The Badab War fandex is out from BOLS

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**ShumaGorath**

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2009/08/play-aid-badab-war.html

Not sure if anyone else has posted this, I didn't see it in the first three pages of news. I'm pretty damn impressed by their efforts. This honestly shows more work and effort than GW's most recent codex outing.

OK, everybody, I have something very special today. You've all been waiting for it, and at long last it's here. Myself, Aventine, Kings, Minus67, Goatboy and many, many others have wrapped up the Badab War campaign book. Within its 92 pages you will find a set of rules to allow you all to play games during the greatest Astartes rebellion since the Horus Heresy.

Here is the link to download the 7mb Adobe Acrobat file for the rule-set.

Download Here

Note: This book is specifically designed for 2-page book style printing and viewing. If you want to open it in Acrobat, please make sure you set your options to view 2-page spreads "2-up", and "show cover page during 2-up".

Within you will find the history of the Badab War, rules for each of the Loyalist and Rebel Astartes chapters, and thier specialized units. A large set of new Named Characters offers something to every player and modeler out there. There are also time lines, maps, and great artwork throughout.

We have included a full color hobby section, a full branching tree campaign, allowing you to change the outcome of the conflict. Here are a few teaser pictures of battles, maps, and Independent Characters to whet your appetite.

Is it perfect or comprehensive? No, but I hope this serves as a starting point to get your creative juices flowing and give groups of Badab War enthusiasts a mutual set of rules they can use to start modeling and playing games.

My own chapter, the space sharks (well in my case it's the estranged, and currently very busy 7th company of the space sharks) is given its due as is a large number of other fan favorites. The campaign section is comprehensive and well written, and the fluff is informative and lacks the [i]OMG BEST SPASH MAHRENS EVAR[i] writing that the official 'dexes get.

Article download link are at the top of the page.

**H.B.M.C.**

I want to know how they do their star-maps.

**Cheese Elemental**

Can't believe I didn't hear about this earlier. At least I'll have some good fluff for the Mantis Warriors other than that horrible slashfic by C.S. Multilaser.

**ShumaGorath**

Cheese Elemental wrote:Can't believe I didn't hear about this earlier. At least I'll have some good fluff for the Mantis Warriors other than that horrible slashfic by C.S. Multilaser.

Heres your fluff. We have your planet. There's your fluff.

I want to know how they do their star-maps.

Photoshop. Starmaps are actually a lot easier to make than topographical maps or fake satelite fields because of the lack of familiar definition. It's mostly just blend layers, clouds, and whatever interface overlay you place onto it.

**H.B.M.C.**

Well that's good. My photoshop skills stop somewhere around 'MS-Paint'.

Any ideas?

**ShumaGorath**

H.B.M.C. wrote:Well that's good. My photoshop skills stop somewhere around 'MS-Paint'.

Any ideas?

If you want anything done I'm always up for doing work for free if its for a good cause. Otherwise I have no idea. Mapmaking software? I'm sure there's a good amount of it out there.

**The_Chaplain**

While I don't particularly like some of the things included in that fandex, it was certainly a neat idea.

And from a modelling standpoint there were some real gems; for example, the Huron model they made out of Sicarius was well executed.

**Flachzange**

Or the Sons of Medusa mins made by our very own grey_death

I think its cool and I liked going through some of the fluff.

**Grimpost**

Space Sharks! I don't know who I will pick yet but I am taking part of this campaign for sure.

**BrookM**

Where are the Inquisitorial storm troopers that joined in on the final assault?

**40kenthusiast**

I think this is a dex about space marines. The last fandex (Macharian Crusade) was about Guard. The storm troopers were just basic storm troopers. Nothing to see here...