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 Backspacehacker wrote:
Matched hands down. Narrative is to open for people wanting to be marry sues for their army, I'm not down for getting beat up on by some super awesome custom chapter to give some kid his jollies. Open play is also crap because it's a pay to win, show up with the most toys.

Your description is literally what happens in Matched play for AoS and what used to happen in "bound" 40k.

If narrative is well done - that will be fun.

Sometimes staging a scenario and playing it is more fun than playing a competitive game.

When you approach it knowing it's not balanced, but telling a story, it's a bit more relaxing, and can be pretty fun.

So, we've already been doing this, but having a formal framework might make it easier than "You take 1000 points and i'll take 2000. Don't take melta ok?"

Matched for any random PUG, though narrative campaigns could be a lot of fun with the right group of players.