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Well I want to start a campaign with a friend but I don't know how to excatly start one or create at all so dakka I need your help.
Thanks, awb

Try a series of linked battles first. Like a pitched battle, followed by the losers fighting a rearguard, followed by the finale of the rearguard game's losers launching an attack on the winner's base.

Use an odd number of scenarios to reduce the chance of having a draw.

Lord of Timbraxia out

Ok I have started a link of 5 battles in total with Marines vs Guard.
Thanks awb.

I'd advise that each battle would have a tangent effect on a battle that occurs after. This makes it feel like the battles are linked rather separate battles that are using the same army. For example, the winner of battle 1 can outflank one troops choice. The winner of battle 2 can bestow either tank hunters, counter attack, or furious charge on one unit in the army. The winner of battle 3 gains a one game use orbital strike. The winner of battle 4 can redeploy up to two units at the end of deployment.

I hope you get my meaning.

Yeah thanks guys for the ideas.

I concur with the others. A campaign is like a story, where one battle leads to another or focuses on one aspect/objective of a battlefield.

If you have the rules then linking games of Battlefleet Gothic, followed by Planetstrike, followed by Cities of Death, then using the free Necromunda rules but with a squad or two of similar points values can be great fun & follows a progression for a planetary invasion style of campaign for example.

Campaigns are best when they are mixed up. Try varying points sizes as well, I find small games of 40k to be even more fun than bigger ones somethimes. Experiment and have fun.

I agree with Warspawned
play some small engagements to begin with and gradually increase the points value.
There are some good ideas on page ___ of the rulebook
If it's your first time I would suggest playing that, then the next time you can alter it up to make it more fun,

Dude.... necro....

Lord of Timbraxia wrote:Dude.... necro....

A year to the day, no less. That's kind of cool.

It is, in a funky way

Perhaps first design some background for the battle, then you can design some battles. Perhaps use the tile map thing GW released a wile ago, and work with that?

Ooops didnt notice the necro, Apologies. man nearly 6 months since the last actual post..