Space Bears Vs. Tau Sakura - Warhammer 40k Killteam Cinematic Battle Report

[@TabletopTime]

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[@bmoney7909]

This is worth 5$ a month. "Now I'm a f#$k you bear, Dave!" How do ya like that

[@davemonster2]

i love how jazza avoided swearing riiiight until the triple 6 roll xD

[@rayray8731]

Seen some your painting videos, and seen some of the narrators lore videos. I will be watching battle reports from now! This is awesome!

[@Lomhow]

Very happy to see BlackMagicDesign being a sponsor, they're such a good company.

[@robertchmielecki2580]

I am an anti-fan of GW game design (move figures into range and roll dice and see what happens and if you roll sixes you play well) but still appreciate how beautiful and evocative your battle report is. I wish you could do something similar for smarter titles ;) You know, ones where your decisions matter more than how many sixes you and your opponent roll ;)

[@kirksabio2382]

My eyes widened in shock when i heard Uncle baldy doing the intro, it was then and there when i knew this was gonna be good

[@sir_tacothe1st]

Same here

[@robinhood6990]

Literally the same

[@builder969channel6]

"if i had a nickel for every time baldy introduce a battle report i would have two nickels which isn't a lot but its amazing that it happened twice" and also absolutely useless as i live in the UK

[@steelgear3876]

Bro same here as well. His narration is so epic it’s practically soothing

[@therauchcolt6573]

Yep! Hearing Baldermort as narrator and I was chought ;) in the first 10 seconds as well. You guys should make a story with him :D Great thing!

[@euansmith3699]

"We are Space Bears, our primary weapon is patience... and claws! Our primary weapons are patience, and claws... and very, very, very bad puns." The background screen works so well, extending the vista. The terrain, miniatures, and production (especially the OTT deaths) are all top-notch; and the engagement from the players is off the scale.

[@Voirreydirector]

For those too young, this is a reference to a little band of merry men called Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

[@evanlindsey1100]

Nobody expects Space Bears!

[@joeblogg2957]

9:30 Space Marine: "The patient hunter gets the pray" Me, who remembers that line being said by the T'au in Dark Crusade: 👁👄👁

[@Say-Yesh-to-the-Mesh]

This intro is so freaking sick! I'm only like 10 seconds in and I'm already blown away. When I first saw Tabletop Time relaunch, I was really excited to see where it would go, but lately every single video completely smashes my expectations. Congratulations to you all and keep it up!

[@MarcTBG]

Look up baldermort, his is an awesome personality and voice actor/ narrator for wh40k content

[@marcusdire8057]

Agreed!

[@darkonedbc]

Baldermort is awesome he's doing introductions all over the place. He does Distractible podcast too.

[@Matti_Mattsen]

You should look into Baldermorts youtube channel. he does awesome wh40k lore videos

[@evanatlas3621]

One of the best cinematic battle reports ever!

[@omer-mo2ch]

Yeah the cinematic in the start The voice actors Very well made painting!!!👌 And a good game I see great future for you guys Thank you for all the effort 👏👏👏

[@davidstomberg8737]

YEAH THIS IS SO GOOD i think these guys are giving play on some competition with their brs

[@Mr281560]

Watch GFN gaming!. Their Killteam Narrative Campaign is amazing!!

[@evanatlas3621]

@@Mr281560 great suggestion! They put a lot of effort into their work as well!

[@wiser.kinder.calmer.6530]

does anything like this for Lord of the rings exist

[@brandonblack5499]

Baldemort narrating the beginning of this was incredible. I love his channel! Awesome Battle Report!

[@daasbuffy]

In a Grimdark universe the truest evil is Jazza's rolls.

[@MoreLikeDanny]

Idk those puns are pretty evil. Un-bear-able..., without... paws..., sounds pretty evil to me.

[@alexnewton1999]

I feel bad that the marines had the objectively worse kill team for them, assault intercessors just can't compete with the crazy damage output of ranged weapons in the game rn. Can seem really super unfair, and I think this game was a good example of that.

[@GundamReviver]

I'm honestly surprised he doesn't just use the deathwatch rules for them. Bolter check, power weapon (claw) check. Then all he needs is one guy with a plasma gun and another with a heavy bolter/frag launcher. Can slap a shield (stormshields) on the back of one or two of them too, that's what I'm doing anyway.

[@seanmcguire8474]

Not to mention, that the Tau player seemed a tad bit arrogant and cocky

[@DaedStarr]

@@seanmcguire8474 New here, huh? They're super good friends and it's all in good fun.

[@B1ackSwordVids]

Yes! We need more of these Kill Team battle reports! Loved it! Graphics and special effects were fantastic!

[@antongrigoryev6381]

Great battle report. Minis, scenery, art, voicework. Looking forward to more of that. Some corrections: 1. You don't have to select the same Tac Op. You actually select 3 of them - take 6 of the same type, draw two, select one, and do it 3 times. 2. Aimed Pulse Valley works only if the Fire Warrior didn't move before shooting. 3. I'm not sure whether you resolved the melee fight correctly since you didn't show it. From what is seen from editing and commentary, you do it by "who rolls more, wins, and deals damage for extra dice", which isn't correct. Instead, each fighter, starting from the attacker, in turn picks one hit and either strikes with it or parries, discarding one of the enemy's dice (crits are only parried with crits). It can lead to a number of interesting situations, even someone who rolled fewer dice can win the fight before the enemy can resolve all his hits. If it's something you already were doing - I would suggest showing it on camera, it's a big part of the game.

[@noahreiniger4955]

It's so hard to understand this game. So many different rules. One thing I'm noticing too is there is a couple measurements that are being doubled/tripled. Breach and Clear I believe is only in effect at 3" and you one break cover on the stealth Suits at 2". I think what happened is you multiplied the shape by the inch value. Making it squared the distance it's supposed to be. Which isn't correct.

[@Mr281560]

Thank you!. I was wondering what one earth they were doing during that melee combat?!

[@YuriKurokhtin]

i will add one more 14:00 crit cannot be blocked for cover since it says that only a normal save can be blocked. and i don't know how they exactly played but stealth suits have keyword fly and ignore vertical distance

[@antongrigoryev6381]

@@YuriKurokhtin You can block a crit with two normal successes, which can include success from cover, that what they did.

[@Al3xtheMeh]

To celebrate buying my first 3D printer, I bought your Space Bears conversion pieces! It took a bit of tweaking in my settings, but they came out really well! I don't actually play the tabletop, but I'm so excited to paint my own custom Space Bears. The way you designed them is almost exactly what I wanted from my own custom Space Marines.

[@nova_wr2305]

“Baldemort doing voiceovers? Oh this is gunna get good” - me before i just watched the best batrep i’ve watched in a while

[@jasonyang2101]

I just had my first game of Kill Team. I did a Jazza and deployed my Melee Space Marines in the open, two were injured including my Sergeant and one died before he got to do anything. Unlike Jazza, it was 6VP against 7VP loss, a 1VP loss instead of a 3VP. Sure all of them died seizing objectives but at least they were sacrificed with honour and didn’t cower and hide.

[@YoungAdventurersGuild]

I enjoyed the way this was presented. I'd love to see a series like this in the context of a greater storyline.

[@EverydayNormieMadafacka]

Yea I’m looking for something like this. Maybe some sort of megacampaign with dozens of players rp rebellion on some planet or smt

[@skylersparks4794]

Our humble servant, Baldermort made me so hype for this.

[@Miniaturegeek]

Loved this battle report. You are giving 40k in 40 Minutes a run for their money. Short and Sweet with lots of production value.

[@Vesdus]

I LOVE BALDERMORT'S VOICE! I recognized him right away!

[@forgefartherloki6585]

I was expecting big things from this duel and I was still utterly blown away by all of it and the famous voices from the community

[@erikbraun473]

The production value of this was absolutely incredible! Was fun to watch despite the fairly unbalanced teams. Hopefully there will be more of these to come. amazing job!

[@originalusernameoftheyear6500]

This was an awesome video with great production quality, and clearly a lot of effort went into making this video for us the viewers. Just one thing to note, clarifying something for anyone interested in playing kill team, at 12:55 when Dave uses 'breach and clear' he specifies that his Tau can re-roll a dice and ignore cover while within 9-inches of the target when it should be 3 inches. Probably why he wiped the floor with Jazza's space bears.

[@ClarissaMeyer]

The bear puns! The special effects turned out even better than I had expected from the behind the scenes video. Loved the story.

[@jessejewell8931]

This was the greatest war hammer depiction I’ve ever seen. Whoever did the writing and editing for this is amazing! You just earned a new fan. 🤩

[@danielguy9370]

I love the intro, and the speech text bars with images and voices! It makes the story much more engaging than just a basic kill team game of them explaining tactics and what their doing, the cinematics really help immerse into the world, and the fight at hand!

[@ghitapaints91]

That Snowball NO - is what I needed in life!

[@atlas6538]

The monitor adding the background is such a nice touch

[@antekrslovic8970]

I just recently got back into WH40K after a 25 year hiatus. Killteam Octarius dragged me back in. I gotta say I've tried watching battle report and didn't enjoy them until watching you guys. Really enjoyed it. I'm no financial advisor and this isn't financial advise but I'd definitely watch another battle report. Great work guys 🤘😁🤘

[@nathanmilem3379]

Damn this was good Baldemort narrating the opening,the amazing bolter sound effects,the Voice acting,amazing voice acting,beautiful models, and so much more damn y’all did a very good job

[@hallygreenb]

I occasionally come back to Jazza to see what he’s doing, and I’ve been loving tabletop time. However, when I heard they were going to start doing battle reports, I did roll my eyes. So many channels doing so many, and almost none of them try anything new with the concept. I was so wrong. This was not only one of the most entertaining battle reports I’ve seen, but it feels new and fresh, and there’s a new passion that is going to change the genre moving forward. I’ve never seen a battle report that made me more excited to see individual models, because were able to hear their dialogue and establish relationships with them. There was also a super cool setup-reminder-payoff with the Tyranid reveal. It was also obviously beautiful. I can’t speak to the quality of gameplay, but I honestly don’t think it matters. Amazing job and I’m excited for my Sakura hoodie to come in the mail!

[@jaspriest1997]

The beginning sounded like a fantastic David Attenborough documentary 😂. Doug is precious. The sass, the explanations, the board, the SFX, just well done lads 👏👏

[@CyberJellos]

Was not expecting baldermort. He is definitely the king of 40k lore narration.

[@Whattwa]

This is a cool concept for a series. Playing to your strengths with art and tabletop gaming. This series played across multiple game types could be super sick

[@theravenkingsix2835]

30:41 **cleans throat** Continuing to happy bear noises 32:27 more bear noises

[@danlynch3885]

I can't express how much I enjoyed this. Simple format but high production value without being really flashy and over the top. Good balance between humour and grim dark. Genuinely one of the best battle reports I've ever watched.

[@kryzkalo2615]

This batrep and the productionvalue are on a stunning level. Keep it up!

[@ElCombusto]

This is how battle reports should be done. A battle report i can watch in a half hour! The excessive bear puns got me good, and i like how Dave’s characters all were named

[@pedrobastos8132]

You got my attention with the Baldemort intro, and your Battle Report was just so fun to watch! Good editing is what makes or breaks a BR, and you just nailed! Can't wait for more

[@trixynetex9692]

I love the narrative cutaways! Such a great presentation style! Can't wait for more

[@RosebushHere]

Holly Hell ... There's one particular line I adore and I find completely and amazingly fitting with the Tau lore ... "The greater good taught us there's no angel, I am not afraid of you astartes" For humans, lowly humans like us, to be able to reconsider your view on an Astartes and tell him he's no Angel, then that you don;t fear him... Is a reminder that these Astartes were once humans, like he is. D\mn even chaos Zealots are afraid of Chaos SM :D

[@Fatecalling55]

This was amazing. I was enterained the entire time. Space Bears is such an awesome concept!

[@the.Ivory.canvas]

I’ve been so freaking excited for this!!! Keep up the good work! You inspire us all!

[@cloudsmith8220]

How has this not received more views!? This is a fantastic Battle Report for kill team, the production is insane!

[@ryandavis4936]

This was one of the coolest and nerdiest things i have ever seen. I would LOVE to play a fire emblem style trpg with these factions and the art and voice acting from the video. insane production, probobly the first battle report ive ever actually finished

[@Tellemicus]

MORE!! I wanna see MORE of these Space Bears! Given how much time, effort, and footage you've put into making them, to only use them in this ONE GAME would be criminally neglectful of you!

[@daedalus6796]

This video hasn't helped my headcanon that all space bears are just dads who love bad jokes

[@thisguii469]

I respect the production and the voice acting giving the characters on the board personality and it makes this video better then a ton of other channels

[@TheShmileyDawg]

I love all of this; the custom board, the fluff on each model and faction, the art and voiceover work, the TV screen with a windy ice storm background... well done guys!

[@authoritykindbeggardynamic]

I don't remember when I last have, or if I even have, seen a battle report with such good production. Having voice lines for the characters and kill shots is so freaking cool, espcially as it is Kill Team, a smaller and more character focused game. This, with the fact that its two armies you have build on the channel on top of everything else, makes this so cool. I really want to see more like, and knowing it can, and maybe will, be used in a character focused, voiced, battle report like this, makes me super excited for future conversions or kit builds from either army, or even any army for that matter. Extremely engaging, keep it up!

[@Beedji]

30:28 That whole section was comedy GOLD More of this please

[@nicklasbrandes9118]

You got fricken Baldemort?! Damn this will be good

[@PrimeAesthetic]

I absolutely love the little cinematic bits between each attack and the banter between each side. Great Battle Report! The Pure savagery when the space bears attack is freaken hilarious.

[@WHSminiatures]

For sure the BEST kill team battle report I’ve seen

[@evanatlas3621]

AH IT’S TIME! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!

[@antcas9184]

Baldermort narrating the beginning was such an epic way to get everyone pulled in. The battle report as a whole was fantastic. Jazz losing his marbles on the roles were gold lol. Dave doing a great job with his tactics and guidance in the game. just pure pure gold. can't wait for more battle reports. One hopeful suggestion..... bring Wolf Lord Rho in for some voice over work on one of these battle reports!

[@The_Watchful_Scribe]

I like the Tau, mostly because they remind me of the Covenant from halo. Which is just childhood nostalgia

[@crimsonlunar6681]

I Love Both the Space Bears and the Tau Sakura Models and the Game play. I hope to see more soon. Also Really Love the Story mission and Art work you guys did too.

[@ratz30]

This was amazing! The story elements, voice acting and artwork add SO much

[@bettsdn]

So... great battle report. High production value. Very entertaining. Etc. Etc. But that was without a doubt the very best product ad I have ever seen on KZbin.

[@cezarycichoniec4356]

I would love to watch more of these, the little voiceovers for the characters are awesome.

[@robparfrey642]

Literally perfect! I cant think of any other group of people who I would rather watch play Battle Reports. hope to see the next and many after!!

[@dillonw3200]

I love that the Space Bears were a lil more sleepy in the tactics in the winter board like hibernation, and when you play on spring/summer boards you can develop more aggressive tactics!

[@yellheahtris]

oh my GOD there is SO much in this!!!! The different character art, the animations, the VO work, the effects, good LORD this was incredible to watch! Plus having watched the RP beforehand added that much more!! Poor little Ace, man!! This was stunning, and I can't wait for the eventual continuation!

[@spikewilson6539]

this might be one of the best battle report formats i've seen, and i've seen a lot as i have way too much time on my hands... more please.

[@johncloud3823]

Hello Baldemort! A pleasure to hear thy narration once again!

[@senti5468]

So much effort for the table and minis and then the camera is all about the players.

[@nathan40281]

Yo this was sick, the added effects of shots being fired, people blowing up and the mid battle convos made it super immersive, makes me wanna come back for the next one. Nice one guys

[@tommyswarvideo]

Great terrain, two fantastic Kill Teams, fabulous production. 10/10. Outstanding job guys!

[@Watcher-in-the-Dark]

This was insanely fun! I don't watch Kill Team reports but now I think I will. This was really exciting and badass. Amazing intro by Baldemort, amazing cinematics and voice acting, amazing players making it fun and exciting. Absolutely brilliant!

[@TheRaptorian]

Boldemort is a king of narration! Shout out for the voice that makes everything sound all the more epic!

[@cebastianlane2828]

1st time viewer of the Chanel. Very impressed to say the least. Absolutely love the narrative dialog especially the space bear incoherent growls. I will be back for more even if it doesn't feature tau, which is saying something because I almost exclusively consume tau content. Great work, keep it up.

[@JuniperBlue39]

Absolutely amazing stuff! Looked great and as someone who has never actually played kill team I was able to follow along with what was going on, unlike just about every other battle report I’ve seen

[@rham5817]

Something about the "As the two forces emerge their conflicting ideals make conflict inevitable." Sounded JUST like a nature documentary. Great stuff! Looking forward to more! Absolutely tragic how the bears performed though, crits op. Still closer than I thought, the final charge was nice. All the models look so damned good though, great content.

[@collegeoffoliage6776]

This is def the highest production KT battle report on youtube, I want more of this!!!

[@thelittleemo1]

what a fantastic video! There are some thing I see in the more higher produced battle review videos but you went about w/ certain elements such as the little "cutscenes". What a fun, surprising video!

[@MarcTBG]

Look up baldermort if you want stories far better than that great albeit short intro. He is an awesome personality and voice actor/ narrator for wh40k content. His stories an narratives are God tier, and not ruinous God either.

[@belrog905]

I'd love an updated battle with a newer Intercession Squad Bears!

[@tillist1]

every time a tau died, I died laughing at the voice over of space bear growl. loved it man.

[@calebw2837]

Both armies are really well done! This is by far one of the BEST bat reps I've seen in while! Thanks Gents! Keep it up!

[@bloodzyAU]

The realisation of no turn 5 was unBEARable.... awesome content team, more of this campaign please!

[@HotelCharliHill]

Love the tv in the background! Brilliant!

[@jimmiddletonnixa]

Would love to see a rematch with Bear-y sneaking Moroch Phobos strike team vs Chalnath tau pathfinder

[@dwanounou01]

I love how well Sakura Sept handled the whole game. He even has the samurai man bun to show for it.

[@mattaffenit9898]

Things I really want to watch always seem to drop right when I'm trying to sleep. Also, Baldy intro. Noice.

[@Dasvolge]

Ohhh the effects are simple yet effective! The laser the close ups! This is how battle reports stay interesting!

[@True_black_swordsman]

Wow Great battle and i like that you put story and scenes between the fights . You guys have earned my subscription to your channel with your sword!!!!

[@jossypoo]

My god. The blood splats match the plane and are rotoscoped around the terrain. Just absolutely GORGEOUS.

[@Cornelius429]

The banter was fantastic, this video was amazing and I look forward to more.

[@grinningdragondren]

Need more of this. You guys did a fantastic job and love the minis. Hope to see more soon.

[@gameswithtoasty3246]

Excellent report. Looked amazing. The banter was amazing. The rage in T4 was perfect. The puns were unBEARably PAWsome.

[@BrushpointJ]

This was SOOOO good! The editing was great, and I think Kill Team is the best way to do frequent batreps at this higher level. It also can lead to cooler videos for prepping- customizing and paitning a Kill Team of units is way faster and, imo, more enjoyable to watch than doing that for an army of 40k proper.

[@mixingbowl5681]

im really enjoying this type of battlereport! not super long, and the interview like segments are fun and the cinematic parts are just a chefs kiss looking forawrd to more battle reports already!

[@EduardoGarcia-tj2bt]

This is definitely the best Battle Report I've ever seen There's nothing like it out there I'm already sending this to everyone I know Hats off to you guys

[@theviewerofthegolden270]

I usually don't even like battle reports but this was so extremely well made, I loved it!

[@incognitiously]

Love, love, love this! I hope to see more cinematic battle reports in future!

[@ahoyturtle]

This was amazing, and the cinematic battle reports were top-notch! A joy to view!

[@Robot-Pirate-Cowboy]

Jazza: What? WHAT!? NOOO! *[BLEEP]* you, Dave. WHAT the *[BLEEP]* is that! What the *[BLEEP]* is THAT! That's *[BLEEPED]* ... this is _my_ turn. You don't do that to _me_ on _my_ turn. I _charged_ you. *[BLEEP]* you. *[BLEEP]* you and your *[BLEEPING]* melty guns, you *[BLEEPING]* wimpy Tau baby *[BLEEP]*

[@SonoVAo]

Got some Dawn of War Dark Crusade vibes from those jabs and dises the commanders did.

[@shadowofhawk55]

I know right? "Do you really care for your men so little?" "And you care about yours?"

[@Harry-cj3yu]

One of the most fun battle reports I've ever watched seriously looking forward to more like this. UP THE SPACE BEARS!!!!

[@Thornsworks]

MY LOINS ARE READY!!! Holy cow look at that backdrop and board! Edit: Just finished the battle report, holy crap that was absolutely awesome to watch! Would absolutely love a kill team series with narrative aspects like this. Amazing work guys!

[@kingcoltrain357]

Great video thanks so much! Just a note wahapedia puts the inches value inside the shape so when you were playing rules that had a 2 inside a circle (or the other shapes and their corresponding distances) it is just 2 inches rather than 4, it would be 4 inches if there was a 2 next to the circle (with a 2 inside it to show circle means 2 inches)