maelstrom

9th Edition’s New BETA Maelstrom of War Missions: A Review (with Battle Reports)

White Dwarf 461 surprised the hell out of us by reintroducing Maelstrom of War missions for 9th edition, albeit in beta format. The Maelstrom rules have always been somewhat divisive; they were first introduced in 7th edition and later...

Schemes of War Battle Report – Black Legion vs. Custodes

In this week's Battle Report, Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones is pitting his Black Legion against Custodes in a game using the new Schemes of War rules from Chapter Approved 2019!

Chapter Approved 2019 – Matched Play Mission Review, Part 2: Schemes of War

Welcome back to part 2 of our in-depth analysis of the missions released in Chapter Approved 2019. Last week, in part 1, we looked at the new and/or improved set of missions making up the Eternal War section of...

Review: Chapter Approved 2019

It’s December again, and with the return of the holiday season comes the return of Games Workshop’s annual Chapter Approved supplement, an annual volume filled with new rules and updates for Open, Narrative, and Matched Play. And with this...

Filthy Casual Battle Reports: New Apocalypse and New Maelstrom Rules

After what seemed like a long drought with regard to releases, June was a busy month, giving us both new Maelstrom rules that we really like, and also new Apocalypse rules that we're big fans of. While individual battle...

A Battle Report Using the New Maelstrom Rules: Daemons vs. Grey Knights

As part of our ongoing series of articles about the new maelstrom rules (part 1 here, part 2 here, in case you missed them), we thought it would be good to include a battle report for some additional context....

The New Maelstrom Rules and You, Part 2

Welcome back to The New Maelstrom Rules and You! In Part 1 we talked about what the new system is and how it works. In part 2, we’ll be covering how to play well within that system - how...

The New Maelstrom Rules and You, Part 1

The New Maelstrom Rules and You, Part 1 Keen readers of White Dwarf will have noticed some 40k rules content slipped in with this month’s battle report, in the form of a brand new approach to utilising the Maelstrom of...

Ways to Play: Combined Eternal War/Maelstrom

After posting my report on playing at Battlefield Birmingham recently, one of the pieces of feedback I received was that it would have been helpful to explain how the missions worked and how that would affect strategy. These combined...