Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines vs Massive Threat of Tyranids

16,000 combined points hit the battlefield in this epic game of Warhammer 40,000. Hive fleets Leviathan and Behemoth coming together could be catastrophic for the Imperium so Guilliman has called for all Space Marines in the sector to join him in annihilating the threat. The Lion and the Dark Angels, White Scars, and Deathwatch have answered the call.
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Tyranid forces number in the 8,000 plus points and in this Open Play battle there is no cap on Norns. The Space Marines are a combined force of various chapters at a little under 8,000 points.
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[@Water_drinker_idk]

"We lost your primarch" "Yeah ill miss that repulsor"

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Man had his priorities straight

[@crucibleuser2807]

The tank driver was listening to free bird the entire game.

[@BenBell-fc8cm]

Absolutely

[@chronovac]

The most ancient and venerated of war hymns

[@BenBell-fc8cm]

@@chronovac he also be listening to paranoid, paint it black, fortunate son, and enter sandman

[@92bagder]

Or the Doom soundtrack

[@StarDevilRedrixsWhisper]

@@BenBell-fc8cm Don't forget "The Last Stand"

[@l0bsta187]

That repulser needs tiny little tyranid skulls painted on the side for each kill!😂

[@joshuataylor5080]

Not only that, but it deserves to become a named character at this point.

[@JuriRosenberg]

Like this comments they Must see it

[@e21big]

@@joshuataylor5080 Asbiel (IRL Angel of Destruction), the Steelforged, Master of Armoured Spearhead

[@Winter_huntsman]

Funny enough there is a decal set from organized play that has a bunch of those 😅

[@besaved2386]

Lion to the Repulsor: "It still only counts as one!"

[@alessandrocastronovo9275]

Haha based

[@beanzeani2440]

I was just re-watching those the other night. Goated reference

[@SAJL1VE]

😂 those exact words that came out my mouth 😂

[@Hakazu]

"Brother" said Guilliman. "I told you not challange that Repulser, he is your chapter version of Malum Caedo" "I only thought you were joking" Lion wheezed. "I will win next time" "They all say that. None have so far"

[@admiraltorvosaurus8513]

Far away In the legion of the damned... A dark angel repulsor is added to the legion... And he has quite the tale to tell

[@The_Penguin_8964]

（Some newbie from IG just showing how good he is） "HoHoHo young man, I don't think this is good enough😏here, listen to my story..."

[@BeepBoopFriendo]

"The Gladiator pegs an emissary." Oh my, certainly living up to the name 'Lancer.'

[@ddomg6088]

I was gonna say "lucky emissary" but yours is better 🤣

[@caveychip7510]

Everyones reaction to 25:52 Oh, ok swarmlord, winged tyrant, JESUS THATS A LOT OF NORNS!

[@nathannault2239]

Not like it matters. Norns are disgustingly under powered.

[@lemon.lime.6924]

Lmao guilliman was just doing his supreme commander thing the whole game

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Lore accurate?

[@Ryan-li8qc]

​@PlayOnTabletop I think so, so bogged down in paperwork, he couldn't make it to the front lines.

[@coreyriegle1328]

@@Ryan-li8qc Lore Accurate!

[@cyrolocker1229]

Gulliman loaded up StarCraft 2 for this match

[@e21big]

@@PlayOnTabletop The modern Lion stealing the precious command point to save his heroric son and Gulliman going "WUT" got to be the most lore accurate exhange in this game

[@272rc]

Play on tabletop: dice tell stories, Tyranid players: no, reinforcements tell stories

[@MonkeiKing]

That repulser needs some kinda battle mark for that performance

[@Bravadous]

*The Lion sees the Repulsor Executioner kill heaps of norns in melee: "Let him cook!"

[@Slicerness]

I swear that Repulsor was being driven by a Kriegsman. ONLY Overcharge, ALL gas, NO breaks!

[@BoisegangGaming]

Space Marines: "We killed 11 Norns and a Bio-Titan" The HiveMind: "Oh no, not one of my many million Norns and Titans. Whatever shall I do."

[@dennisbatye1932]

You say that like they aren’t rare? The amount of bio mass it takes to make a norn or a titan is enough to construct a new hive ship. Losses on this battlefield is enough to make a new hive fleet. Not to mention it takes the better part of a decade for a bio titan to grow hatch from an egg and grow. To maturity. I can only imagine it being longer for the Norns who are far more versatile and Intelligent, not to mention that it takes longer to make psychic bio forms

[@jamesosmond-wright6999]

The repulsor has such a valiant machine spirit

[@boerhcauldur1873]

You know what makes this? Tycho voicing! Gotta have my chaos guy somewhere lol

[@PlayOnTabletop]

He has a great voice for this sort of thing

[@boerhcauldur1873]

@PlayOnTabletop don't get me wrong Moban and Tak are always great at the table, just chaos at heart lol

[@Snorlax_il]

@@boerhcauldur1873 Guys I swear I'll help after I respond to a couple of emails. Ok now it looks like the Emperor's email got hacked so it's going to be a bit longer still

[@dogs-game-too]

Tycho should've been controlling the nids!

[@mitchbarton4921]

This game definitely shows how far the Tyranids have fallen as a playable faction. Ya just can't monster mash anymore.... *sad bug noises* AMAZING game though!

[@The_Penguin_8964]

MVP of the game (usually) : Lion, Terminator, Deathwing Knight etc. MVP of this game : Repulser, Drop pod What TF am I looking at😂😂😂👍🏻

[@ambuknight]

the chant "DROP POD DROP POD DROP POD" then they kill a swarmlord LOL that was such a CLUTCH moment

[@SabersWorkshop]

That repulsor truly was the Executioner

[@Blazey0557]

"We Lost your Primarc... We lost the repulsor." = Priorities

[@blad3325]

you guys need to do this again, but have all of the chaos primarchs just beating eachother up. Angron yelling at magnus. Mortarion farting on abaddon. edit: when fulgrim comes out (hopefully in the near future) you can wrap him and all the other chaos primarchs in his tail and put a bow on it.

[@coreyriegle1328]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@dylanstewart635]

Seems like the perfect way to celebrate once Emperor’s Children finally comes out

[@blad3325]

@@dylanstewart635 hell ya

[@pariseri1]

That Repulsor deserves it's own Sax marine.

[@ambuknight]

No Trumpet Marine Who is Playing that one note form Happy Feet movie LMAO 🤣

[@KadenLangelier-tg6qx]

Can we just acknowledge that Mubin by himself almost had two players? One of which from a separate studio, he struck fear into them until the end. What a legend

[@tristanemery8748]

If only tyranid heavies actually had decent saves/strength (I feel like there are maybe 2 or 3 units in the codex with the right level of ap, strength and save. The rest just feel underwhelming for the points and size of the models :/ )

[@micahcroom8598]

I honestly would have named the redempter Achilles, seeing as it was a hero, right up till it died to something much weaker then itself

[@ambuknight]

good one

[@justinstorm1976]

10 out of 10! Epic on every level! Thank you Vanguard Tactics!

[@VanguardTactics]

Thank you

[@beebyboy777]

The Lion is going to make that tank driver the leader of all the dark angels tanks. He needs to be a named character after his battle

[@SumsieBun]

Next time someone tells me the Tyranids aren‘t that bad I will just link them this video. We get completely run over without secondary cheese 👻

[@nathannault2239]

This edition is not being kind to nids at all!

[@tom2678]

Nids army is designed to score points, not killed masses of vehicles and marines. If there had been 6 tyranofexes with rupture cannons, 6 excocrines, few units of 6 zoanthropes they would have done much better. Tervigons were a waste of points with that many guant units and they also gave the marines a free tripling of their army rule which was clearly not needed. Mawlocks would have been great with their 12" AOE too.

[@nathannault2239]

@tom2678 A swarm army... "designed to score points" via secondary cheese only. Wow, that's an interesting concept. Let me guess you work for GW.🤣

[@jonahbreen8512]

Oh lord, what’s next? A full chapter of space marines against a massive chaos incursion? That’s probably impossible for one table but would still be sick as hell

[@TanKMeteoR]

I was surprised at 7 Norns, I damn near shat myself at 2 Astraeus'

[@SamTaylor-gr8xf]

Fantastic battle report, amazing content as usual, wifes been waiting for me to come downstairs after putting kids to bed. Pretended i was asleep just to finish this.

[@xluckyxx1]

I don´t even know the rules of this Tabletop. But I am watching nearly every episode, just because you guys are representing the Warhammer universe as good as it can be done. I love u all

[@Yeetmeister_]

Honestly, both sides killed it, literally, and that tank was just going at it non stop, holy smokes. The man in that tank, gimmie him, WW3? Gimmie him. Zombie apocalypse? Gimmie him, he is the embodiment of 🗿 The nids had some powerful forces like well the elegant in the room 9 big bugs! Plus some other meanies and a biotitan??!?!! I have never seen a more battle ready nids list, thank you Tycho for narrating, thank you Vanguard tactics for coming out, thank you Mubin for playing our nids and thank you Tak for assisting the space marines into victory

[@MubinTalati]

This was such a fun game to play it was awesome!

[@Yeetmeister_]

@@MubinTalati you killed it man, you did great

[@SmolRacer]

What a brilliant game, loved the amount of models and points involved

[@gabrielrodriguez457]

I love it when Stephen comes to play at the Play On studio. It's always great banter and games. Im a huge fan of both studios. Well done 👏

[@EmperorNapoleon1815]

Love to see this many Tyranids on a table, and what a game! Seeing my precious Hierophant take 12 damage from the Lion was soul-crushing, though. Big bug should’ve tanked!

[@MrUncredible02]

These large-scale battles are so fun! Would love to see more like this!

[@DinoCopRulezTheWORLD]

I would suggest a game - Imperium vs Deamons, Orks, or Tyranids. 1000 pts Guardsman with 500pts of Sisters of Battle (starting on table) and 500pts Space Marine (everthing in reservers). You can multiple points by 2 for larger game.

[@boolean6532]

Fun watch, but this game perfectly showcases just how bad a spot Tyranids are in right now. Even with the advantage of only having to defend their deployment zone to win they got essentially tabled in 4 turns in an 8000 point game. The norns only killed a couple of units here and there and the biotitan killed a wounded lion and a wounded dreadnaught. Also shows how unbalanced 40k is in general in big games like this. Without tons of terrain to hide behind going first is such a huge advantage. I really hope if and when GW releases apocalypse for this edition it has alternate activations for shooting.

[@benandrew21]

The main reason why I don't play 40k anymore is purely because whoever shoots first has such an enormous advantage. What do I do to eke out a win if my opponent just immediately rolls well and devastates my army before I get a chance to fight back?

[@jordanscott473]

32:49 Tak just casually dropping $1,200 worth of minis

[@fiercedogfilms6135]

"Don't like the guy but his got a point" 😂

[@matyeszszilasi1372]

One of the best games I've witnessed on this channel. You guys deserve a lot more subscribers. Truly.

[@RevanR]

Mubin : "I'm about to cook the space marines"

[@Ky-kx2hd]

Mubin: Sees repulser. "Why do I hear boss music?"

[@johanneseverse5108]

Wait, so Space marines got to use up to three Oath of the Moments per turn, but Tyranids got no buff to Shadow in the Warp? And the Norns had no chance to use their defensive rule because there were no objective markers, so they just got shot off the board. As a bug fan this was a bit disappointing. Cool to see happen though I never felt like the Tyranids had a chance.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Can appreciate the criticism on balance from the viewpoint of a bug fan. We had talked at length about the game scenario and rules amongst all the players and ultimately and admittedly we are not game designers and our collective goal was to have fun at the table and hopefully the audience has fun while we are all having fun. Things are not perfect and we will try to make improvements every time we do a show.

[@johanneseverse5108]

@@PlayOnTabletop Thank you for the consideration! I did enjoy the match, and thought it was a great idea for a narrative. I'm sure it took forever to actually record, so making the mission easier was certainly a good call from a sanity perspective. Right now however, nids are point for point worse than space marines in combat of any form, and instead rely on using our powerful scoring options to even stay partial relevant. With scoring in this match being determined by what is more or less a who-kills-more game, I unfortunently think the nids loose this battle ~90% of the time (even without three Oath of the Moments, though that certainly didn't help). Add in the fact that Tyranid anti-armor is mostly melee, most space marine armor is ranged, and the Tyrnaids are encouraged to stand still and NOT advance towards the gun line... it doesn't look good for the bugs. I'm sure a lot of people won't care too much about any of this, but as someone who plays a lot of bugs vs marines, I knew this was a lost cause the moment the game started. Fixing this sort of balance problem is hard with how the codex is designed, but maybe letting the bugs do something similar to what the marines were doing would have helped? Give any Behemoth paint jobs (and therefore most of the big beasties) Crusher Stampede rules, and the Leviathan models Synaptic Nexus rules, as well as two Shadow in the Warps to help boost damage via Nurolictors and all the other rules that care about battleshocks. Or just giving the nids considerably more points to play with, though that is a slippery slope (and less interesting for the layman if Tyranids do win, because then it just seems like they had an unfair advantage to). No matter what though, I must say any game that has 8000 point of bugs running around is a win in my book, even if it's not a win on the table.

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

@@johanneseverse5108 I agree with everything you said in your comments here.

[@martinsleight321]

Seeing the White Scars and Ravenwing bikes team up together is just pure lore gold.

[@Clasteau]

That tank is like the noob on some vidgame you are screaming at to just use the guns and he is SOMEHOW just rolling over everything and still alive, LOL

[@PlayOnTabletop]

I can definitely see it that way now

[@michaeljohnsen223]

All the Norns coming in on turn 2 had the same energy as the Haradrim riding in during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Lion's face would match Theoden's.

[@derianardor]

RIP our king

[@ivanzidarov5696]

What an awesome episode. You done it again guys. And having Stephen Box join forces with Tak is just so good!

[@sargeisaboss]

The Repulsor played with Main Character Engery to the the.

[@chaserandalow8548]

Poor white scars, they just got hammered but did their job as the vanguard well. That ATV squad on the left flank did some major work, taking down or significantly wounding some major monsters with one of them actually making it through to the end. Pour one out for the repulsor hero too.

[@Amateon]

Steven for two big cinematic battles? Hell yeah! Get the most out of him while he's in studio 😂

[@VanguardTactics]

They certainly worked me every hour I was there haha 😝

[@MubinTalati]

@@VanguardTactics There was rumour that you volunteered as tribute

[@benscott9750]

More battles of this size please!!!

[@MubinTalati]

god I wish we could do more of these. They take a lot of planning, and work to make them happen and get out to everyone to enjoy!

[@coreyriegle1328]

Thank you, PlayOn. This terrain is AMAZING!!!! This battle is nutzoid. I love everything you guys do 🤘😎🤙

[@tiudesvx5400]

Great game, was hoping for some surprise drop pods or deep strike from the Raven Guard.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We don't have all the Space Marine chapters available at the studio and hopefully as our collection grows we can do something more with the Raven Guard

[@iCrimzon]

I wait for the day Mubin wins on these battle reports

[@raozspaz]

Yeah. Can that Repulser get a name? Please :D

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Stephen names it near the end of the video

[@woodchip2165]

This video is criminally underrated, should easily be one of the most popular on the channel

[@Toast491]

Best game I've ever watched. Editing made it. Well done.

[@BDPnix]

Amazing report. I loved the point/model tracker, it made it so easy to follow the flow of the game. Thanks!

[@benwaardenburg]

The data tracking for that was an immense job so I’m glad it’s noticed and appreciated.

[@ninjabros8594]

By far the best battle report I’ve seen! Such epic moments and the scale alone is the kind of game everyone has to play one day

[@leejasonnewell3755]

👍👍 so enjoyed watching. Have to do another like this, but with the Tau

[@coreyriegle1328]

I second this

[@samuelsanfratello4617]

Incredible battle! Excellent example of what a tabletop battleground should look like as well! I want to see more of this...please!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Glad you enjoyed it and want more. We try to do a feature like this a couple times a year. At three days of production and three weeks of editing we can't do it too often

[@samuelsanfratello4617]

@@PlayOnTabletop "Nothing worth having comes easily" or so they say!

[@hetiswim]

What a fun game to watch, one of the most entertaining thus far. Mubin buddy when are you going to break your curse, because I havent seen you win in ages.

[@Calibrett0]

This battle Report was freaking epic! Had a big smile on my face watching the whole thing! Kudos boys you really hit the nail on the head with this one. Such a joy to watch, class entertainment! Plus the commentary from Tycho and the crisp editing was spot on!

[@MubinTalati]

Ben really did knock it out of the park with the editing. He may have also spent our entire FX budget at this point....

[@Calibrett0]

@@MubinTalati If he keeps up this kind of quality, Ben needs a raise!

[@seeya20743]

These are honestly my favorite videos you guys do.

[@dave6589]

I remember the original video and that video was my first time watching play on tabletop so this brings back memories

[@nickangelini9799]

37:22 Tycho in the background looks like a little kid poking his head over the fence to watch the baseball game.

[@TheRealZombieLord]

definitely one of my favorite battles yet, even though my precious tyranids lost

[@patrickczichas7121]

"o hey Bobby G... U WOT" LOLOLOLOL

[@Subsistence69]

Plot armor back at it again

[@Brosephus]

@5:44 that cheer lmao!!! NERDS RISE UP 😂😂

[@AntiNubDevice]

That Repulsor is the real primarch. They must have got Jurgen to drive.

[@nicolbolas5934]

CI CI CIPHUS CAIN HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!

[@nicolbolas5934]

CI CI CIPHUS CAIN HERO OF THE IMPERIUM!

[@eikwassberg7451]

Love all the charging Tyranids going 'Bonk'!

[@moderndavinci6599]

Oh- I would love to see this style of game (multiple space marine armies versus Tyranid horde) in the theme of the Devastation of Baal!

[@TheJumperReject]

Redemption outshining 2 Primarchs. THE EMPRAH PROTECTS!

[@MrChaoticKira]

another not surprising ending tyranids just getting pummeled like every other game there ever in : (

[@MartsMinis]

An epic battle told through an epic video! 10/10 - this is the standard all other battle reports should be held up to! 👏

[@cbh123456789]

And my point stands that the nids need a bit of a survivability bump or new units that specialize in shooting. every turn 100+ wounds are stripped off them and they cant even do that in return. Give the bugs a little bit of love GW. If they have no ability to score secondaries then they are worthless.

[@matthewnichol73]

Stephen humming the Match of the Day theme tune while trying to avoid the plasma was a major highlight

[@JDXC666]

Now this is truly the NornHub! Also personally, I'd name that Repulsor Raid, since it's the ultimate bug repellant.

[@MubinTalati]

I'm gonna be renaming my "oops all Norn" list to "NornHub" now. Thank you for that gem

[@nerdex804]

loved this content, you guys should play horde mode with all your models!!!

[@PlayOnTabletop]

We tried Horde Mode in one of our exclusive games for YT Members and Patreon. Had fun! These spectacle games take over a month to create so we can't do them too often but maybe we can do Horde again one day.

[@brentmooney2696]

Where is the man the myth the legend brent for this one 😂😂😂

[@PlayOnTabletop]

He was unfortunately out of town at the time of Stephen Box's visit and there was no way to reschedule. We had wanted him to be there.

[@brentmooney2696]

That's too bad. He's really gotta get his priorities straight

[@francescogulisano2917]

Gotta love seeing a very good competitive player just going full child in an epic narrative game

[@floorless3335]

gotta admit the final round turnaround was unexpected, very exciting video to say the least!

[@spudmonkey500]

Tycho just dropped the most Canadian "aye" I've ever heard! Respect. 🤜

[@TheAngryMoth104]

The command point difference made a subtle but noticeable change

[@thefloridaman41]

Amazing game, would love to see Chaos vs the Greater Good with their lore friendly buds in the Votaan. 3 primarchs vs the combined arms of Mecha, Kroot and Dwarven forges. Winner faces Space Marines down the line.

[@danielclark7020]

The lion not having "Anti-monster" is crazy.

[@barrywise7185]

Would’ve loved to see something like this using those old 8th edition apocalypse rules.

[@galbert117]

I am disappointed that there was no Space Marine playing a sax on top of that tank.

[@MubinTalati]

We really need to get Tak to fix that soon

[@PlayOnTabletop]

I have one but the foot broke

[@fiercedogfilms6135]

I love how they all laughed and congratulated him for making a Dad joke about the redempter

[@aaronravenwood2039]

I really think this could've been a different game if the marines didn't get an oath for each chapter and if the norns actually had an objective to make use of their ability. I really feel like this amazing video showcased just how mid the nid monsters are which is really sad considering how amazing they look.

[@corporalclaystar8587]

That repulsor needs a kill tally on its hull

[@bigceelos]

The last time you guys did this is what got me into the hobby. Seeing that massive battle between Brent and Tak was amazing! I mustve seen that match a dozen times. Im assuming this is the same board? Ah, this is gonna be GREAT! 🎉🎉🎉

[@AzkuulaKtaktu]

HA-RU-SPEX "Hesperax" is a different army entirely

[@AzkuulaKtaktu]

And don't be talking bout no "male scepter". This is a family friendly channel.

[@CodenameApollo]

"Full House Baby!!" Love the energy!!!

[@theeternalchronicler3072]

Possibly one of the best battle reports ever

[@arielmichel4688]

a wall of NORNS!!!! jajajaja thats is reinforcement!!!!

[@mrjellyfish6406]

They need a bigger table for these super huge games.

[@PlayOnTabletop]

Wish we could get a bigger table but our studio set up isn't big enough for it. Hopefully as the channel grows maybe we can one day get a bigger studio

[@tmarcb1296]

I'm so confused by the mail scepter

[@mohmedfadly8256]

This was a good match I hope you do more

[@jinofthesheep]

Just incredible work