Games Workshop - Warhammer 40,000 - COMBAT PATROL: Tyranids

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It isn’t all aggression, though – the alien and unknowable Hive Mind** can bring its immense psychic powers to bear through Zoanthropes , activating the Warp Shielding ability to protect its most essential combat bioforms.

Wielding a combi-weapon and two combat blades, this Phobos-armoured Lieutenant can infiltrate ahead of the main Space Marine force, sowing discord among his enemies and disrupting their battle lines. Sternguard Veteran Squad First and foremost – add some bigger beasties. Smashing tanks apart with nothing more than claws and brawn is a riot, and your options for Hive Mind-powered can-crushing range from the brawling Carnifex to the bombarding Exocrine. The towering Hive Tyrant, meanwhile, is both an excellent leader and powerful fighter, literally designed to lead Tyranid armies in battle – you’ll just have to decide if you want yours with a majestic pair of wings or not. A Tyranid Crusher Stampede is a heaving mass of muscle and chitin, the largest Tyranid warbeasts directed against an enemy strongpoint.It’s filled with monsters: Carnifexes and their Screamer Killer cousins, Tyrannofexes, Exocrines, Hive Tyrants, the dreaded Norn Emissary, and more… The box also contains three Tyranid Warriors, perfect for helping the Hive Tyrant direct your Termagants toward their prey. Strong, swift, and among the Hive Mind’s most adaptable breeds – no invasion would be complete without these intelligent bioforms to anchor the swarm. Wrong. With the Era of the Beast in full swing, the continent of Thondia is awash with wild warbands. On top of detailed maps and a bestiary of lore, Season of War: Thondia contains reams of rules for scrapping over these savage lands in open, narrative, and matched play, as well as fielding the terrifying incarnation of Ghur itself – the Krondspine Incarnate.

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Earlier today, we unveiled the incredible new Tyranids codex – but you can’t devour an entire galaxy without some hungry mouths to feed. Fortunately, the Norn-Queens have been hard at work splicing together a new Combat Patrol box, which is ideal whether you’re brand new to the Tyranids or have been on board since Hive Fleet Behemoth was first sighted.*

This list shows off a lot of the units that are particularly effective, including Hive Guard, the Malanthrope, hordes of Ripper Swarms to occupy objectives, and a Scythed Hierodule because they’re just awesome. It also shows off how expensive Tyranids can get when you start going down the path of resin. Fortunately the holidays are here! Wrap-up

What followed was a series of apocalyptic wars against these all-consuming hordes that doomed numerous planets and entire star-systems. Notable battles include the devastation of the Aeldari Craftworld Iyanden, the destruction of the Scythes of the Emperor Space Marines Chapter, and the near-obliteration of the Blood Angels and their successors. Perhaps the most famous conflict was the Battle for Macragge, in which the entire Ultramarines 1st Company died to a man defending the planet’s polar fortress. For the Tyranids, as an example, you can opt for the Psychostatic Veil for your Tyranid Prime’s survivability or you can opt for the Secretion Goad that will allow your Prime to give off an additional point of AP on a target unit. Both are thematic and can lead to very different playstyles.

Fortunately, the Norn-Queens have been hard at work splicing together a new Combat Patrol box, which is ideal whether you’re brand new to the Tyranids or have been on board since Hive Fleet Behemoth was first sighted.

Combat Patrol is the new starter game mode for Warhammer 40k beginners. It’s not simple by any means, but it does make the game more approachable in a lot of ways: the forces haveslightly fewer rules, and the various Combat Patrol forces for each faction have been balanced against one another.