Citadel Combat Cards - Codex Compliant

Why yes, the alliteration in the video title was incredibly satisfying to type, thanks for asking.
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[@dilophosaurussk4333]

Alternative title: Snipe and Wib play a childrens card game.

[@xekon14]

dilophosaurus sk The White Scars favorite game

[@13stooge]

Yugioh intensifies

[@edwardthomson7366]

Brooklyn RAGE!

[@Masonicon]

@@13stooge without Yugioh, where's Pokemon/Digimon alternative I first got into

[@loganjenkins7459]

Do you mean... Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth-Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker?

[@roxywright8093]

5:19 and the BEST thing about Combat Cards (Heroquest) is the Gargoyle! Oh I do hope the Bard knows the love of his life lives on.

[@Novasky2007]

Yeah, thats the lead blood thirster they released for Advanced Heroquest, it had two head varients, pointy chainmail helm and Gargoyle style khornate horns.

[@dominickirwan7436]

I dragged my parents into a shop in Den Hague in 94 as an amazed 8 year old, there was a game of epic going on and models for sale on every wall and I walked out with a box of fantasy goblins and a deck of these cards. It was the first introduction for me, I always remembered the mad rogue trader models like marines with shuriken catapults.

[@JennFaeAge]

I loved these as a kid, I genuinely regret that I don't have my copies of it anymore (I can't imagine you can get them cheap on eBay)

[@DARKHUNTER130]

Theres probably PDFs you could print out somewhere on the web

[@oweng8971]

About $25 US for a deck of the classic cards. I’ve found the latest edition for as low as $10

[@ursinecanine9657]

I feel your pain. A stack of white dwarves several feet high, my cards a box or two of original space wolves, and various fantasy era models. Things I deeply regret parting with.

[@JennFaeAge]

@@ursinecanine9657 It's why I love the Warhammer Vault, I can have tons of White Dwarf issues and books without having to face the fact I've got no space for them

[@aaronbasham6554]

Wait, if this is from 1989, then this actually predates Magic The Gathering. That feels...interesting, since I've never heard of this before, despite doing research for several presentations on history of collectable card games.

[@owenbevt3]

Is this realy collectible though? feels more like a bunch of complete games with some compatibility.

[@aaronbasham6554]

@@owenbevt3 sort of. Definitely more CCG then TCG, but the fact you are allowed to make your own cards for it is great, and the chess thing reminds me of duelist of the roses and that capsule monster game yugioh had in season 0.

[@k-leb4671]

I thought card games were only a popular thing in the 90s. Didn't Snipe and Wib say that Combat Cards was made to capitalize on the card game craze?

[@syteanric]

These were all the rage for literally about a year in 90/91

[@aaronbasham6554]

@@k-leb4671 the "card game craze" didn't really get into full swing until MTG came out in 93, so GW had remarkable foresite making something for a craze 4 years in the future.

[@Alpacnologia]

it seems like any major franchise in the 2000s has at least one card game, whether the game was made in the 2000s or not

[@Alpacnologia]

also nice pride shirt snipe! i also own one it's very nice

[@AFnord]

Yeah, it's kind of amazing what got turned into a card game in the 90's and 00's. Once it became clear that MTG was a big success, there was a real gold rush. Sim City the TCG? Sure, why not!

[@GreatgoatonFire]

@@AFnord I mean, why not? I'm pretty sure one of last year's biggest hit boardgames was themed around birdwatching.

[@Novasky2007]

It was weird cause card games were super unpopular before that, then everyone changed their minds.

[@k-leb4671]

I prefer playing games with a standard 52-card deck of French playing cards.

[@scarecrow2097]

You guys are my therapy in this grimdark boring world.....and the biggest enemy of my wallet because you make me want to go buy a bunch of vintage 40k stuff-

[@MizantropMan]

Space Marines 4th edition codex when? You know you have to. It's inevitable.

[@k-leb4671]

No, Gorkamorka!

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

You could probably find 35 people willing to play a game of Citadel Combat Cards on Reddit, because everyone on there is completely bloody mad.

[@georgesulea]

Maybe Mollin could only afford one skull?

[@teecefamilykent]

Austerity everyone!

[@GradeAMolvanian]

Maybe it's a place? come visit scenic Skull!

[@librarianseth5572]

@@GradeAMolvanian I imagine the place is super pleasant, but the name is DOOMING their tourism industry. PEOPLE ARE LEAVING TOWN OVER THIS, YOU IDIOTS! JUST REBRAND THE TOWELS AT THE WATER PARK AND SAVE OUR PROPERTY VALUES!

[@Novasky2007]

Jervis was probably tired and bored of typing dumb names by card 200 +

[@novashnova1232]

I wanna make a TTRPG character and have him made into one. Like he just has a single skull as a trophy, but only keeps that one single skull.

[@daedalus6796]

Snipe: "For this video I'm gonna wear something cute to celebrate both the LGBTQ+ community and tabletop gaming, what are you gonna wear wib?" Wib: "Uh..."

[@LordGame2222]

Wait a sec, ADB is one of your patrons? Nice.

[@jamescousins9216]

The GW staff from across the various subdivisions and subsidiaries are pretty connected to the fandom nowadays, especially when it comes to older stuff getting back in the spotlight. It's how they got Gav Thorpe to make a 'take a shot' clip for the gag: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHi2gIGEgNuqrtE

[@kdisley]

I used to have the "Spacewar" deck when I first got into WH40K (it was actually new on the shelves then!), and used to have great fun singing the Pink Panther theme whenever the character Dedanth Moonstalker came up (you know, "De-danth, De-danth, De-danth De-danth De-danth De-danth De-daaaaAAAAAAAAAANTH!!!"). I still kinda miss the Rogue Trader-era miniatures because they all had so much character - they didn't all look so uniform, and that gave even the lowliest anonymous army-builder grunt a more unique feel. As an aside, we used to play Cheat in the refectory at college, with the record being about 7 decks of standard paying cards in one 4-player game... we used to have an unwritten rule that your likelihood of getting called out was inversely proportional to the actual likelihood of your statement - so claiming to have 6 aces of various suits might get called, but saying you had 36 Queens of Hearts (out of seven decks, remember) would usually result in everyone looking at each other and laughing, and letting it ride. Good times.

[@GradeAMolvanian]

You know, something about a 40k card game makes me imagine Yugi Moto trying to deal with the demons of the Warp.

[@alejandrator1]

Nice T-shirt Snipe! (and Wib too, but don't tell him)

[@noamtepper456]

Nice shot at gamza, made me laugh out load

[@ritaschon5536]

The whole situation between Majorkill and Gamza just makes me laugh.... It is just entertaining to watch their reactions to one another

[@hamzahsajjad7952]

Out of the loop, what's going on?

[@dillonleon5558]

Hamzah Sajjad major kill made a video where he calls out the 40k is going soft crowd. He briefly mentioned commissar gamza. gamza then proceeded to make an hour long video where he made it about himself and called kill a soy boy.

[@scarecrow2097]

@@hamzahsajjad7952 Majorkill mentioned Gamza in a video talking about the toxic side of 40k. Gamza thought the video was dedicated directly to him which it wasn't and made a very bad response video then Major responded with a video that pretty much destroyed Gamza's. Personally, I believe they got their share of rights and wrongs in their videos but the one in the worse side, after watching all 3 videos, is Gamza. Which I really want to go back to the Gamza that did silly facts videos, lore videos about 40k firepower and so on rather than this gamza full of ego that makes weird complains about almost everything new 40k while simultaneously stating his not bothered by such trivial things.

[@goblinrat6119]

@@scarecrow2097 Man, I hate that. People claiming they are not mad and don't really care at all when at the same time making fifty billion videos on the matter and stalking anyone who might disagree is such a copout. As if claiming disinterest somehow made you untouchable and above all arguments, because you're just too cool to care. It never works.

[@StevenCote]

Oh wow, now that's a blast front he past. I had the Chaos deck from the first edition. I never thought about it before, but that was my first ever GW product. You even showed my favourite card Stugen Jazael!

[@bencebenedek2610]

9:20 Lord of change looks so derpy-adorable. - Hey, that was my ham sandwich! Dang it....

[@Confuseddave]

I spent the entire video distracted by Wib's awesome t-shirt.

[@KillerOrca]

I wish to read Wibs fanfiction now. Also, I think they included a Combat Card card in those single-model blind boxes they were selling for a while.

[@kristopherbruns7674]

I would love to see an episode on Man'O'War or some of the other obscure games! They seem really interesting.

[@Chlorate299]

I remember watching Mortal Kombat: defenders of the realm when I was a kid. I imagine it's best left in the realms of memory though.

[@Maxibon2007]

I have the Space War pack, ironically it was when my local Woolworths closed down in Cambridgeshire c 2009 they had a clearance sale and several sets were there (with the Top Trumps!) probably in the warehouse for 20 years.

[@connorchenery977]

omg I've had a set of third edition ork cards sat in a box for years, never knew what they were until now. still have no knowledge of where they came from but i suppose that fitting for 40k

[@proto303]

That bit about the additional rules for the 4th edition is actually really sweet

[@GreatgoatonFire]

I'm pretty sure Phelous is the only other person on the planet that knows Defenders of the Realm exists. I request a crossover. Maybe a WH themed Bootleg Zones?

[@Maxibon2007]

I remember in the late 90s there was a 40k wannabe called HAVOK

[@PanzerIV1976]

Was completely unaware of this. Thanks. You’re getting me through lockdown. Also, that Thomas the Tank T is awesome.

[@garyburke6156]

your brief mention of Chainsaw Warrior twigged a memory for me that i had long since forgotten. I remember that game. I couldn't tell you anything about it except its title.

[@mattshaw5179]

I had these! I played them so much in the 1990s they fell into pieces! Brilliant!! Great video, keep up the good work!

[@abdulhammouda4884]

This is how I got into miniatures. Druug Warfiend is now my favurate all time miniature

[@anotherzingbo]

As defeated cards aren't taken into the victor's hand (which is how I vaguely remember playing Top Trumps), each player could bring their own deck to play Combat Cards, so that would theoretically allow games of greater than 36 players. Because yes, this is the sort of high quality engagement my mind is capable of generating.

[@cianwalsh9137]

Thank you both of you for making this video, you are the goodest beans

[@owenbevt3]

We had a 'house rule' that in addition to the stat you could state a symbol that appears at the bottom, then unless the top card of the other players decks had that symbol on they would put it on the bottom then play the next card and repeat up to 3 times. Was a nice way to add a bit of complexity to a deck you'd almost played to death, and introduce new tactics eg, if you think your card it tough by the stranded of mages you may use that stat when you wouldn't otherwise.

[@GalianMode]

I have these somewhere buried under all the tat in my attic, now I feel a strong desire to venture up there.

[@MacLachlan]

Thank you for your content, hadn't realized how much I'd needed it

[@saintdane05]

I never knew Man o war existed! Remind me of the game I only played once, that had typical fantasy archetypes but in boats. The dwarves had a submarine

[@Longfang91]

Dreadfleet?

[@saintdane05]

@@Longfang91 no, I don't think it was Warhammer related.

[@saintdane05]

@@Longfang91 update! The game is uncharted seas. Sadly looks like the company that made it went defunct

[@AnimetionRich]

Weirdly the dwarves had submarines in Man O War as well

[@TheSimpleMan454]

I actually did play Renegade. It was a store demo that had been sitting around forever and nobody had touched it, and I asked about it one day and just... Forgot about it after.

[@daemonicamarine666]

I use to play renegade all the time. I mate and I use to even dress in suits to have "knight duels" we did a whole campaign that lead to a massive game of 40k with just knights as a big finally

[@kwest9747]

I remember buying the orc deck and my brother buying the dwarf deck and they weren’t really very compatible. I now know it was due to them being different editions. 2nd vs 1st. Thanks S&W!

[@enderjed2523]

For people out there, the intro music is the Space Crusade PC intro theme

[@kapparomeo]

Ah, Warhammer Top Trumps! I had a second-edition deck of these. I was bought them when I was about nine years old. I never understood the hostility to Warhammer Adventures, the game has always had an entry point for youngsters, here in cold and rainy Bongland at least. Funnily enough I do remember the Mortal Kombat kartoon when it was new and first broadcast as well. Even back then as a child I thought it was rubbish and that it was super-lame that they only ever beat up robots (one padded scene that sticks out in my mind is Sonia spending what seemed like a full minute putting things in her backpack while fast-paced battle themes played in the background) although with the perspective of hindsight it is kind of hilarious as a last gasp of the era when bloody and violent 18-cert movies like Toxic Avenger and RoboCop could get kids' shows!

[@danielolsson7134]

This really reminds me of a similar easy to play card game, which name I can't remember it did have a Green Dragon with a crimson background though. Each card had an illustration of various fantasy monsters and tropes such as the Deamon, the best card in the game with a full 100 in each stats. The Dragon card was the second best one.

[@snellers]

Top trumps and Legos Combat cards and heroquest = My plastic crack addiction

[@LechugaOP]

In response to you casting a space marine,I set a black lotus in face down attack position and attach three mountains to it

[@pclone5019]

Not a video we were expecting, but a video we definitely needed.

[@Nemeroth_]

9:20 That Lord of Change, though

[@Glaucus08]

I remember these! Used to play this using the goblinoid deck with my brother all the time. Think we just played it as if it was top trumps

[@richtheunstable3359]

Also does anyone remember. What I think were called combat books. I rember the WD article flogging them. Kal Jericho and captain leanitas? Blood angel bloke from blood quest series in warhammer monthly. We were once promised a blood quest movie as well that never happened. You chose whether you would attack defend hack riposte etc. Then looked in the book at a chart to decide what outcome your choice made etc.

[@devononair]

Nice little video, and great punchline at the end!

[@gatchamonster]

That fanfiction joke had me rolling, good vid

[@kharadron3561]

didn't even need to watch the video, before liking! what a channel!

[@misomiso8228]

9:36 man o war is amazing!

[@pauliusthemad3498]

I demand a reprint of these old card games :P (My younger brother would love to play this)

[@teecefamilykent]

Brilliant video, you done one about "Dark Future" a car combat game gw did....set in the near future and featured Elvis....I kid ye not?

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

That was a bloody weird game. You could use the cars as Genestealer Cult vehicles.

[@TomBisbee]

I have played Imperial K ight Renegade many, many times. I have even made up rules for using Gorkanaughts (and Morkanaughts) in the game. Love the boxed games.

[@animeator]

Oof. Mortal Kombat DOTR. I still have a vhs of that somewhere. Still. Loved this video.

[@locoskywalker]

Wow, I literally just brought a deck of the 2017 combat cards to my friends house, played it for the very first time for both of us, agreed it was dumb, then came home and saw this! What a coincidence!

[@jonnysz03]

Gideon Fax of Spacewar was my favourite card. I remember thinking it was a cool name as a 6 year old. I was a weird kid.

[@WillSpengler]

Have a bunch of these from when my local GW was clearing stock (around end of 2nd ed/start of 3rd).

[@anthonyh4745]

Yeah I had loads of packs of these as a kid, I used to shop lift them from Woolworths. Haha

[@kharadron3561]

painting up the Lt commander chavez for one of my rogue trader minis, so I guess the painting guide has been used at least once.

[@GameBoothUK]

You guys must have read my mind.. i was trying desperately to remember what these were while watching one of your other videos yesterday.. I used to have a couple and couldn't for the life of me remember what game they were from whole trying to find them on Google.. all I could remember were a blue knight and a skeleton warrior (Edit: literally the first Chaos you drew! My comment was posted less than 4 min into the video)

[@liamfishwick2943]

White dwarf 111 is a good place to find a a bit of Squat stuff.

[@retroivan3361]

Поздравляю , теперь у вас есть русскоязычный подписчик ! Спасибо за ваши видео !

[@ScooterinAB]

That actually looks kinda fun. I kind of want to make a card deck now.

[@johnojoseph]

When I was in junior school the first edition set was pretty much mandatory. I think I still have them somewhere. Also, I don’t think we ever played according to the rules. Just played them like you do with top trumps. I can still remember some of the character names. Nabarat 2 cutters springs to mind. I always thought toughness 15 would be a good name for a metal band

[@1IbramGaunt]

Still got some of these cards from this era myself, though not a full deck unfortunately, hoping to collect enough for one eventually 🙂 got a few Zoat models too 😁

[@piccoloktheforged]

About 6 minutes in found my new rattlings that may or may not actually be rattlings

[@Starman_Dx]

I'm legally obligated to comment that there is a zoat shown in this video.

[@LeDracodon]

Then I have no choice. I challenge you to a game of Paradox-Billiards-Vostroyan-Roulette-Fourth Dimensional-Hypercube-Chess-Strip Poker. I wasn't expecting a vidoe so soon. Thank you.

[@brownk29a]

I played renegade once, actaully quite enjoyed it!

[@Delveintohobby]

Mollin, Lord of Skull actually looks pretty sweet, ngl. Reminds me of an Eldar Ranger

[@pauliusthemad3498]

Well this was unexpected....Still a nice surprise. And yes does sound like a fun little game (totally not one which can be used to make up your own deck now)

[@obscure-cultist1709]

Am I the only person who still really enjoys MK: Defenders of the Realm? It was dumb and cheesy, yes, but I always find it a fun timewaster and Raiden in that show is such a delight XD

[@darrenchantler2562]

I actually had these...ended up using them mostly for bookmarks 😊

[@gigaflynn_]

Snipe has an amazing t-shirt in this episode.

[@falsehero2001]

Matt McMuscles wants to know your location.

[@librarianseth5572]

Snipe and Wib: duel masters

[@TheAnon03]

I had a bunch of those cards. Had the Spacewar and Warriors set. Also picked up a set of... fantasy warships? EDIT: Man'o'war that was it!

[@Proiteus]

I remember playing the Warhammer Monthly comic game with the books, where you went to certain pages based on the outcome of each turn and were filled with custom artwork. I remember Kharn was OP, but can't remember what the game was called?

[@TomatoRoll]

I think it was called "Warhammer Warriors" are something like that. Never played them but I remember seeming them.

[@minishaw280]

I’ve played renegade in a gw store as they had both models built and set up to try it :)

[@andygourlay8787]

I was describing this game to someone just the other day: Great memories!

[@wolvz7081]

5:48 do a codex compliant on that Squats codex you have right there. No excuses allowed!!!

[@wolvz7081]

NOW!!!

[@mikey17091986]

Have you guys looked at the squat army list and background in the rogue trader warhammer 40,000 compendium? Also epic ork and squat warlords.

[@NothingtoseeHere.Movealong]

Love Wib's shirt. Scarier than Chaos SpaaWghwghgahg *gets mutated by the Warp*

[@madzen112]

Everybody wanted the Bloodthirster

[@Mag7Music]

I had the Man O War deck as a child. I have no idea why I had them or where they came from. I'm wondering if I bought them from GW, but I can't imagine why I would have bought cards rather than minis though, and why I would have chosen Man O War, which I knew nothing of.

[@oliverknox4391]

Oh my god I had these. So awesome

[@terminator572]

Violence sells to kids, kids love violence. Kids also love cool shit doing violence, so this is a no brainer tbh

[@adamlakeman7240]

Aw yeah, had these as a kid.

[@littlemisspipebomb4723]

as someone who recently picked up a pack of the 3rd edition space marine cards: oh so *that's* how you play them

[@jasonnewell7036]

Agh! I'm trying to remember what the music playing throughout the video is! I had games with that music on my Amiga, but I can't remember which game it was!

[@MasterKerfuffle]

1:42: *shrieks in Herknes*

[@Caddy666]

had chaos and goblenoids, when i was a kid.

[@misomiso8228]

I loved these. !

[@Andy__H]

Ooooh, I used to have these! 😂

[@benjaminstorace6699]

WHERE DID YOU GET THE THOMAS THE "TANK" ENGINE SHIRT?

[@TezKingboom]

I had some of those cards, still do somewhere, oh apparently I have some first edition, oh and third edition

[@richardadams429]

i think you should watch defenders of the realm again..all the way through... its actually pretty dope story-wise (admittedly a slow burn for the start)

[@Mark-nh2hs]

Lol I had the Monsters pack lol still got them somewhere. Aaaaaahhhh nostalgia blast