Alongside Lion El’Jonson you’ll get three elite Bladeguard Veterans – the perfect retinue for such a close combat powerhouse – a packed Dark Angels transfer sheet, and two beautiful prints depicting key art from Arks of Omen: The Lion . Combined Arms of the Imperial Navy Crew, Breachers and Assassins form this awesome Boarding Patrol Starter Force. When a unit shoots, one model that is equipped with a Grenade in that unit can resolve attacks with it instead of shooting any other weapons. This action can be performed by any unit that is not within Engagement Range of any enemy models, even if that unit is being affected by a rule that would normally prevent it from performing actions.

A single piece of the old battleships prow armour was fashioned into this breastplate as proof against the unknown. A model can make attacks with a Pistol even when its unit is within Engagement Range of enemy units, but it must target an enemy unit that is within Engagement Range of its own unit when it does so. Add the result in inches to the Move (M) characteristic of each model in that unit until the end of the current phase. Optional WargearMany of the units you will find on this page reference one or more of the following wargear lists (e.Use this Stratagem in your opponent’s Shooting phase or the Fight phase, when an ADEPTUS ARBITES or IMPERIAL NAVY BREACHERS unit from your army is selected as the target of an attack. If you use a model’s invulnerable save, it is never modified by a weapon’s Armour Penetration value. Each time an attack made with this weapon profile targets a unit within half range, that attack has a Damage characteristic of D6+2. Halflings don’t make natural Blood Bowl players, but with enough gumption and a good lunch even the shortest soul can rise to league stardom.

This Boarding Patrol, perhaps representing a Rogue Trader’s own combat team, consists entirely of Agents of the Imperium units usually restricted to a supporting role. The main attraction of 40k is the miniatures, but there are also many video games, board games, books, ect. Terminators have always loved storming space hulks, and their armoured bulk is the perfect spearhead for blocking lines of fire as your Assault Intercessors and Primaris Chaplain take an aggressive close-range approach to spreading the good word of the Emperor.

Prince Yriel of Iyanden leads his Eldritch Raiders into the bowels of a great Ark, filling all three Corsair squads with mid-range troops that can load an ungodly number of power swords into a cool 499 points.

Also 20 Imperial Navy Breachers could be useful for allies in other Imperial forces — and not just in Boarding Action games, either. The Sanguinary Guard are an awe-inspiring sight, decked out in gleaming gold armour and descending on pearl-white wings like true angels of death.

Delve into the secret history of the Unforgiven in Legends of the Dark Angels , a compilation of four full-length novels, one novella, and three short stories by authors Gav Thorpe and C Z Dunn. A hobbyist, player, and collector of miniatures and games, Adam's current obsession are his Death Armies for Age of Sigmar, his Blood Angels and Tyranids for 40k, and his ever growing Arkham Horror: The Card Game Collection. The action is completed at the start of your next Command phase, provided the unit performing it is still within range of that objective marker. If the result is equal to or less than the highest Leadership (Ld) characteristic in the unit, the Morale test is passed and nothing else happens.

In either case, treat that enemy model as if it is a separate unit that is part of your army while shooting or making that melee attack. If the result is equal to, or greater than, the Save (Sv) characteristic of the model the attack was allocated to, then the saving throw is successful and the attack sequence ends. That objective marker counts as having had a unit from your army successfully complete the Secure Site action on it (see Arks of Omen: Abaddon). Over at Warhammer Community, our coverage of the new edition of Warhammer 40,000 continues with the reveal of a brand new Tyranid unit and close examinations of how characters and weapons work in the new system. If every unit from your army has the ADEPTUS ASTARTES keyword (excluding AGENT OF THE IMPERIUM and UNALIGNED units), this unit gains a bonus (see below) depending on which Combat Doctrine is active for your army.

Blast weapons can never be used to make attacks against a unit that is within Engagement Range of the firing model’s unit, even if the weapon has the Pistol type or if the firing model is a VEHICLE or a MONSTER – firing high-explosives at point-blank range is simply unwise. But there is sunlight at the end of this tunnel as the final Boarding Patrol boxes have been announced. Each model in that unit can then move a distance in inches equal to or less than this total, but no model can be moved within Engagement Range of enemy models. Mortal wounds inflicted by attacks in addition to normal damage always apply, even if normal damage saved.