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I’m not really sure what you’re getting at my dude.

Home brew rules, campaigns and even games have been part of 40K since it first released. Indeed, the setting is so vast us players need to be filling in the blanks.

Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I’m wondering if perhaps English isn’t your first language, as your overall point here isn’t clear.

But it seems you’ve created a set of space battle rules for the 40K setting?

On that? Ace. I’ll endorse any such attempts. Ideally I’d love to be able to run a campaign featuring Fleet Battles, 40K level skirmishes and Epic scale grand battles. Time was such a thing was very possible with off the peg models and games. Well, in theory. Because you’d need to find a set of players who played the same armies across all three systems, which was pretty rare.

However, for people to adopt a home brew game, it needs to feel like 40K. Whilst the setting is fast and mutable, the overall approach to warfare is largely set.

For example. Necron Fleets are tough. Weight for weight and ship for ship, they’re more likely to come out on top. Eldar fleets are canonically possessed of incredibly reliable weapons, are nimble, but if caught out take damage super quickly.

If a home brew doesn’t reflect that, you’ll find it a hard sell.

Now, let’s turn to a genuine bone of contention. Tyranids very much do have fleets. They’re an extra-galactic species, and with more fleets entering the Milky Way as time goes on, of unknown number. Whilst they were a bit crap in Battle Fleet Gothic, in the background they’re a major threat because of their numbers. There have even been two games (Advanced Space Crusade and Tyranid Attack) which were set inside Hive Ships. Boarding actions where Space Marine Scouts are trying to take out its vital Organs.

It’s probably worth a good old lurk in the Background forum. There are many knowledgeable folks here on Dakka, and we’re happy to help answer questions, even going so far as to recommend reading, or at least citing where certain info was published.

Good luck


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 Gert wrote:
This is probably the most confusing thing I've read on Dakka ever. Took nearly a decade but damn, this takes the prize.

Hey. My drunken post take umbrage with that comment!

 dakkadakka13 wrote:

 Togusa wrote:

 dakkadakka13 wrote:
Battlefleet is Tryanids gun.
That's the big dog that the Tyranids race are.

Does Jessica Nigri care to understand how business works? Like, why this is important and not fans ranting at each other?

Cause this a multi-billion dollar deal.

This is a great bot. Somehow an antiquated cosplayer has something to do with the inside scoop on the new BFG.

Please tell us more.

Battlefleet seems TOO OLD.
If y'all need help, y'all need Tyranid Support. It's the stuck in LARP for too long.
Cause up to date is MASS EFFECT. Krogans

Oh I agree. The thing is that the salmon on the wall has kept time pretty linear for the tyranids. I'm not sure what Dumbledore can do at this point.

IF and I mean it's a big IF, but IF Burger King UK is going to create new BFG, we're talking Whopper profits here. Armada and FFG wouldn't ever be able to compete.

Maybe they just need to remove the Tyranid? What are rules, Jessica?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand we're done here.