Kill Team in 30! DeathWatch vs Genestealers Warhammer 40k Battle Report

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Congrats Craig Warren on winning the Army painter prize. Thanks for everyone that participated! Sooooo many comments.

[@williambryant6175]

LoV require speed paints!

[@patsutherland6853]

Just started my chaos space marines and ork armies so new paints would be great if I do get it

[@Jacob-hc5re]

Can notwait for the next killteam episode.

[@jamesharrelson4172]

Give it to idiotic synergy please He's had the best comments on your channel consistently

[@mariojorge68]

I have a single army painter paint, that I bought in Spain because I wanted to test how a cape would look in deep blue. It was such a good little paint that I can't wait to get some more! Fingers crossed for a win : >

[@warbossbenny6877]

I wish kill team challenger was a regular series again. Just for this new edition for KT

[@samsnead7414]

I'd put a team on the line

[@hunberyt4988]

Same

[@creon3866]

Me too. The glory of that series has been lost. Selling out to army painter for prizes would be okay if they did that aswell as challenger. None of them need the prizes so they don’t care.

[@andrewheile1572]

I enjoyed Challenger also. Sponsors are gonna sponsor though, and glad to be getting KT again!

[@Randicore]

I would prefer them to keep it with first ed. They can have both. And I feel first ed fits the theme better. Winning a custom kill team? Nice! Winning yet another squad of intercessors? Rather dull. Plus the piles of different units make it more interesting.

[@ripdot1904]

Loved the video! Couple of rules things: 7:16 The winner of the initiative roll gets to decide who goes first, as opposed to being required to go first like in bighammer. Also, it didn't come up here but viewers should know, in the event of a tie in the first initiative phase, the Attacker gets it. 9:39 The Scrap Pile and Ramshackle Barricade are light cover, so they do not provide obscuring. There are at least two genestealers that are more than an inch away from cover, so they are eligible targets for shooting if Steve wants to. 12:19 Re-rolling 1s is Ceaseless rather than relentless, which is only worth pointing out because relentless is a different weapon keyword that lets you reroll all your dice. They played the rule correctly though, so it's definitely a pedantic complaint. 16:02 Retaining dice as a save happens before you roll them, rather than after. 28:47 It costs 2" of movement to travel over traversable terrain, so that Genestealer should not have been able to make that charge. While Genestealers do all have a free dash action, you cannot dash and charge within the same activation. 29:06 Couple of things here: 1. Dice roll on graphic (5,4,2,1,1) does not match what Rebecca rolled on screen (4,3,3,2,1) 2. Rebecca rolled 3 hits on screen, not 2 3. Rebecca can re-roll all of her hits if that genestealer has the double rending claws, or re-roll one of her dice if it has the scything talons 4. a roll of 5 is not a crit with any of the genestealer weapon profiles 5. If she did roll a crit, then the rending special rule would have turned one of those normal hits into a crit as well 6. If she rolled a crit, she also would have hit for one extra damage because of Feed, so that would have been 6 damage minimum 32:45 You cannot use "Only in Death Does Duty End" to make a fight action, that was stated in an FAQ after the initial release of the game. You originally could, but it caused problems visavis enemies punching a model that didn't have any Wounds remaining. Steve could have just fallen back and shot though. 33:46 You do not need to be engaged in order to fight, so Rebecca could have switched the order to conceal on that Genestealer. There are a couple of other things, but they've already been pointed out by other people so they don't need to be mentioned again. If you don't mind me asking, is there any way to proactively help you guys with rules stuff while the remaining videos are being worked on? Just so that you don't have to deal with reading through rules complaints again.

[@David-ky4vu]

Its great reading write ups like this, I have only played a couple games of KT and reading this helps me know im on track, your point for 33:46 is great I have never thought of that. Any way thank you

[@ripdot1904]

@@David-ky4vu Happy to help! KT is about as finicky as regular 40K is, so I sympathize with anyone who's having trouble untangling all the different rules

[@codycenters3391]

was about to write most of this as a kill team player but you nailed everything I saw (and more.) I did want to add at 16:02 she also had to success which can block a crit instead of 1 normal. she blocked a single normal attack and discarded her other saving dice which made her take 4 dmg instead of 3. hopefully they can improve over the next few videos because I love watching the content, especially kill team, but there was a lot of misplays which was a bit distracting.

[@wyattpatton1180]

(Furiously writing notes) I want to play KT with my brothers for fun and because they don't want to spend a lot for a whole army when they won't be able to play for the longer amounts of time bighammer takes. Thank you to you all!

[@a1kalin3]

I came here to comment on the retain dice thing

[@IdioticSynergy]

Tonite on POT Gear, Steve joins deathwatch for a change of pace, Rebecca steals jeans for the genestealers and JT downs a pint of nuln oil because its the only way of becoming more powerful

[@henryclem2487]

Looks like someone is waiting for Steve to play white scars

[@warmasterraven1447]

And on that bombshell, back to the studio!

[@spawnsos4811]

I was kinda hoping they would use the new set since I havnt seen much of it yet and havnt had the money to get it.

[@tiberiumnp8030]

Cringe.

[@IdioticSynergy]

@@tiberiumnp8030 no u

[@khalozbatsi]

I really love how Kill Team is getting the attention it deserves.

[@TheRainfield]

I agree its just sad to see rules being played from almost 4 months ago. it portays an unbalanced feeling if the people who watch it arent already familiar with the game.

[@khalozbatsi]

@@TheRainfield How it is different from the current rules?

[@TrippyTheShroom]

I second this, whats changed?

[@Michael-wn3rh]

I assume the OP mainly meant two things: 1. Intercessor KT release 2. Vantage point changes Typing this before I've finished the video, mind you, so maybe vantage points don't even come up.

[@legoman1800]

Steve: "The steaks have never been higher." Cow on a cliff: "Help."

[@Final789X]

"Why are you rolling so well?" Steve's genuine surprise with his "I dont know, actually" is magnificent 😂

[@BSU3000]

It's always a hoot to see Chaos Marine Steve playing.

[@stephendegroot3399]

We need more of Rebecca, her energy was great.

[@357Dejavu]

I agree 100%, this was a fun one to watch!

[@the_guitarcade]

Rebecca's ability to stick to her game plan and keep scoring points while the slaves of the corpse emperor picked her army off so brutally was quite impressive for a new player.

[@iandestroyerofworlds576]

People usually want to their models to live. Then there are people that know how to win.

[@battlebrotherstabletop]

Really cool to see Kill Team back on the channel, guys! Steve, the new Intercession Kill Team rocks and you’re going to love them.

[@JesusLopez-wl6jk]

Watching this channel has convinced me to get into 40k can’t wait to start painting my first models!

[@BarcelPL]

Even if you used the Compendium Intercessors, you forgot Balance Dataslate, that adds 1 extra model to all Compendium Space Marine Kill Teams (except Scouts and Tactical Marines). Steve shoul have 6 Intercessors :)

[@r_4_k-drone4321]

It balances out, since Steve is shooting at least few times at concealed, behind the cover, GS. And Rebeca not retaining extra saves she could be..

[@Befferson]

@@r_4_k-drone4321 yeah rules mistakes all over in this

[@antongrigoryev6381]

@@r_4_k-drone4321 I don't think Steve ever shot a Concealed Genestealer incorrectly. Maybe the moment at 17:20, but with that positioning it very well might've been that Cover Lines do around the scrap pile.

[@mariojorge68]

Deathwatch has endless possibilites as far as stories go. Their job as xeno-hunters but also shadowy manipulators given their relationship with Inquisitors is one of my favorite space marine bits of lore in the setting.

[@Quippant]

Super happy to see more Kill Team on the channel. Can't wait to see how the series develops! :)

[@tackyattack]

Play On Tabletop is truly awesome, fast games with good editing and music. Perfectly honest, it got me into the tabletop.

[@dekkilurre7952]

Quite recently found back to WH after many years and thats all because of you guys! Started looking at all "40k in 40min" and fell in love! And now all this kill team content...wow! ❤️

[@JusNoBS420]

Same lol

[@mattyheman]

Thank you. You guys helped me remember how much fun the game is and now I get to share it with my kids.

[@justmyopinion98]

This channel is really getting me in the mood to start painting again after like 10 years away from 40k

[@RepublicOfUs]

Ah, yes, Dave: the most loyal of Space Marines.

[@Zilong17]

I saw "Genestealers' and was hoping it was the Wyrmblade team, but seeing more KT is good all by itself. Really hope to see more!

[@ShadowRecloned]

Loving the Killteam series. You guys are really good at breaking down how the rules work, so it's a great learning experience! Only started painting earlier this year and almost have the full terrain set of Octarius painted up, so me and my buddy are planning to play our first Killteam game this month!

[@helix.01]

Been enjoying the KT content, hope to see more teams on the channel!

[@GundamReviver]

Loving the kill team content, looking forward to much more of it!

[@pascalr.9836]

Die Killteam Miniserie ist absolut fantastisch. Die Erklärungen wie das Spiel funktioniert und diese Emotionen reissen mich jedesmal mit :) Wirklich toll gemacht.

[@ByEmberAndAsh]

Great to see a new face in the studio! I hope we get to see more of Rebecca's hobby journey :)

[@CrossyNZ]

The editing on this series is so over the top it's right back into awesome again.

[@kitoushi66]

Im so sad the Kommandos we bumped in the first episode but Im happy to see other Xenos fireteams being featured.

[@loganjames3609]

Great game! Love the kill team games. It's my favorite series to watch on KZbin. So excited to see more of it!

[@stephanieallison8891]

We need more of Rebecca on Play On her energy is amazing. Her army is amazing!

[@andrewbakescakes9684]

Pro Tip: Naming your genestealers with more dangerous sounding names helps their rolls be more successful. I recommend deploying a "Gilbert" next time for maximum carnage.

[@mokzilla9330]

Hell yeah, more Kill Team please! :D

[@brianhall4182]

I always enjoy your short, edited videos. 30-40 minutes to watch a game is way nicer than watching an entire 3 hour video.

[@thatnerd_matt]

Rebecca was gene-stealing my heart by the end of this - love the friendship you two have! Still the year of Steve though ;)

[@CthuluSpecialK]

Not only do I love the content showcasing great Miniatures gameplay, I love how well the POT team reflects on us Canadians: good friends, friendly competition, creative entrepreneurs, and all round great people. Can't get enough of your content, really makes me wanna finish my Ork Boyz army.

[@knightofcaliban146]

This is quite the iconic matchup. Great job as always, Playon!

[@ZeoFoxL]

I've just recently gotten into Kill Team as a starting point for 40k (used to play back in 4th edition for a while). I'm loving it so far, and it's letting me test out the feel of different armies without going all in on buying a full list.

[@SoulCrusherEx]

I love the kill Team series hope to see more of this in the future !!

[@tomwhite2875]

Thank you, thank you, thank you amazing PlayOn team! I started a warhammer club at the primary school I teach at and we are starting to learn kill team this term. We watch your battle reports at lunch time and all 12 students are very excited that you have been making kill team videos! They love how easy you guys make it to understand the hobby even for beginners. Keep on making amazing content. Happy hobbying from the land down under!

[@phillipfry3930]

Its great seeing you guys playing such a variety of games with a multitude of opponents. You really exemplify what the hobby should be

[@thedeaded]

Recently got into Kill Team and actually ended up in 4th place at a tournament last weekend. LOVE that you guys are doing this too. Keep it up! :D

[@BB-pn2qv]

Absolutely loving this series, please keep doing more of these. I enjoy this game so much more than full 40k, much more tactical I feel.

[@chrism4919]

Rebecca: How are you rolling so good? Steve: (Bewildered look) Honestly I have no idea. 😂, glad you got some good dice rolls in Steve!

[@JusNoBS420]

Nice paint jobs!! Especially the Gene🧬 stealers. The colors pop and look great on screen. 👏 👏 I really appreciate the hours of editing and work POT puts into every video!The polished final product never disappoints 😊

[@TheBigYarg]

beautiful miniatures, fantastic players and amazing editing! love what you guys do

[@EmoGamerMonkey]

This channel got me back into the hobby after a very long hiatus. I love kill team and actually went into my local GW to play it for the first time and WON!! Such a great game dynamic with missions etc. Thanks play on love all the videos

[@TakaEvil22]

I’m a big fan of these Killteam reports! I look forward to more!

[@glrasshopper]

It's always great to see new people at the game table. The new player combos bring an energy to the channel that other don't have.

[@arranferguson8865]

The old intercessor team also had 6 models it was updated in a faq

[@thomasalbion1834]

Rebecca's enthusiasm is really infectious, really enjoyed this match!

[@SheFwSoprano]

I personally belive, we could acheive peace in Warhammer if we changed war to peace. We could call it peacehammer

[@seans8479]

"Table top gamings bad boy, Space Marine Steve." Fuck I hope that sticks.

[@B3457LY]

Love you folks featuring Kill Team! Not sure if it was mentioned but a slight tweak on what was mentioned regarding how fight actions work - it's not the model that CHARGED that gets to spend their dice first, it's the model that PERFORMED THE FIGHT ACTION. Small distinction but a pretty important one!

[@feagansful]

I haven't played 40K since around 2007 and this channel has motived me to start the process of getting back into this hobby! I am actually really excited about the kill team play style!

[@ConfusCat]

In the 41 millennium, the deathwatch decides to not kill xenos on a large scale and to just kill a few. For some reason. Not very imperial.

[@DragonsShadow]

Thanks for all the great videos! The quality of these are insane and it is fun seeing how the new kill team is played. I look forward to watching the rest of the series once they release.

[@georgestoebig105]

I love how you guys painted the symbols on the movement stuff, amazing video!

[@awfulfalafel2613]

Great paint and modelling jobs on both sides. I love the Marine bodying a Nid and the Genestealer descending down part of a building.

[@roryodriscoll1371]

I’ve never seen nids in kill team before! They’re such creepy little dudes - I somehow find them MORE creepy attacking in a small group than a massive tide in a full 40K game!

[@luisdoyer3260]

Kill team is so much fun to watch!

[@DCUATL]

I'm loving the kill team bat reps, and the slow walkthrough of the rules. More please!

[@spice6828]

Genestealers are horrifying in this edition! I'm really happy to see more Kill Team content again!

[@letsdoit7338]

Great game! I always enjoy the high level of editing that goes into these vids, if nothing else this is why I've been watching since the beginning!

[@Xerxekyran]

Really cool video as always! Your visuals, the cut and narrative nail it for me. Also love bringing "noobies" into the game as I can relate with this quite good *g*

[@colinwilson5133]

I am looking to lure a pal of mine into Kill Team in order to get them a foot in the door to 40k, and these kind of videos are great to demonstrate the concept of the game! Love your stuff as always, and man the Deathwatch always is a treat to see on your table!

[@Lilantwon12]

Love these videos. It's very hard to make games of Warhammer (Kill team or otherwise) palatable in one sitting! The Play on team does a great job every time of this! Thank you for the videos!

[@elrosamandil0]

Love the channel! You guys honestly inspired me to pick up my first starter kit and officially take the dive into the hobby! Keep up the great work!

[@sharkie3872]

Love the melee graphic. Very clean and super easy to follow. Keep killing it with the effects guys you all rock!

[@finnread8720]

I love Kill Team and I'm so pleased that my favourite channel is bringing Kill Team back to the forefront of warhammer on youtube

[@MRZombikiller1]

As someone who is trying to get into the hobby i love these videos as i can learn about the different kind of games Warhammer has to offer.

[@phenomonox]

I have been watching Warhammer videos for the past few years off and on. Never buying in. Lately I have found your channel, and I actually found some friends to buy in with. I'm honestly so hyped, and watching these videos as my stuff comes in....makes me so excited for my first core book to arrive tomorrow. Also I have loved painting long before ever playing. Time to paint!

[@Quan511]

1:57 Nice detail with the dead Tyranide under the space marine. One can only dream, untill they come sprawling :)

[@S1RVicTOR]

I adore the formatting around Killteam. Makes me motivated to play for sure! Thanks guys

[@nicolasmatthysen7267]

Started playing kill team after watching you guys, got my kommandos collecting weak 'umie scalps every week now. Waaagh!

[@TheMrsamicus]

Great video as always. Deathwatch is my original Space Marine army and it's always cool to see them on the table!

[@deanstreet1367]

Great match you two! Looking forward to building my own Tyranid killteam (and army eventually). Looking forward to more episodes!

[@NoonCall]

Play on tabletop defiently got me interested into this hobby but Tau nick really hooked me in with his energy and love for tau. Now i watch this channel every day to learn and see the new factions! and new players come onto the channel!

[@michaelbetts6278]

I'm so glad you're playing Kill Team. It's been a long time coming. It's super helpful so thank you :)

[@theconcernedturtle17]

I’m glad you guys are so chill about the rule corrections, definitely think those offering the corrections are doing from a place of support. Hoping if you do another season, there’ll be enough of the gallowdark terrain for you guys to play through it

[@Spoonergasm]

Rebecca has a really awesome attitude, should bring her back for more. And legitimately, those speed paints are really sweet for new mini painters. I use them for my DnD minis when I have to get them to the session really super last minute. 3d print overnight, quick assembly when they're done, then hit them with speed paints plus a dry brush of a cream colour all over and they look incredibly decent.

[@greggillespie8259]

Why must Steve break my heart and ignore the Deathwatch’s bread and butter like this? He keeps it up I’m building these guys a proper Deathwatch veteran killteam and god damn it they’re gonna like it 😂😂

[@StormDunakin]

Almost done painting my first kill team. Went for an artic type camo for my Veteran Guardsmen. These videos get me really hyped to play for the first time!! I cant wait!

[@leilacoffing941]

So happy to see y'all playing Kill Team. It's a great game and I was sad Play On hadn't come into the new edition. A couple rules notes: A Marine in Only in Death Does Duty End zombie-mode cannot fight (combat ends whenever a model has no wounds remaining) and Rebecca's leader didn't need to be on Engage at the end (Charging requires being engaged, but if you are already in engagement, you can fight on Conceal). This is a great series, and I hope you keep playing the new edition!

[@joshsmedley6156]

After getting back into 40k after 20 years, I started with army painter paints and they have worked awesome! Still thinking about getting into kill team! Love the video! PlayOnRocks

[@Greenheadian]

I love this KT series! Superb match coverage and KT just so happens to be my first foray back into 40k since 3rd edition!

[@MrThatpersonthatguy]

Funny coincidence, I just so happen to be reading a short story about the Octarius deathwatch engagement in the DW omnibus. Love it so far, and this video is right on time!

[@Micr0chasm]

I’ve been wanting to get back to warhammer after something like 20 years, maybe killteamm is good way to do it. Great video, seemed like a lot of fun!

[@DERADI30]

Always glad to see more KT content. I feel like that system is a lot easier to digest, especially when you don't know all the rules and models. It would have been nice to see the deployment zones. I think the marine deployment was a big factor in the outcome, because they took to long to spread out to, and defend the different objectives, but I'm not sure how they were allowed to deploy in the first place.

[@TheFallath]

It’s serendipitous that you guys are starting kill team as I’m starting kill team! I love the short, fluid format and how I still get to scratch the warhammer itch without having to spend three or four hours at it haha. I hope you guys have an awesome time with your kill team experience and I can’t wait to see how the tournament comes out!

[@mr.organa7154]

I am super duper happy to see more Kill Team on the channel! It is also helping me learn the rules as I got my son his first 40K models as a Kill Team set for Christmas! I hope to play our first game together that night!

[@ember379]

Happy to see killteam on the channel! Really enjoying it right now and it might be the first step of getting into big boi 40k.

[@AmigoAzul]

This is by far my favorite 40k content! Thank you guys

[@spencer7126]

Loving the Kill Team content. Brand new to the whole Warhammer game universe and loved your 40k in 40 minutes format. So happy to see the same for Kill Team since that's the one I think I'm going to start with. Keep up the awesome content!

[@jamesuhlemeyer9457]

Love this series you guys, keep it up! The kill team videos add a bit of spice and variety to the usual 40k. Best of luck Space Marine Steve!

[@feudalfortyk]

Was a fan of the old kill team, love to see it getting the attention from you guys! Makes me seriously consider getting back into it now

[@bobnish1]

This is awesome, hope to see more of Kill Team on the channel! Also. Bob the Builder requires the two starter boxes of Army Painter Supplies to continue building his army.

[@finnmerrick3411]

I really like kill team and seeing one of my favorite channels play it is a dream! Keep it up guys!

[@antongrigoryev6381]

Great video as always! And some more rules corrections: 1. When rolling off for Initiative, the winner actually gets to choose who has the Initiative, they don't gain it automatically. 2. Only Heavy terrain is Obscuring. On his first activation, Steve totally could've shot those Genestealers that were further from the Cover. Unless you decided that those terrain pieces are Heavy (players assign terrain traits as they see appropriate), but it's not what they are by the book. 3. I see you're blocking a lot with marines? You should look at whether it's enough to survive. If not, it's better to just strike the enemy to deal some damage before death. 4. An operative kept alive by Only In Death Does Duty End can't Fight. Or rather it can, but the Fight action will end immediately since one of the operatives is incapacitated. It's a bit obscure and unintuitive rules interaction, there was even a FAQ on it. 5. Why didn't Steve Search piles in Turning Point 3? Unless I'm mistaken, both his marines (Salamander and White Scar) had 1 Action Point left to do so. You would've ended the fight in a draw.

[@TsCoot006]

Awesome Kill Team episode, love the Warhammer content in general. I don't know when the year of Steve will happen but I will always have faith in Steve.

[@jamesrushworth6278]

Still loving these battle reports, one of the main reasons for getting back into 40K. Really considering picking up kill team too, keep it up PlayOn.