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40K IN 40 MINUTES

By Tim ‘AHOY!’ Eagling

Running a club

in school

presents its

own set of

unique

problems, the

biggest one

being finding

enough time!

Most school

clubs operate

in a lunch time or after hours and it is

extremely unusual for these sessions to

last more than an hour – in most cases

they probably get no more than fifty

minutes.

Setting up something different

After some thought, I decided that what

was required was a set of guidelines for

playing in school. Time was my overriding

concern. Even if you are extremely well

prepared – having exactly the figures you

require, a fully detailed roster including any

special rules, and a prepared table – it is

extremely difficult to play in such a

restricted time as 40 minutes. Considering

the relative inexperience of the players and

the fact that I also wanted to play every

now and then, not just be a walking, talking

rulebook, meant that the guidelines had to

keep it all small, but not so small as to lose

the character of the different armies.

• Patrols are no more than

400 points.

• You must have one Troop choice.

• You may have one HQ choice,

but no more than one.

• You may spend remaining points on

anything in the Codex.

• No character can have more than

2 Wounds.

• No special characters.

• No 2+ saves.

• No vehicles with a total Armour value

greater than 33.

• You must have a completed,

detailed roster and access to the

relevant Codex.

• Painted models only.

These rules do not necessarily cover every

army – some exceptions need to be made.

In the club, rules exceptions are okayed by

me after some deliberation, always sticking

to the spirit of the game.

I began to run a ‘painting only’ club at my

school a couple of years ago as I thought

that playing would be impractical. As soon

as the kids in my painting club started

asking about playing some games as well

I realised I would have a big challenge on

my hands.

The nature of the Warhammer 40,000

game allows for small forces whilst still

using the main rules. To begin with, we just

put a limit on points and troop selection but

this didn’t work very well. I had in mind the

kind of forces I wanted to see in use and

realised that they made pretty good patrols,

a small scouting force sent

ahead of a main army,

which was most likely to

run into the enemy first.

The short nature of the

games also suited two

patrols coming together

as I felt that this kind of

force would not often

get involved in a

protracted fire fight,

but be more likely to

get in and out fast.

We started by running some introductory

games with my miniatures and terrain.

These were very successful, but the kids

naturally wanted to use their own figures. I

suggested they brought in everything they

had for their respective

armies so I could have a

look at what they had, and

if any of them had what

could be considered to

be an army then I

was pleased to

promise them a

game. In short,

they didn’t have

coherent

armies.

Example:

In the Imperial Guard codex,

an Armoured Fist squad is a

Troop choice, but it must

be attached to an

infantry platoon.

Short-form

Warhammer

40,000

The guidelines for

force selection we

have settled on

are as follows:

Being able to play a game of Warhammer 40,000 in under an hour isn’t the easiest thing to do and doesn’t allow

for the huge games that most of us are used to. Sometimes though, gamers have specific needs and have to find

ways to cater for them. Tim Eagling tells us all about the set of guidelines he developed to allow members of his

school gaming club to play Warhammer 40,000 in their lunch breaks.

Tim Eagling

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It seems perfectly reasonable that a mobile

unit such as this would carry out patrols,

so I allow them to be selected as a

separate unit.

EXAMPLE ARMIES

Here at Games Workshop people have been trying out these great rules. Below are a

few example of 400 points armies chosen specifically for playing a game of 40 minute

Warhammer 40,000. We asked their commanders to tell us a little bit about them.

As you might not pick an HQ choice,

the patrol should still have a commander,

who gives the orders and against which

Leadership tests are made. This, of course,

would be the most senior ranking figure.

In the case of two figures being of an

equal rank then the player may choose

which is the patrol’s leader, and only that

figure may confer its Leadership bonus to

friendly squads.

These rules are fairly logical and lend

themselves to simple scenarios. We

considered that beefy characters and

famous personalities are unlikely to be

involved in forward reconnaissance, nor

would troops in huge suits of Terminator

or mega-armour get out on a limb in these

small actions. We also feel that only light

vehicles, not main battle tanks, would be

on patrol.

Che Webster, UK Events: The force was an easy one to get painted in about a week – something

that was very pleasing to achieve. The Fire Warriors were fun to model, the Devilfish was the

heaviest tank the system allowed, and the battlesuited Shas’vre stood in as a solid commander.

All in all, after six games, they are still a pretty hot choice!

Terrain

Battles are fought on a number of different

sized tables, the most common being a

3 by 4 table, which is conveniently half a

battle mat. Forces are set up with an

18" - 24" gap between them. Most scenario

rules are ignored, as we feel that nobody

should be deep striking and the like, but you

could use infiltrators.

The battle is a straightforward firefight.

Deploy as per the standard order. Roll to

see who goes first then let forth the dogs of

war! All usual rules apply for the armies.

Gareth Harvey, GW Events: ‘Sabre Squadron’ represents the reconniassance element of a much

larger Imperial Guard force, consisting of an Armoured Fist squad and a Command section in a

heavily converted command Chimera – I call this a ‘Centurion’ but in game terms it’s simply a

Chimera with a single heavy bolter. This force can seem quite daunting to face as until the troops

dismount, it’s immune to most armies’ small arms fire. Larger monsters and enemy armour can be

handled with the Chimera’s multilaser and, in dire need, each squad comes with a meltagun for

close range tank stalking! The greatest weakness of the Guard is their comparative lack of

hand-to-hand punch (no pun intended) but the Lieutenant’s squad is quite tooled up with a power

fist and a Veteran Sergeant. upgrade. The final element in the force is a Deathworld Sniper, in small

games such as these his ability to pin entire units is particularly useful and besides he looks great!

When a patrol has taken 50% casualties it

must start to take Leadership tests based

on the commander's ability at the start of its

turn or break from combat and

subsequently lose the battle. If neither force

breaks then at the end of the session the

patrol inflicting the most damage in points

wins.

It works!

Since introducing these rules my club has

expanded to three lunch times to paint and

make scenery, and after school one day a

week to play games. The Patrol rules have

led to some very competitive games. They

have provided my club members with the

opportunity to start to really learn the rules,

and collect a proper army.

Fighting battles this way has proved to me

that with a bit of determination and a fair

amount of preparation, it is possible to

overcome the great time difficulty of running

clubs in schools. With these rules, it is a

real possibility and great fun to boot!

Mark Wells, GW UK General Manager: A Space Wolves patrol would be adaptable and hard

hitting, so I went for a Rhino with smoke launchers to get my ferocious Blood Claws into combat

fast and Grey Hunters to provide flexible support. To cope with enemy armour, both units have

a meltagun and power fist. The Wolf Guard leader can be assigned to whichever unit needs

him most.

JOIN THE CLUB NETWORK

If you’re already running a gaming club, but

haven’t got around to registering it yet, here’s

how. Either log on to the Gaming Club

website and fill in the on-line form at

www.gamingclub.org.uk, or drop into your

local Games Workshop store and ask for a

registration form.

e-mail us at: clubguy@games-workshop.co.uk

or write to: UK Gaming Clubs, Games

Workshop HQ, Willow Road, Lenton,

Nottingham NG7 2WS.

If you would like to send us news and photos,

ask a question, or drop us a line, you can

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