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I was bored at work today and though of a fun way to use that super heavy, apocalypse unit in a different way.

Player 1 gets 1 apocalypse super heavy of their choice (baneblade, lord of skulls, etc.)

Player 2 gets to make a regular 40K list, with no FOC restrictions, with their own army of equal points value to player one's model.

Using a standard 4 X 6 table, with terrain placed, player 1 positions his super heavy at one of the short ends of the table.

Player 2 then deploys his army as he sees fit.

No need to roll to see who goes first, player 1 always goes first.

The object of the game is for player 1 to reach the opposite table edge and back to it's original table edge with out being destroyed, player two's obvious objective is to destroy the super heavy.

I think this would be a fun way to use those HUGE models instead of playing a regular game of apocalypse.

You could even team up with 2 players controlling a super heavy each and the other team teaming up to take them out!

Give it a try and post a battle report here.

Sounds like it would be a blast. Sounds like something they would do at the friday events for tournaments. but then you get guys that brings nothing but melta guns

This sounds awesome.:.if my local gamestore didn't already do it. It gives me a way to use my Dark Age Warlord Titan other than 6000 point apocalypse games.

This sounds cool, good oppochunity to use your big toys with out having to plan an all dayer

Wasn't this mission in a White Dwarf? Only it was centered around a Stompa and not just any Super-Heavy.

That'd certainly be interesting. I may have to suggest it to my group.

This sounds boring as hell. The superheavy has to move 130" (depending on how long it is) at the rate of 6" per turn. So there's pretty much no chance that the game will ever end with the tanks successfully making the trip, one side will always be killed long before that happens (especially since you're talking about a 500 point army). And TBH it's always going to be resolved in the first turn when the drop pod melta either kills the superheavy and wins or fails to kill it and loses.

I think it would take some ironing out. As peregrine noted most super heavy vehicles would take 24 turns to manage to move that distance. This would also be resolved fairly quickly if the army side brings any form of serious melta.

Perhaps don't allow reserves/DS and only make the super heavy move to a relic in the center of the board and then off the board. That sounds more fun in my estimate and could be a great diversion from rule book missions.

Meh. Either the enemy list easily counters the Super Heavy, or the Super Heavy blows them off the board. It also heavily depends on the heavy, a Warhound for example will demolish everything in its path without destroyer weapons or deep striking meltas to counter it, but the more support-role Stompa will struggle against any long range squads in cover and especially against vehicles.

Why would you need to make a return trip? What would be the purpose of such a mission? To move one place and come back? The mission should be modelled as a 'breakthrough'.

The super heavy needs to get across the board, either to escape enemy territory or to reinforce friendlies in some other part of the battlefield. The super heavy player should get a super heave + 1000 points, the attack should get the same amount of points. This way the super heavy player has some bubble wrap. It should lead to a more dynamic game.

Sounds like Ogre, basically. Could be fun, I'm just wary of any game type where 90% of my infantry's weaponry isn't going to do anything.

I was a master at defeating the "6 Tower Defense" in Ogre, and bought my first Armorcast Baneblade so I could play 40k scale Ogre back in the day. As such, I'd recommend the Superheavy's goal is to contest one objective on the opposite side of the board for one turn. The defender must retain control of the objective at all times, or loses after one full turn not in control of that objective. Within those constraints, players can feel free to set their own point limits and unit restrictions.

SJ

Id figure a bane blade or super heavy would have at least a support convoy with it.

defending super should have some units as well (maybe only troops) as it would be all too easy to have a ton of troops with melta bombs bumb rush the thing and close combat it every turn.

the problem here is that every army can bring things that guarantee that superheavy dies. as an ork i can bring PK-bikers, and turn-1 assault him. most other armies will bring melta. one tank, however big, will never stand up to a tailored list.

if the defenders had less points to play with, this could work, also (to speed things up) if the defenders were emplaced, so can't move or assault, it could work with most armies (not nids or orks though) and speed it up a lot; superheavy moves and shoots, defenders shoot, next turn.

i could see a superheavy drag race working, forcing them to move as fast as they can forwards and shoot all their guns that can fire sideways at each other. the player that reaches the end with the least damage wins?

i agree it took only 1 squad of sternguard to kill a bane hammer in one turn