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Been getting back into 40k in the past two months. And I've started really noticing that the rulebook missions kind of, well, stink. I left off from 3rd edition, where the rule book had probably 30 different missions, but in 6th they're all the same but with slight twists...in this one Heavy Support are scoring units, in this one Fast Attack are scoring units. Even the Battle Missions supplement is bland...in this mission units get a 4+ cover save on turn one, but all the objectives are the same as every other mission. They seem to have scrapped the idea of a well prepared attacker, with a difficult objective, going against a defender with only HQ and Troops on the field as they scramble to call in reserves.

Anyway, I wanted to see what sort of missions people would like to play or have developed for their games, post your favorites.

My 3rd edition favorite was Sabotage! which used the sentries rule. A structure, vehicle, piece of equipment, etc. is placed at the center of the table as the objective, and the defender deploys all of his HQ and Troops within 12" of it, they cannot move or fire until the alarm is raised. All Elites, Fast Attack, and Heavy Support must start in reserves.

Sentries: The defender has 30/Initiative basic troopers as free sentries (e.g. for guardsmen 30/3 = 10) deployed anywhere on the table that is 12" from a table edge. Roll a 4+ for each sentry and the defender controls him that turn, if not, the attacker moves him. The attacker moves onto the table. Any vehicles or shots (except snipers) automatically alert the defender at the end of the movement phase or when the shot is fired (or if a round of sniper fire is survived). Sentries that survive an assault phase raise the alarm, if they die then only raise the alarm on a 4+. Any time an attacker's model comes within initiative inches of a sentry, the alarm is raised. When the alarm is raised the defender immediately starts his turn, and all sentries are removed from the board.

Objective: The attacker must sabotage a key facility by attaching a demolition charge to the central objective. The defender must prevent the attacker from blowing up this vital objective, that is the only determinant for victory. Any scoring unit in the attacker's army may assault the objective, as if it were a unit, and attach a demolition charge by remaining in BTB contact with the objective. If that unit is in contact with the objective and unengaged at the end of any following defender turn, the attacker has destroyed the objective and won the battle.

My favorite mission is a custom made one.
Last stand.

What a great thread. Me and my friend use to play planet strike all the time out of the space marines 3rd ed codex. it was simmilar to the one that you explained except there were no sentries. The attacker was required to take 2 troops and an HQ and had no access to HS and the defender had to take a hq and an elite with no access to FA. If i recall correctly it was kill points based with the defender's hq worth 3 points.

A cool mission I just played in was as follows. I think it was like 2k, Blood Angels vs. Orks.

In the middle of the board we put a portal piece, out of which, at the start of every turn, d6 Necron Warriors emerged and headed in the direction of a scatter dice 6", shooting at the closest unit. They all played by the Infinite Phalanx rule at 4+ RP. Very fun for me, as the guy in the middle who didn't care about winning or losing.

Personally I love the 6th Ed. Relic mission.

Played one game where we used a Bastion as the Relic. My one unti of Orks was decimated down to a single Nob, so it was brilliant seeing a lone Ork Nob dragging a Bastion across the battlefield

In a Christmas game at Warhammer World we used my Santa Ork on flying hog drawn sleigh as the Relic.