Thirdly, each increment has arrows on its edge indicating exactly where your model stops depending on how far it can move and is designed to be lain in front of the model to illustrate exactly how movement functions in Warhammer 40,000. If you need to add to the difficulty of the game, but have no desire to buy fancy terrain pieces, you can use household objects and imagination to fill the open void on your board… Key Gaming Equipment With combat beginning, the Space Marines rushed forwards, the Assault Intercessors diving into the cover of the nearby fuel pipe, whilst the Primaris Captain bolted rushed into the cover offered by some nearby ruins, out of sight of the horde of Necron Warriors just a few paces away. Sensing the tide was turning in their favour, the Necrons unleashed another barrage of fire on the already wounded Space Marine on the left flank of the Intercessors’ advance. Armour of the Imperium is the finest in all the galaxies, though, and those shots that connected ricocheted off with no further injuries being inflicted. Space Marine Turn 3 As per the Manual, the Lizzekh Dynasty Necrons went first. Moving two of their number forwards a few inches as per their datasheet, the Necrons dropped a barrage of gauss flayer fire down on the three ambushed Space Marines moments later. With 24″ range, the Marines had nowhere to run.

So price-wise you can really see the value in these sets. On the base level the Recruit Edition looks a steal as you are getting a large number of models at quite a low value per model, just remember – Rank and File are normally the cheapest. Differing from the Indomitus box insofar that you only get one sprue of these guys as oppose to a pair – but that’s not necessarily a bad thing if you hate having lots of miniatures in the same position – the Intercessors have that classic Space Marine look and energy every 40K starter set needs. As with the previous starter sets of last edition (8th) they come in three tiers - Recruit Edition, Elite Edition and Command Edition. So let's take a look at what each box contains and the differences between them. Recruit Edition Of all the models in the box, these are the ones you’ll need to work for. Fused to their sprue gates like iron soldered to iron, cutting these guys from the sprue was a task, and getting rid of all those mould lines and little nodules of leftover plastic was hard work. It was a good job the vast majority of the cuts that needed to be made to the sprue to get these guys don’t require too much delicacy.Aside from that, and in spite of a few really tiny components (heads/faces and left arms) these guys aren’t too terrible to put together. Cleaning them up, though is another matter. With mould lines on some of the smallest components, and all the heads are attached to the sprue gates by their chins, for example, getting rid of these may be a bit of an ask for a novice. With only six wounds to his name, the Tachyon Arrow scythed through the Primaris Captain’s armour, through his body, and out of the other side, killing him instantly and securing another victory for the Necrons. Games Workshop is always getting better at bringing dynamism to push-fit models and are finding more ingenious ways to conceal and/or limit mould lines. Soul Wars was a massive leap forward for push-fit. The Indomitus era is a bit mixed.

The set comes with a transfer sheet for the more iconic Space Marine chapters – Space Marines, Dark Angels, Blood Angels and Space Wolves – which is a standard now for all Space Marine kits.As the final Intercessor falls, the Skorpekh Destroyers stand victorious, drenched in the blood of their victims. Mission 3: Summary Even though it’s designed to be a concentrated version of the Core Book, I was a little disappointed to see the size of The Rules book. As one of the things designed to set this box apart from the other editions, it really doesn’t have the gravitas I was hoping. The Games Workshop product picture, shown above, will have you believe the rulebook is as large as, if not larger than, the Command Manual. It definitely isn’t.

Necron Warriors with Gauss Reapers – Primed with Games Workshop’s Leadbelcher Spray. x3 Canoptek Scarab Swarms Unfeeling men of metal (with a Leadership stat of 10+), the Necrons were unperturbed by their losses and readied themselves to fight on. Necron Turn 1 The matching parts of each model, where there is more than one model per sprue, have been coloured so you can easily match them up. This is it, the final showdown. Every unit is deployed on the tabletop in one last fight to the death. The last player with any units left alive will be declared the victor. Will it be the Necrons of the Lizzekh Dynasty or Roburte Guillethwaite’s Space Marines?

What’s Next

There are no airs and graces with this box, no fancy, glossy sheet of broody, colour-washed art waiting for you. It’s just good, solid plastic. And a lot of it. Whilst they may not be the most visually impressive or imposing bits of terrain Games Workshop have ever produced, these are nonetheless some decent bits of battlefield kit that will really help bring your first games of 40K to life, and help teach the beginner the basics about cover, climbing, and battlefield obstacles – and surely, given that this is pitched at total beginners, that is what’s important here. The Skorpekh Destroyers are one of those units that left geeks everywhere drooling. They’re tyrannical, blade-wielding tripods, scuttling to and fro across the battlefield, ravaging your foe’s battleline and leaving arcing webs of blood and gore in their wake. This time, the Command Manual instructs you to place your units within your deployment zones, alternating turns. Now with “characters” on the field in the form of the Primaris Captain and the Necron Overlord, this mission introduces new rules regarding targeting and invulnerable saves. Space Marine Turn 1 The sprue gates have been colour-coded to show how difficult they are to remove from the model, using the following key:

The set comes with two double-sided datasheets which contain all the statistical information you need to start playing with the units in the box. They’re easy enough to follow if used in conjunction with the Command Manual, which explains all the abbreviations and how the numbers work together. Each unit detailed on the datasheets also comes equipped with a little paragraph of narrative fluff to tie the units to the wider fictional universe. Razor-sharp mandibles shredded the Intercessors, with three 6s rolled on the hit phase equating to three guaranteed wounds, and then a further three wounds inflicted on the wound phase, the Space Marines could only save themselves from half the wounds, and one of their men fell. Though the sergeant does not live long enough to see it, the man adjacent to him is cleft in twain with a single swing of the devastating hyperphase reap-blade, reducing the Assault Intercessors from 5 to 3. You also get 6 Space Marines (the hero plus the five on this frame). If you split this box set with a friend, the Necron player will certainly end up with more models, but the Primaris Marines are much tougher than their Necron counterparts. The Space Marines Plastic Frame. On here are 5 Assault Intercessors. The Sergeant can be armed with a Heavy Bolt Pistol or a Plasma Pistol. The Built MiniaturesBeyond the divider, we have the literature and other bits and pieces that don’t play well with sprues that are going to be jostled about in transit. I was able to repair it easily enough but it did make me question whether these are the best models for a beginner to be having a go at. Certainly, the Elite Manual advises building the Intercessors first so there is that.