Warhammer 40k Dunkirk Scenario Ideas
August 9, 2017 by lloyd
Az & Justin chat with Jes Bickham from Games Workshop about how Warhammer 40k could be used to play out scenarios similar to what was seen during the events at Dunkirk.
As part of Dunkirk Week here on Beasts of War, the guys talk about the occurrences on Cadia, Genestealer Cult infiltration and the potential vehicle choices that you could use to create a scenario on your table top.
Do you have any ideas from the 40k Universe that could be used for evacuation scenarios?
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Well, a nid hive fleet invasion would be good for an evacuation scenario, trying to get civilians or tech off planet before the bulk of the forces make planet fall.
The evacuation of a Hive City on Armageddon before it’s overrun by the Ork’s would be a good one to try, with multiple vehicles of all makes (Rhino’s, Chimera’s, Goliath’s, Taurox’s and various converted “civilian” vehicles) trying to make it off the board while Ork’s are attacking a small group of defenders
It strikes me that t’au or eldar are the most likely protagonists for this kind of scenario, the imperium has a sort of “whelp, that’s gonna be a shame” vibe 🙂
I think a good scenario would be something for the Salamanders, or perhaps Iron Fists one of the truly good Space Marine people who would to the non-strategic but good thing. So there is going to be an Exterminatus but, basically a detachment of Space Marines have chosen to stay to save as many as possible. Your opponents are probably the Tyranids, a force that can’t be fought off due to sheer numbers they have the horde rules every time a unit dies it comes back onto the board from table edge deployment. Space Marines may choose any transport from… Read more »
Damn, @caladors . That’s a very detailed post! 😀 I like how you’re handling the evacuation. Against the ‘Nids it almost feels like it has a “Starship Troopers” feel. 😀
Thanks man I think it can be used for orks, gene stealer cult, chaos, but maybe not for eldar dark eldar and necrons.
But that is still a lot of forces that can use it.
and yeah the post was only meant to be little write up yet here were are.
Isn’t there an example in the old Space Wolf codex where an Inquisitor is prepared to sacrifice a starport and all the refugees flocking there as bait but a squad of Grey Hunters rally the PDF forces defending it to allow most of the survivors to evacuate? And then when the Inquisitor demands the surviving Space Wolves be punished their Wolf Lord instead promotes the lot of them to his Wolf Guard:) And didn’t Double Eagle feature a somewhat Dunkirkian scenario for a portion of the story where the surviving elements of the Imperial armour and infantry make a thousands… Read more »
a nid invasion would be a great one to slow to get whatever away from their clutches.
A 40K (well, 30K) scenario that springs to mind is when the Imperial Fists’ fleet are ambushed by the Iron Warriors and receive the call to evacuate back to Earth. I can’t remember the names of the characters involved or if the battle has a name, but the background is this: Rogal Dorn and the Imperial Fists have received news of Horus’ betrayal but don’t know what else is going on due to warp storms. They have been unable to contact any other legions to know who is where (or even who is still loyal). So I think Dorn keeps… Read more »