It opens up great potential for play and counter-play – do you leave an objective open, at risk of your opponent stealing it off you? Or do you camp the points and give up an opportunity to kill or charge something, hoping you can instead play a board control game? This kind of tactical play was quite often absent at small points values before. The actual scoring is similar to the Four Pillars mission we saw for the Strikeforce level for “standard” 2000pt 40k, with points for controlling one, two, or more objectives, but the “Sweep and Clear” rule frees you up to have your units actually do things rather than needing them all to stand around capping points, with your limited options even more limited by the need to score points. Objective holding is designed for a limited number of units – once you claim something, you hold it until your opponent takes it off you even if none of your units are on it, a bit like capping a resource point in Dawn of War. Credit: Warhammer CommunityĪs you can see, this is a mission designed around the smaller board – the objectives are tight together on the 44″x30″ playspace. Included in the Community article is the first of these missions:
What is different is that there’s a new approach to the game size – as revealed on one of the earliest preview streams, there’s specific missions for specific points values, 3 of which are designed for this 500pt level. You have a free choice to make your army out of whatever you want to, which from what we’ve heard from the designers is a theme of 9th edition. The new version isn’t quite like that – or at least it doesn’t seem to have been revealed to be that way. Perhaps the classic version is the one from the 4th edition rulebook, where armies were 400pts, with restrictions on 2+ armour saves, maximum toughness of vehicles, etc. The newly-revealed Patrol Detachment, costing 2CP – unless your Warlord is part of it! Credit: Warhammer CommunityĪnyone who’s played 40k for a while will remember various kinds of game called “Combat Patrol” over the years, with a variety of different restrictions and adaptations designed to try and make it a viable way to play.
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