Warhammer 40,000 Boarding Actions Supplement Returning Soon
July 19, 2024 by brennon
Games Workshop are going to be taking you back into the close confines of space hulks and other monolithic spaceships with a revamped supplement for Warhammer 40,000 and Boarding Actions which will be coming soon.
Boarding Actions // Warhammer 40,000
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Boarding Actions is coming back with a book that updates the rules and missions of the game to fit 1oth Edition Warhammer 40,000. It will come with refreshed missions from the Arks Of Omen series plus options for playing bigger games if you'd like to go from two players to three or four. There will be both narrative and competitive options depending on how you want to approach the game.
Boarding Actions Gameplay //Warhammer 40,000
There will be full Boarding Actions Detatchments for each faction in the game (apart from Imperial/Chaos Knights) which are themed around Boarding Patrols. You will also find additional Detachment rules, Enhancements and Strategems specifically for Boarding Actions.
There are two options for each faction that give you two different ways to play. As this is Boarding Actions, you're limited to 500 points per side and there is a cut-down selection of troops for you to choose from. The biggest badasses are the likes of Terminators for example.
Boarding Actions Gameplay // Warhammer 40,000
Additionally, Boarding Actions is more about close combat brawls and shootouts down corridors so positioning, cover and choosing when to breach through bulkhead doors is the name of the game. You'll also find a mixture of different missions which range from brutalising your enemy through to playing out narrative moments from the Arks Of Omen.
Obviously, as well as a small army, you're going to need the Boarding Actions terrain to make the most of the game mode. That will set you back a pretty penny unless you already have it or make the most of marker pens and dry-erase boards.
It's a bit of a shame that Boarding Actions fell off the radar as it seemed like a good game mode but was in a weird liminal space between 9th Edition and 10th Edition and didn't really make the leap. It'll be interesting to see how much support Boarding Actions gets going forward.
Will you be checking out Boarding Actions?
"There will be full Boarding Actions Detatchments for each faction in the game..."
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Was banking on GW doing this – though I had hedged by bets and collected all White Dwarf issues with Boarding Actions content. It’s been a great format to play so bringing everything together in one volume is good. The detachment selections could refine things further, though we’ll have to see how it’s executed.
Got the Kill Team Gallowdark set when it came out, so I have the terrain for this. Could be fun. Haven’t played any games of 10th edition yet.
I love it. One of the most fun mission styles in 40K/30K.
Super pleased with this, especially as I’m painting a set of the terrain for my FLGS (Project Log for the build and painting on this very site.). I have two full sets of my own as well, so more support is defo welcome!
~ Grim
I have only managed a couple of games of board actions but I really enjoyed them. I do miss a full space hulk release tho 🙂