Dark Angels vs Astra Militarum in a Custom Special Scenario! Warhammer 40k in 40m

Custom scenario with an escalating force level, starting
with the contents of a Combat Patrol and working up to 2000 points. Long time supporter of the channel David came up with this custom
scenario and has come to visit us in studio to play it. David plays his beloved Dark Angels versus Nick and his Astra Militarum. Lists below.
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"In the dark backwaters of Imperial Space, a deadly pursuit unfolds. A force of the
Emperor's finest soldiery spread across the world searching for their prey, a
mysterious hooded Astartes in black armour. They are not the only hunters on this
trail, however. Supreme Grandmaster Azrael and his Dark Angels seek to find the
traitorous Fallen before the Astra militarum and inquisition can learn of his
shameful origins and expose a secret kept for 10 millennia. Advanced scouting
parties from both forces encounter each other, and with neither willing to back
down from their hunt, the result is inevitable."
DARK ANGELS Gladius Task Force
Captain in Gravis Armour
Chaplain
Librarian in Terminator Armour
Intercessor Squad
Aggressor Squad
Assault Intercessors with Jump Packs
Deathwing Terminator Squad
Eradicator Squad
Gladiator Valiant
Inceptor Squad
Land Raider Redeemer
Ravenwing Black Knights
Redemptor Dreadnought
Repulsor
ASTRA MILITARUM
Cadian Castellan
Cadian Command Squad
Commissar
Lord Solar Leontus
Cadian Shock Troops
Cadian Shock Troops
Death Korps of Krieg
Death Korps of Krieg
Attilan Rough Riders
Field Ordnance Battery
Heavy Weapons Squad
Hellhound
Kasrkin
Leman Russ Demolisher
Leman Russ Exterminator
Rogal Dorn Battle Tank
Scout Sentinels
Scout Sentinels
Valkyrie
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[@cherrycherry570]

"Just because it didn't work doesn't mean it wasn't the right call." Unironically a very reassuring and inspiring quote. Thanks, Nick!

[@lassedalsgaard5357]

It is possible to make every correct decision and still lose

[@ViolosD2I]

Conversely "Just because you got lucky doesn't mean it wasn't a stupid risk to take" is even less commonly understood. - Except when trying long shots for the fun of it when it does happen, then it's worth. :)

[@atrioanimations]

“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.” Jean Luc Picard a new banger quote to add with this one.

[@StarkMaximum]

It's true, too, especially in a dice game like 40K. While you can play the averages and take safe bets, you have literally no control over how many dice come up 1. You can make the safest, most reasonable move ever and just get a whole stack of 1s and possibly lose the game because you made the right call. It's not often, but it's something to be aware of.

[@mikemoore947]

Can this be the next shirt?

[@arcusg6988]

I don't understand the hate for splitting fire sometimes. Yes it's not always the best idea (especially if you're Tau) but what was Nick supposed to do, shoot his bolters into a Land Raider? And not into some Intercessors?? I think it's a totally reasonable thing to do with big tanks full of guns of varying strengths

[@thomy1516]

Splitfire is a bit of a channel meme cuz especially nick has a tendency to end up leaving enemies with 1 wound remaining after splitting fire

[@matthewskorupski4106]

@@thomy1516 And then Nick can't kill that unit for the life of him. (which has led to some losses)

[@fendelphi]

Rather, splitting into the Landraider might be what the issue was. If he had focused it all on the Intercessors, even if overkill, at least they would be gone.

[@huffinLeeroy]

Well, if you're attacking something, you need it dead. You're just not maximising your chances of killing it. And as someone who rolls notoriously badly, I can't split fire or I never kill anything.

[@CaptainSkylocke]

Splitting fire is great for Tau always use the right weapon for the right target.

[@drowninggames]

David having some negatively weighted dice... all those ones

[@empagaming2341]

Steve touched dice possibly??

[@andgodsaiduntoabraham]

"Time for guard to bring in 750pt of reinforcements! That'll be 110 infantry. And a cyclops demo vehicle."

[@devotedtodestruction]

Nick, keep that positive energy coming. 🤘🏻

[@BF4ClanTBS]

Dude I swear I’ve never seen Nick win with the guard lol

[@Stepsonsofdorn]

Davids a legend, comedic timing, great player. Bring him back.

[@SoulCrusherEx]

What an amazing match! David was a great Challenger and he has a gorgeous Dark Angels Army !

[@shatersphere11]

ohh! Dark Angels are finally back on PlayOn!!!

[@Totallynotinsane-nm7nl]

I like how this entire video proves that superstition truly works and belief can grant you extra power which is just such a Warhammer thing

[@didelu7989]

I love Nicks enthusiasm. The trumpet imitation when he rolled an 11 on the Charge with the riders 😂😍 He makes the Videos so fun to watch!

[@OldManRogers]

Poor David needs new dice!! Also nice to see the sportsmanship letting the land raider move because of the weird terrain rules for vehicles

[@whippetdoge]

I love how David had THE WORST ROLLING LUCK I HAVE EVER SEEN and still won the game

[@klgw99]

Thats why I love this game. Even if you aren't doing much damage. If you can get ahead on VP and make it to the end of round 5 you can still win.

[@huffinLeeroy]

​@klgw99 well, unless you have really bad luck. I made 2 saves my last game. Was shot off the board turn 3. Had an enemy skitarii squad wipe my 10 man intercessor squad in cover with armour of contempt (so all up +2 to my AS) and a 6 up fnp. I missed all saves and fnps.

[@Kingtiger88888]

That redemptor dread looks really cool!

[@davidmaloney3473]

Thanks so much!

[@fleshdadbot6852]

Shame the inferred marine won't last long

[@themilkbaron8290]

Bring this guy back!

[@IAmTheDawn]

it is always a treat and greatly welcome to see new players on the channel! This was a great video

[@TitoSilvey]

What a wildly fun game! I thoroughly enjoyed David and the scenario and would love to see more of both :)

[@JoeRomito-yd9qr]

Loveee the narrative. I was just listening to the lorehanmer episode about the lost primarchs

[@Blaster__CA]

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[@miztahmonstur]

LMAO THE FLEX ROLL

[@Mr_S1der]

Guard Nick is my favorite player. If Tycho is not on board, of course :)

[@FrilledNeckDragonUK]

"Dice tell stories and this story is a sad one" xD by that point i was just in stitches man. Too funny! Thanx for such a fun game :)

[@Frozenkoldfury]

I just want to hug David after that sad dice story. I roll like that as well brother, I feel your pain.

[@nathanclegg6717]

The more DA the better! Definitely the best bat reps on KZbin. Keep up the good work!

[@yarrick9372]

Love seeing the Guard in action 🫡

[@stevefelten1197]

It's good to see my Dark Angels getting some representation, Nick. I am sad there was no explosions

[@lorenzoalvarez7254]

David was a fun guest!! great battle!

[@owensmith2995]

I recently played a game in a duos tournament against a guy who had 20 rough riders but kit bashed them to be riding dinosaurs. It was epic

[@tome5198]

Watching your videos have really helped push me into the hobby more! I just started collecting and painting! I can't wait until i finish and get to meet some people and start playing the game!

[@SG-hg2zj]

Nick. Never stop, never stopping. You're a 40k angel in this community

[@jarefox9585]

One of the best 40k in 40min I have ever seen. Hilarious! Fantastic Match.

[@Kirtashtanable]

What an absolute banger of an opening

[@dragonling748]

After that terrible DA turn 4, I counted all the DA rolls and averaged them... Statistical dice will roll an average of 3.5. DA rolled an average of 2.96.Thats outside the 97% confidence interval, which with the number of roles this game was + - 0.21. Taking that into account, there was a less than 0.001% chance of you rolling that bad. Conclusion, your dice are badly weighted.

[@blights5468]

Or the god emperor hates traitors

[@artemeremin]

Wow, thanks for proving what we were all thinking. You're doing Omnissiah's work. Would love to see the formula for your math.

[@dragonling748]

@artemeremin I just manually wrote a tally for all the dice, then fed it into Excel and did a standard distribution

[@alexwembridge5961]

Really liked the phased deployment of this game, have seen it used elsewhere and always struck as a sensible way to avoid total alpha strikes in leiu of alternating activations.

[@Blancmangebeing]

David seems like a very nice guy! Cleary an amazing painter too! Great to see a new face on the channel :)

[@NickSlaten333]

Commander Robin, that got me

[@KurtisK94]

Well done David, brilliant scenario, hope to see you back with another interesting concept.

[@Specter515]

15:14 Looks like Commissar Cain has made it to the tabletop.

[@StarkMaximum]

"Wow, look at Commissar Cain, bravely holding that objective from even the enemy's massive tanks! What a hero!" Meanwhile, cut to Ciaphas Cain's hiding spot, where he's sobbing and praying and pleading he doesn't get noticed in his little corner.

[@Simalacrum]

We used to follow the “don’t say the m-word” tradition back when I played 3rd edition 40k when I was in school - glad to see the tradition is alive and well 20 years later across the pond 😂

[@Slapdab]

Those guard miniatures looked great.

[@twine521]

Who gave these armies the friggin pool noodles to fight with lmao. What crummy rolling in that 2nd half

[@RollzBlunts11]

What a treat! Good game David and Nick!

[@WilmerHilldén]

I would love to see another Adeptus titanicus video just saying

[@karasutenka]

This is a really cool idea for a game set-up. Starting with the combat patrol and then escalating up over the course of the game is a really cool match up.

[@Agent_doofus34]

8:28 he didn’t miss he just caught it ;-;

[@parko246]

The guard should have been getting an extra cp every round

[@Armaggedon185]

The delayed deployment made this game so interesting.

[@TheSoijohn]

yes ! ive been watching and playing mechabellum and wondering how to get that feel in 40k. very cool rules that gives this game a more tactical and quicker turns

[@Mr.Monocle64]

0:20 rip the eradicator bye the tank

[@justagame6546]

Finally dark angels

[@ottovonbearsmark8876]

Those Attilan Rough Riders must've borrowed some equipment from Krieg lol

[@shadowboigamingandstuff6004]

Awesome, this was like an actual war.

[@stephengraves8030]

Can we please see Aeldar v Drukhari next? Heavy in lore, easy grudge match, and all about the speed! 🤪

[@redrat123321]

I heard that discord sound at 09:12

[@goodboyfilmz]

was looking for this comment

[@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299]

David vs Steve, lets goooo! Apocalyptic dice rolling ;p

[@loganchase4371]

This is a phenomenal match

[@bruce9371]

Just a nit pick here: FOB only get sustained while under orders, not just for remaining stationary. Overall good game! Love this channel!

[@codymcintyre6259]

I wish it said what music is playing.

[@Chakfor]

There's usually a playlist at the end of the videos. They do pick some great music for their battle reports.

[@Engitainment]

​@@Chakfor It would help a lot to know Which of those songs was played at what timestamp though

[@YeaItsMeMatt89]

​@@Engitainment Can you provide us the timestamps? 😊

[@Chakfor]

@@Engitainment I used spotify and just went through the list to find the song I was curious about. Might work for you? Not all of them were on there.

[@modelsnstuffreveiws6628]

I remember when they used the old necromunda game trailer music (not hired gun the one before that)

[@repthe21st66]

I didn't know you could CP reroll a Hazardous roll.

[@shrednaught5]

imagine being a guardsman and you die bc u stumbled across something you weren't supposed to see and your Commisar didn't know how to just look the other so you get butchered by space marines from that were on your side

[@funbro99]

Its the dark angels...they gonna butcher you anyway.

[@generalkayel]

Fun scenario idea. Has a Conquest vibe with the staggered reinforcements.

[@David-fh6hf]

The amount of 1's I saw this game was unreal.

[@Lucifer8953-j8x]

31:40 Just Mubin chillin' in the back 😂

[@awztecgaming6635]

the 9:11 discord notification goes crazy

[@MarmadukeRupe]

Feel like that was the most whiffing I've seen in a 40k in 40m in some time. Felt both armies were staring each other down rather than shooting each other up. Superb sportsmanship all round though!

[@RealMomar27]

Who gave David Steve^s dice?

[@mjr8888]

I do agree that sometimes, there is nothing wrong with split firing. But with the way the board was on turn three, Nick shouldnt have split fired so much. If he could have focused enough onto weaker units, he then couldve switched to other units after he wiped out the ones he needed to take out first.

[@Koh-Learn]

🤣"Strike from the sky brothers"... [Chem Cannon turns them to goo]...

[@yehawdoggo964]

I think it would be cool if you did a "tutorial battle" where you do a match in the 40k in 40 minutes but you explain everything you do so it's easier for inexperienced players to keep up and learn.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We do have a How-to-play video and we do play a demo game in there kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHfRhZ6goJVla6c . Some of our games can be a bit slower with more explanation but it is tough to do to get all that explanation from what is a typical 3 hour game into 40 minutes.

[@CharlieALeigh]

39:20 thats the first audible gasp ive given watching this show

[@carterneff6668]

I’m looking into getting a table for the house and I really like the size table they use!

[@andrewcrane5105]

Someone tell him that intercessers have HEAVY and ASSULT please, it's killing me lol

[@TribalGrayFox]

my literal 2 favorite factions in 40K!

[@bitcoinyoda8321]

more narrative games would be cool to see in the future

[@roegenhobby729]

Looks like David tank machine spirit was not so please with him yet the dice tell story.

[@sylviekling508]

what an awesome scenario!

[@oldvacher]

That's the game with the most whiff i've seen... EVER

[@StayFrosty86]

Great games of 40k in 40mins 👍

[@TheHoxar]

Why that Valkirie at 1:39 has a Tau fusion blaster??? I am calling the Inquisition right now!!!

[@profaa927]

Is worried about anti tank power. Didnt bring 6 aggressors with biologis fire discipline :D

[@kuhndog7468]

lol that’s why Nick grew on me he the only one with an estatic voice in comparison to the average guy

[@derianardor]

Never change nick

[@Shadow111085]

I think David needs to buy some new dice....

[@TwitchyMofo]

This guy needs to melt his dice down and get some new ones. Holy crap.

[@toportime]

Split-Fire for Victory Overkill is the Best Kill Focus Fire for Fun Dice tell stories!

[@isrracho3918]

I love Astra militarum

[@David13579]

Nick: it did not miss 8:19 Intercessor: yeah dude it was wild, I dodged and this missile just flew by my face lol

[@MrMusic6336]

Pretty sure Field Ordance doesnt get Sus 1 unless its affected by an order.

[@tolerancegrid8701]

i morn the Dreadnought i morn as a fellow dark angle

[@colingreene9438]

I don't know if Nick did any of the sustained hits from his Castellan and the Kasrkin, which I think should have happened on the meltaguns and the Castellan's plasma pistol.

[@Marlin-er3jp]

You guys should do orks vs votann please it would be so awsome, it would be so cool

[@lilerk1]

Those Eradicators are beautiful. Would love to know where David got the bits for the helmets!

[@cyatos9111]

Man this one was a nail bitter

[@Romir0s]

Tau Fusion blaster on Imperial Valkyrie? That looks like techno heresy!

[@centric3125]

Somewhere a tech priest is screeching binary into a microphone in front of a speaker the size of a space marine, then transmitting the resulting head-exploding feedback into the headset of the pilot.

[@titchiey]

Those cold dice! I could never be on stream, it would sound like a Jerry Springer episode, Shi-Beeeeeep-t!, SH-BEEEEEP-T!

[@marcushaverty2311]

You could always have a membership and already got to peep this awesome new vid 😂

[@martinhodgson1996]

I'm trying to imagine how the Lore would read. If rough riders actually charged Primaris Inceptors. 😂

[@frankwieser478]

Wait wait wait he has half the cadian troops plus kerig? Nick wins because awesome

[@gregoryshinn9805]

Thanks for the video

[@riccardoaccorsi2194]

Hey guys! The imperial guard lose! Never happen before!

[@Happy_Free_Time]

Dark Angels for the win!

[@michaelcoetzee4344]

Bugle Chaaaaarge!!!!

[@elicru3640]

Where did you get those bits for your dark angels? I love the helmets and chains for the swords on those agressors EDIT: Also those shoulder pads look amazing, great game 👍

[@davidmaloney3473]

Grey Tide Studios is where I got most of the STLs. Some of it is also Archie’s Forge. Both are great creators