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Hey guys, I'm not sure if this belongs in proposed rules or general discussion but im looking for help in developing some rule changes to make a single player 40k mission. I live over an hour from my closest gamer and between trying to work our schedules out we have been getting less than 1 game every 3 months. He stores all of his warhammer here as I have a table and a room dedicated to 40k so what I want to do is come up with some kind of mission that I can play where I control both armies but have it still challenging.

Here are the armies I have access to:

Over 10000pts of World Eaters with khorne daemon allies (my army)
4000pts of mech guard
6000pts grey knight
1500pts eldar
1500pts standard guard

I was originally going to just play a standard game but control both armies but somehow I don't see that working because you cant really use tactics against yourself. My current idea is set up s fortress full of defending guard and hit it with wave after wave of chaos.

But yeah I mainly wanted to hear if anyone has any ideas for single player fun?

Dawn of War.

I hope this thread dosnt go down the 'playing with yourself route'

Get yourself an xbox

This is something I have thought about once or twice.

Sorta of a 40k "solitaire". I think it could be done, but you might have to take a much much different approach to the game.

I think what most people don't understand is that in a warzone, getting people to do what you want them to do is easier said than done. I think a 40k solitaire would be a lot more focused about getting your army to do what you wanted rather than reacting to an enemy (a very predictable one at that).

That way you wold really be playing against yourself. I'm not sure if I'm making sense.

Anyway I'd be interested in what you come up with. Whatever it is I feel that unorthodox type scenarios would work best. Like you said defending a fort, ect...

I also think it may work best in a smaller points / skirmish level, where you can add in a little more detail or complication. Like keeping track of ammo and having to resupply maybe...

Edit...unfortunately my attempts at this alway end with my favorite models still alive when they should be long dead. God I am a man child.