Space Marines, and Necrons look to be getting 10th Edition updates!

Although they wield a wide assortment of weapons in battle, Space Marines are known for two above all others: the bolter and the chainsword. The former is a term that refers to a variety of rifles, carbines, and pistols which fire explosive rounds that detonate microseconds after penetrating their enemy’s armour, while the latter is exactly what it sounds like – a fearsome blade with a whirring assembly of vicious teeth. Second, the Combat Patrol versions of each faction’s datasheets army rules are different from their main Index. Datasheets are simpler, and armies have access to different Stratagems, and enhancements.

In addition to your mission’s shared primary objective, every Combat Patrol can also choose between a pair of secondary objectives that let you define how you play. Wrath of the Emperor has you send your juggernaut Captain right into the fray, spraying guts and ichor with storm bolter and power sword, scoring 2VP for each phase in which he kills any models. The result? Tense, involved, but straightforward games that can be played in less than an hour.* There’s still plenty of nuance for Warhammer 40,000 experts to enjoy – swapping out Enhancements and Secondary Objectives to mix up their playstyle, and mastering each faction’s Combat Patrol in turn, without having to build up a full Incursion or Strike Force-sized army. With all of these being push-fit models, just like the Space Marines and Tyranids combat patrols, it looks like the first three factions getting codex updates in 2023, will also be geared toward beginning players. From Large Bundles To Small: Every faction’s army rules will remain largely the same – Tyranids retain Shadow in the Warp and Synapse , for example – but each Combat Patrol features Enhancements unique to this game mode to let you tweak your WARLORD and try out new strategies. Play with nothing more than a Combat Patrol with these new Warhammer 40k 10th Edition rules for each faction box set along with missions.

The daemonic onslaught intensifies, with a Combat Patrol set focused on Khorne. Get the blood flowing with this hefty collection of 34 miniatures, which can be built to reach a Power Level of up to 33 and get you gaming straight away. This Combat Patrol-sized force is led by a fearsome Bloodmaster, ably supported by three Bloodcrushers mounted on Juggernauts, 10 slavering Flesh Hounds, and 20 Bloodletters – making a spectacular basis for a Khornate horde. The Outriders give you speed, and the Bladeguard Veterans give you a real punch in combat. Support their assault by charging your Assault Intercessors at the same time, and give everything buffs from the aura abilities of your Primaris Lieutenant and Bladeguard Ancient. The Warhammer 40k 10th Edition Combat Patrol contents for the Necrons were spotted on Warhammer Community. They operate as an ‘elite’ army in Warhammer 40k, meaning they tend to field fewer miniatures than their opponents for the same budget of points, but each model can hope to deal out more punishment to the enemy before it gets blown away.

10th Edition 40k Combat Patrol Rules: New Stratagems

If you look just at the numbers, the Sisters, Daemons, and GSC Combat Patrol boxes come out as winners based on pricing and value. But if you look at the units involved, the Drukahri really come out the winner there, with everything in the box being useful and included in almost every Kabal list. The Emperor’s finest are the prime bulwark against Abaddon’s nefarious schemes, and this Boarding Patrol is typical of their brutal efficiency in such matters. You’ll be able to face any foe with a highly customisable Primaris Captain in Gravis armour , five Heavy Intercessors , and 10 Assault Intercessors . Space Marines are the finest soldiers available to the Imperium, enhanced beyond human limits by arcane science and honed to a razor’s edge over centuries of combat experience. They are giants of flesh and metal, standing taller and broader than the burliest of humans and encased in distinctive suits of power armour. Hot on the heels of Krieg comes a new Astra Militarum novel, based on the exploits of the Catachan Jungle Fighters . As the Catachans prepare to go on the offensive against Orks , they find themselves saddled with a barely trained trooper from another regiment. Can he prove that he’s not a coward and earn the respect of Colonel Haskell ‘Hell Fist’ Aldalon?

The Company Heroes are a perfect bodyguard for your Captain and beautiful miniatures to paint, while the Bladeguard Veterans take everything that’s good about a Space Marine and add powerful swords, impregnable shields, and devastating close combat skills. They are also good candidates for improving your painting skills, as they retain much of the armour you’ll be familiar with while adding small details and cloth robes that provide extra flair and allow you to enhance your painting techniques. If you like close combat, then these are the Marines for you. Plus who doesn’t love sculpted nips and abs on armour? WHERE NEXT?While Chaos Space Marines are limited to a single Chaos Lord per Detachment, the World Eaters aren’t subject to such petty jealousy. They can field as many beast-bound Lords as their HQ slots allow, meaning you can muster the complete contents of two Combat Patrols – all without needing to spend any Command points on the new Heroic Support Stratagem.

It makes sense the datasheets are adjusted for a much smaller game size, but it could be fun to play with your new minis. New Datasheets

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I hope you enjoyed this, please let me know in the comments below how you would build a 1,000 point list from the Combat Patrol Box and why not also let me know what you think to my list. There may well be aspects of the codex or units that I have not included that you think should be, so why not let us know in the comments below.