Legions Imperialis! Big Scale War with Very Tiny Minis! Blood Angels, Death Guard, Solar Auxilia

[@Bukkarooo]

I...think I might want to get into Legions Imperialis over 40k after watching this. There's a sleekness to the rules without losing strategy, and the scale is just so cool. The brutality of melee combat and the amount of armor you run just really feeds into everything I love too.

[@jam14732]

“Did you destroy the playground..? No.. he gingerly walked through…” lol

[@carless5239]

Would love to see some regular sized heresy too! But this is great!

[@aceofhearts9928]

I agree, it's a real shame that they've done only one. Heresy feels rife with the narrative focused gaming they tend to do!

[@nakata123]

Nah this is fine, regular sized would cost a fortune.

[@aceofhearts9928]

@@nakata123 they already have a heresy army

[@brycemcewen6146]

​@@aceofhearts9928if it's the box set that's less than half of one

[@sturm9087]

@@nakata123 yeah but the heresy ruleset is so much better than the 40k one

[@RileyGein]

If only mainstream 40k would adopt alternate activation. Having both players actively reacting to combat results makes for a more exciting game to play and to watch battle reports of

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

To each their own. I like main 40k’s current turn system.

[@dnawolf8789]

i would like if 40k at least let players move 1 unit then the other just like shooting and charging/melee then some armies wouldnt table you in turn 1 /2

[@RileyGein]

@@dnawolf8789 exactly this. Seen way too many cases of players getting demolished first turn just because they didn’t win the initiative roll.

[@christopherfreitas6510]

I agree, 40k (which I play) seems weird in the fact that it's like, oh you move you army, shoot me, than chop me up, then I will do the same to you .. real war is fluid and fast paced, I feel it should have more of an alternating flow to it as well.

[@desgoyomama3274]

@@christopherfreitas6510 A nice middle ground I've seen thrown around by people between the system as-is and alternate activations is instead of 1 turn being one player going through all of the phases, a turn is both players playing through each phase, so for example: Turn 1, during the movement phase of the turn, player 1 does all his movement, then player 2 gets to move, then during the shooting phase, player 1 shoots first, then player 2, etc. To keep some fairness/variety in turn order, on turn 2, player 2 gets to move first instead of player 1 and so on. Never played this way before, but it seems like it could be pretty good!

[@CannibalKubi]

If I hadn't already completely escalated into this game, I would after this video at the latest! As usual, great quality, great terrain, great models. The action and dynamics of the game are conveyed superbly. More please!

[@bradleysmith6599]

My university gaming group was super into Epic Space Marine back in the mid 90s, so it's nice to see Legion Imperialis!

[@morganw.4711]

Chaos Nick has finally happened! I mean, pre-chaos, but still!

[@TurkeyTamer]

Herenick

[@griffynstainbrook2420]

I hope this gets the love it deserves!!! I wish Standard 40k games were as big as this felt! I live for those massive games, and to have it be fully realized in Legion Imperialis is cool!

[@tylerromero1]

Searching for second hand 40k models I stumbled across this game mode and thought hard about picking up at least one army. I just haven't found a group to play with locally

[@mattyno964]

​@@tylerromero1 make the group, man. All groups started with 1 person going "I want to play this game."

[@shanesomerville6115]

Amazing, so glad to see you playing this and i cant wait for more. One quick rules bit, there is no roll for void shield saves. Hits are just allocated to the shields and you reduce by one.

[@kirksabio2382]

It's wild seeing tanks and an ungodly amount of infantry go down in 1 turn. That melee in the center was wild. Deathguard killing auxillia, then titan killing deathguard, then tank killing titan.

[@ShameyBaby]

Gotta credit JT there, trying to pronounce all those crazy unit names at the start. 👏

[@jtmcdowell2331]

It definitely made my head spin doing it lol!

[@christopherburton7883]

Excellent to see some LI. Fun and engaging report. A few rules issues but still a great report. Secondaries, you roll 2 and pick 1. No saves against void shield hits. Hits are allocated by the defender, so they decide what weapons go into voids and what need armour saves. Terminators added to a tactical detachment are part of that detachment, so can't deep strike. You cant charge on the turn you arrive from deepstrike.

[@daviddonachie5333]

Terminators added to a detachment *can* Deep Strike (I believe), but they have to deep strike into coherency with the tactical detachment they were added too. That makes for limited usefulness, but I guess it can protect them until they get where they need to go.

[@christopherburton7883]

@@daviddonachie5333 check the deep strike rules on page 88. If ALL models within a detachment have the deep strike rule. The tacticals don't have it. So the rule can't be used.

[@daviddonachie5333]

@@christopherburton7883 Once again I forget that the Terminators don't have Independent, despite being the clear poster child for it

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

Also: they didn’t use a single one of the Astartes legion special rules. DG would have easily turned the tide of battle had Nick bothered to not skim the rulebook and applied the Hazardous Terrain.

[@TheKingElfstone]

They also dont seem to have attached the HQs to other Infantry.

[@ScorpionP2C]

Ive really been hoping this channel would cover this. The scale of the conflicts is wild!

[@khulric3479]

Please make more of these! I'm going to try and get some people playing in my area, and these can really help drum up motivation for new players.

[@jamesrobinson46]

Thank you for playing this, wish it would come back in stock... Best batrep channel going, you guys make these games so much more digestible than the 2 hour slogs on other channels.

[@davidc8903]

I love this game, easily the best system GW has right now. Hopefully we will get to see more on the channel!

[@mattyno964]

Low key one of the best rule sets they've come out with

[@The_Nerfley]

This is exactly what I was hoping to see! Absolutely amazing, thank you all and I hope to see more in the future!

[@patrickdavis8271]

WoW! Love to see this a bi-weekly video. Well played! This was fun and entertaining to watch!

[@jam14732]

I like how the turns alter back and forth more quickly

[@sethmerlin]

You guys have nailed how to capture this game. Great work on being able to show the orders and movement phase and still keep it compact.

[@benwaardenburg]

Much appreciated it, it took a whole day to add those markers throughout the video, a ton of work but I’m glad to see the that they helped with readability.

[@maxdavid7647]

That was very fast paced and I enjoy the back and forth a lot

[@DrGrizzley]

Very cool you do other games ocassionally. Please keep it up, it helps the whole hobby.

[@peterbrown5203]

I used to play Tyranids against my Dad's Eldar back in the day playing Epic Space Marine. So this was a lot of fun to watch. Hopefully games workshop will introduce an Epic system again in the future so we can see Bio Titans again.

[@rowby1081]

Your camera guy and your editor are top notch. Ive seen normal scale warhammer matches fall short of that cinematography. But your guys cleary rise to the challenge

[@stevebarnett-f5o]

been hoping you guys would try this out, great as always

[@jonathanprovost7779]

Wow. You gents have made this look like so much fun!! 🎉

[@kookieslayer]

So hyped for this one!

[@majorearl12]

I wish to play Legions, but so glad you all are covering it, hope to see more of it as GW brings out more of it! Also would love to see Horus Heresy battle reports! Its a different game but would be so much fun to watch!

[@404annonymouscontent3]

I always love nicks energy. Great game!

[@sleezypeezy]

this was a really fun watch! I'd be happy to see more of Legions Imperialis!

[@williamculverwell7738]

Amazing video! So glad to see you guys playing this, it’s by far my new favorite format

[@Mr_Waffle.]

Loved this, hope we see more LI on the channel!!

[@davidintrabartolo5887]

The baroque, detail-intensive aesthetic of 30k is just delightful. In terms of tech and production, this was the Imperium at its absolute height. Things don't just murder your face into next Tuesday, they look damn sexy while doing it.

[@KnudAutlermann]

Love seing this large scale Legions Imperialis!!! Please give us more!!!!

[@donaldburkett9307]

Just played my 1st game on Monday. Won with a last turn cleansing of the center objective. Brings back memories of epic. Tyranid hoards were the best

[@tiberiumnp8030]

Been waiting for your take on this!

[@xGamermonkeyx]

This is so exciting, I love huge scale combat and I love epic scale stuff! With LI finally getting a showing on Play On, I'm still holding out to see Battletech: Alpha Strike on the table some day.

[@farbol2348]

Plz bring more legions imperialis to the channel! You make the game incredible!

[@minipaintingforyou]

That sea of miniatures looks amazing! Thank you for sharing!

[@Havok448]

Really loved the treatment on this battle report, hope to see more of these for Legions imperialis

[@thomasparsons8598]

man, I wish I understood anything that was happening, but those models look absolutely beautiful!

[@jorgecortes3593]

Men!, I love this animated battle report of legions imperialis. When can expect another battle report?… sorry but I need moooooreeee!!!

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

I can’t wait to see other installments in this series. Maybe one where Knights and bigger Titans are involved.

[@apexFMUKGaming]

Great video to watch. Best I've seen. Thx for the battle report.

[@flaviomonteiro1414]

Love it, but I'd also see the regular sized Heresy too!

[@გიორგიმოსაშვილი-ო3დ]

They need to make this in 40k, how awesome would it be to have legions of titand and supertanks facing mega-gargants, tyranid biotitans, eldar constructs or necron monstruosities! How cool would that be? What kind of crazy xenos abominations can come in Legions Imperialis size!

[@NeoIsrafil]

I'd personally love to see a game played with enough points to field full armies like this, but in the 40k setting instead of 32k. Imagine big size titans, massive swarms, full size groups of soldiers and astartes and knights stomping around 😊

[@Backstabmacro]

Picked up a ton of secondhand Titanicus stuff to eventually be able to play LI! Looking forward to more videos!

[@AzazelBlau]

A gloriously close game. Well done!

[@colonelturmeric558]

Okay, hear me out. We all love 40k, but like nick said it can feel like a tiny section of the battlefield. 40k is also super expensive to reach ~1500-2000 pts. Do what me and my three mates have been doing, use armageddon rules and build your legions imperialis units as heroic-scale units (ie five-man tac squads, individual Contemptor, rhino, sicaran units). Then you can have huge 40k games on a shoestring. Oh, and you can field multiple titans without needing to sell every last organ in your body :) so freqking fun, and can be played on a small table with small scenery, honestly the best thing ever to come out of our yorkshire tea-addled brains

[@odharrison23]

Keep it up!!! I would like to see some big heresy too!! I know you guys do a lot though. Thanks gents!!!

[@jonathancrider533]

I like that you guys are using stuff that is only available to most of us. I.E. stuff from the starter box and initial release. I've seen a lot of battle reports with flyers in them that haven't been available since Aeronautica Imperialis was around. Hopefully GW can get stuff back in stock and release more units so we can see more variety. I missed out on the Kratos tanks in the initial release and those seem to be super strong. Great job with the speed of the battle report. I'm sure it takes a lot of editing, but it's cool.

[@benwaardenburg]

Editing this report was a beast. Definitely one of the hardest games I have had to edit since working here. Appreciate it!

[@Badmanpuntbaxter]

MOOORRREEEEE!!! This was so cool!!!!!

[@Blackfire-cp5qg]

Great game and a great report. Love your work.

[@nochillarickroller]

Been waiting for an imperialis batrep! This is gonna be sick!

[@Dirt1061]

One of my favorit things about this scale is the terrain. It seems easier to tell an interesting story and have fun inclusions that we don't see in larger scales.

[@TetsugakuSan]

Was a great report, first time I watched yours, maybe a bit more rules details, but it was fast and fun and thats key

[@Treyehart]

Awesome bat rep would love to see more titans and knights

[@Dustinwkihn]

This is fantastic. Didn't know this was a thing.

[@3rdCharcoal]

This is awesome! Hope to see more.

[@caitlynwarrington8690]

Looking forward to more Legions content

[@thatninja33]

Loved the video, hope to see a lot more of epic 30k!

[@TheMapleMerchant]

I can't buy in to these all marine all the time games, but this was still a great video ! Would totally watch more from ya'lls.

[@sergiolp6058]

This is so cool!! Looking forward for another game

[@philipvasileris7419]

I am currently building a baneblade and seeing them be so small is extremely odd yet right for the scale of the game. good video btw

[@Secretgeek2012]

Loved it! 😃

[@pongwong5463]

That was actually really cool, I’d love to see more. Perhaps with a bigger Titan? ;)

[@BrandonIvey-s8n]

Need more of this!

[@Impachex75]

This game is so much fun and the more the merrier!!!

[@johnlock2368]

Hi playon, Will you be doing more battle reports of imperialis? Because this was amazing and I would love to see more!!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Yep! Got a big one coming…

[@Cadian117]

Would love to see more of this game!

[@miller_de]

Alternating activation is the way to go! I really hope that we'll see this with 40k in the future as well!

[@chrisgalletti62]

Awesome. Hope you do more LI bat reps

[@PlayOnTabletop]

This took us almost two whole months to produce so we can't do them frequently. Hopefully this video does well and we can do more in the future

[@makinote]

fun to see how some channels timed LI battle reports for the release of the first expansion book but then GW delayed it

[@benscott9750]

It would be cool to see the same game but with normal 40k units on a giant map.

[@reschke5]

We need more imperialis games on the channel!

[@tobiaspieringer1653]

You can really see that they are having a fantastic time. I now know why this took quite a while to be published, the editing is an immense task.

[@Amdor]

I gave a like just cause you said Die instead of Dice when talking about single one. Oh and rest of video is good too so far xD

[@marauder7209]

This was... a lot "bloodier" than I expected it to be. Can't wait to try it out myself

[@MrReaper1171]

Oh yes! Let's goooo! Play on imperialis!!

[@GeorgeOBrien-jn6uf]

this game feels very strategic, it's super cool.

[@paulstaker8861]

This approaches the appropriate scale for a proper 40k conflict.

[@Sol_th]

This is gonna be GOOD!!

[@LaBambaMan]

Would love to see you guys take on something like Battletech. With your production values and paint schemes you could probably do something really epic in an amazing game (especially if you like big robots and tanks).

[@Haroith]

The city is so clean and light. Looks like terrain was made for Dropzone Commander or Infinity.

[@juancovini6481]

Dude this is awesome, it's like Steel Division + Warhammer, awesome. Hope so they realized this to 40 K

[@Elderahn]

Can't wait to see multiple warlords on the table.

[@HyperK7]

I’d love to see another one! If possible, could you have it so destroyed vehicles stay on table with smoke/flame markers and exploded ones get replaced with a crater? It’s more 7th ed but I always found it just adds to the atmosphere of the entire game.

[@WeOnlyEatSoup]

How many boxes of the terrain did it take to make this setup??

[@991username]

Love both armies. I don't know who to root for.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Both? Both. Both is good

[@isaacellison5]

I would love it if games workshop made another version of Legions Imperialis but in the 41st millennium. So you could play all the factions in this style of game.

[@TetsugakuSan]

Most fun LI report I have seen thanks

[@Rook986]

reminds me of Dropzone Commander, man I miss that game

[@Wolfineer_]

BA vs DG? Both best boys on table, I'm so ready for this!

[@uwesca6263]

That was fun and i hope for more!

[@frattaglia100]

Great game i would love to see other imperialis content!maybe with an emperor titan!!!!

[@Alkhemia8]

This is pretty cool the smaller size must be hell to paint, the lack of more race options is kind of a let down and what seems to be lack of characters but this seems pretty cool it much more like a TBS game then 40k is

[@XMan-mi6gs]

I like normal 40k more, but this was a great show! Loved the table too.

[@HeartlessNinny1]

I'd love to see some Horus Heresy, but damn! This game is amazing!

[@TerminallyNerdy]

This game is fascinating! The minis are soooo small though and I already have a hard enough time with my AoS stuff LOL