Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition Campaign Battle Report: Mission One

MIDDLEHAMMER/OLDHAMMER NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD!
In this video, I play through the first mission from 'The Battle for Armageddon', the campaign booklet that came inside the venerable second edition Warhammer 40,000 starter set released in 1993.
Upon the multicoloured sands of Armageddon, a fire team of Blood Angels faces off against three mobs of gretchin! Will the marines drive off the greenskins threatening the security of the bridgehead, or will the gretchin use their alien cunning to lay the Sons of Sanguinious low?
Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Mike Chino - Demigods
Synthkid - Wanderlust, Devotion
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[@rudolfdyr1797]

Now this was something special. Never seen a batrep like this and I love it. No need to show every move and dice roll, just a general direction, crucial actions and moments and most importantly: atmosphere provided by narration, camera. The storytelling, the plotwist with that ona lucky kill by one cheeky gretchin... that made some realy awesome format for batreps like this. Firstly I thought that 10 minutes will be way to low to even show this little action... but it was packed, engaging and without a dull moment. Please, sir, continue on with this. Its original and very enjoyable. Wishing the best for your channel and you.

[@edpaintsminis]

Wow! What a lovely comment! Thanks so much. I'm going to keep tweaking the camera and format to hopefully make it even more engaging. Glad that you dug the atmosphere too! You won't have to wait too long for the next installment 😎

[@hyp3r-systems838]

I agree this was VERY well done, i wish more channels did BatReps as cool as this

[@lotsofspoons]

Your starter set and bulked up terrain are just GORGEOUS ❤. Great battle report, nice mix of reporting and narrating. Looking forward to the next ones.

[@edpaintsminis]

Thanks so much! It was really fun to do and I look forward to honing my approach a little in the future videos!

[@Gruntcakes69]

Totally agree. This was a great format, nice work 👌🏼

[@coltonberry985]

GWTBW. SPOOON!

[@socialcommentary]

Cute cat footage is the best way to finish a wonderful battle report, evocative narration, expertly painted minis, and enthralling story. 5 out of 5 stars in my book!

[@LorgarsFinest]

This is so rad! :D Full on nostalgia. I remember getting the Second Edition starter set from my big-brother for my birthday! I still love those old mono-pose marines!

[@edpaintsminis]

They're the best.

[@stillunsure7630]

This is amazing, love the card terrain and retro 2nd edition videos and feels of nostalgia.

[@martinneumeyer9282]

Better than 9th edition...far better

[@chrisakasgt.scream3935]

Keep those videos coming. A true gem with all the nostalgia involved here.

[@nrais76]

So many memories. Me and the guys used to spends entire weekends playing games. Among strong memories are a game of my Valhallan Imperial Guard bringing down a building on the heads of the Blood Axe Orks in it, the frustration of my opponent as my Blood Angels Veterans denied his Khorne Berzerkers the charge, a weekend spent with a LARGE group of friends all sleeping over one guy's house with multiple games going in different rooms the whole time with pizzas from the local deli cooking at various times of day, and one MASSIVE game of Titan Legions played for several entire weekends over a summer with 3-man teams across four ping-pong tables in a garage (I think it was something like 500,000 points a side).

[@edpaintsminis]

That sounds like a helluva good time! Thank you for sharing. Love these stories of gaming I'm the 90s.

[@Skull_Gun]

Good to see some nicely drilled barrels! Blood angels demolished the gretchin when we played, only took a single loss, the marines got payback by obliterating the gretchin with grenades on turn 3 and 4.

[@edpaintsminis]

I think that's probably how it's supposed to play out!

[@blakej6416]

Great production value, and the writing was very quality! Please keep up the great work!

[@Bluecho4]

A tense fight, for one on such a small scale.

[@lukusridley]

I love how all the space marines are rocking earrings in early art

[@edpaintsminis]

Yeah and on their helmets too!

[@volcano3493]

Nice trip down nostalgia lane! Being a SM in 2nd was difficult as a lot of weapons had a ASM. Also tough mission with only five marines against 30 long range autoguns. A wonder it resulted in a draw. Anyway great batrep. Love the BA Orange paint job from 2nd.

[@edpaintsminis]

It was tough, but the marines sure got battered more than I expected. Part luck and good positioning that the flamer and sergeant remained intact!

[@Friedpan1939]

Love the shorter format of these, id love for you to do more of these😁

[@edpaintsminis]

I'll oblige 😎

[@xyonblade]

Man, that music fits so well with this battle video, I love it

[@Edwoodb3]

This is so well done. I was on the edge of my seat, waiting to see who won. The recording, narration, music and models/terrain brings this whole thing together to form a masterpiece. Darn right I'm subscribing! Can't wait to watch more!!!

[@fantasticfraggle]

It's the first time I've really enjoyed watching a battle report... beautiful models and terrain!

[@edpaintsminis]

Great to hear Adam! That's made my day.

[@pontiusporcius8430]

I feel your pain here man. I got my first game of kill team done, i played a 5 man marine squad and my opponent commanded 3 chaos marines and 8 cultists. I mopped up the traitor astartes but lost all but one marine to the unrelenting siege of lead and a particularly vicious gambit with a chainsword. I sought vengeance and lost my objectives. Never underestimate the humble hipoints.

[@TheGreenSquander]

Late to the party but wow! Great videos, gorgeously painted minis, the table, narration, all awesome! Binging the rest of the videos now ❤

[@edpaintsminis]

Awesome! Welcome to the party pal!

[@bio-boosted]

I'm not normally one for bat rep videos, but really enjoyed this one! Brought back memories of floor hammer from far to back in time that I'm going to admit to!

[@edpaintsminis]

Can't beat floorhammer. Damn hazardous with all those spiked helms around!

[@zhuelianwargaming9059]

Loving the content, 2nd ed was my favorite version of 40k still have mine in some fashion and love to play it with my old models..I actually came into possession of a 2ed Eldar army im going to be cleaning up and redoing as well ... keep on with the great content

[@edpaintsminis]

Ah wonderful! I too have just come by an eldar force - mate of mine is clearing out his loft and found all his Eldar. Some awesome sculpts there and all the aspects. Perhaps that'll be my next project!

[@arandomlostsoul753]

Cool little batrep, I was born too late to get my grubby mitts on this set and it's interesting to see what the introductory battles were like back then. It's also really cool that you get to put all those beautifully-painted models and scenery to good use. Looking forward to more!

[@edpaintsminis]

Thanks for watching! Can't wait to get the next mission filmed and out there for your viewing pleasure!

[@gavinholt730]

Great vid, love the approach. So much nostalgia, this transports me back to mid 90s 40k shenanigans. Can remember playing this exact scenario!

[@bnamesmith]

I randomly came across one of your newer 2nd edition videos and decided to go back to the start of this playlist! Your videos are amazing dude keep them up, love these 2nd edition vids and your edits are awesome, great work!

[@Coombsy17]

Great video, would love to see more like this!

[@Rookie40K]

This was absolutely amazing to watch! Thank you for sharing! Fantastic!!

[@8panthermodern2]

Playing this scenario against my brother that Christmas in the early 90's was my introduction to Warhammer 40,000 and, well, here I still am obviously, watching videos about it over 30 years later. Great paint job and great-looking table!

[@coltonberry985]

I recnetly starting playing retro game s with a friend of mine. This channel is exactly what I wanted to see. If only you played Fists or Ravenguard T_T.. Still this is AWESOME!

[@SuperJeplin]

Wow,this takes me back ,thanks for making this.

[@hammerthebacklog]

This is fabulous stuff Ed! It's amazing that a game with four squads can be more engaging that a 3000 point battle report. Each model being unique and actually mattering is what makes it for me! 100% stealing this idea, expect a mirror episode in the same format for the WFB 5th edition starter set, just with an Irish accent!

[@edpaintsminis]

Wow thanks so much! This has been so much fun to do and the responses from the community have been wondrous. I would watch the heck out of a Warhammer equivalent - doooo it!

[@hammerthebacklog]

@@edpaintsminis I did it!

[@classiccraftdestined.7596]

Please make a how-to-play second edition video

[@drhapi5308]

Wow, this was amazing

[@erih2934]

this is such a fantastic reminder to what got many of us into the game in the first place. thanks for your effort :)

[@greendalf123]

Reminds me of the cutscenes from Final Liberation!

[@redmondthealien7840]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="286">4:46</a> sons if sanguinius encounter Ork snipers... Seems familiar.

[@bringbattlewargaming8720]

Well done mate. Models and terrain look great. Already looking forward to the next one

[@legionnaireminis]

So nostalgic m, very engaging bat rep too 😎

[@edpaintsminis]

Thanks Legionnaire Joe! 😎

[@cornerwizard]

Brilliant! Love the battle report and seeing your amazing 2nd ed minis having a blast!

[@__-qi3yd]

I love these episodes so much !

[@DarthDoubleMarth2]

I really loved this

[@ianvader0000]

Best bat rep

[@zprettpolly]

Fantastic!

[@timr8657]

Love it ! Takes me right back...

[@tonydotnottingham]

Lots of fun to watch - thanks for sharing

[@hyp3r-systems838]

i finally got to watch this in its entirety before bed fully focused on the report, and i gotta say this is EASILY THE COOOOOLEST battle report ive EVER watched in my whole life, the voice acitng, the mission breifing, the tactics, the lore, the story telling, it was absolutely superb i felt like i was watching a show

[@edpaintsminis]

Wowza! That's high praise indeed! Well, don't worry, more batreps are planned for the coming months and hopefully I'll keep improving the production quality as I go.

[@realm_of_plastic]

I would love to see more like this!

[@brotherhoodofsteel4751]

Love the video looking forward to more

[@Charlie-qn4dp]

Nice engaging video. Love seeing the terrain and armies you’ve been working on in action

[@death2all79zx]

Excellent 💯

[@SirBuffton]

MORE PLEASE

[@JacintoDeSousa-bq2wp]

love this!

[@tomwilliams1954]

Great video. Wish I still had that set

[@jamesg72901]

Absolutely love this content! Armies look fabulous and love this format for a 2nd edition battle report :)

[@wanntime1894]

Awesome video! Cant get enough of 2nd edition!

[@ironbomb6753]

Great video! Love the channel 👍

[@brokenheroics8223]

Great Mermories as a kid ❤

[@wokehammer40k]

Really like the scenario and you do a great job of showing it off on your lovely setup!

[@neal1366]

I love these retro videos! Please keep them coming!

[@edpaintsminis]

I surely will! Thanks for the love and glad you're enjoying them!

[@nonya1366]

They truly were... The shootiest gretchin to ever go.

[@edpaintsminis]

They sure were...

[@fybso3057]

This was great

[@euansmith3699]

This is a really great format for battle reports. The armies and terrain look absolutely tip-top.

[@GP7empest]

What a refreshing way to present the game. Love it, more please

[@edpaintsminis]

Kind words Guy! More on the way!

[@GeminautVA]

I'd offer my voice talent to your work, but you sound exactly like what i imagine space marines sound like already! This is the best BR format ever.

[@edpaintsminis]

Best comment ever! I need to work out how they did the effects on the VO for the space marines in the original Dawn of War - loved that metallic edge from their vox.

[@GeminautVA]

@Minisodes i worked on TTS with Alfabusa, I could probably show you what we used to use. You got sony vegas?

[@michaelbermingham2942]

This is great, really enjoyed it.

[@edpaintsminis]

Awesome!

[@ozymandrokles8171]

Glorious I would love to see more like this 👌

[@edpaintsminis]

Check back on Friday 😎

[@calerdonian]

Keep it coming dude

[@shitstormbringer]

brilliant video

[@MajorSvenGaming]

This really is something special...

[@Mcbrady19]

Your concept is great ! For me, that's what Warhammer 40k should be.

[@edpaintsminis]

😎

[@duacot6633]

Absolutely enjoying the streamlined and narrative presentation. Keep 'm coming!

[@edpaintsminis]

Thanks, will do!

[@jubbmcdiesel8639]

This is dope as hell, I hope we get to see all of the old missions. Keep it up my man.

[@edpaintsminis]

Thanks Jubb! That's the plan! I'm not that impressed with the third mission though, so might adapt it for the channel!

[@Velasc]

that was fun !

[@tinyfishhobby3138]

Really great battle report, well done. And just want to add that the way you did those old paper ruins looks really good, love how solid they look on the battlefield.

[@edpaintsminis]

Thank you Tiny Fish!

[@martintaylor570]

Absolutely incredible mate, excellent production and fantastic armies and terrain!

[@edpaintsminis]

Cheers Martin! That's so kind of you!

[@mikevincent8728]

Love the 'World At War' style narration! Awesome video dude :D

[@edpaintsminis]

I hadn't even thought of this! But I think you're right!

[@weirdwwii8775]

I remember playing that campaign back when it came out. Good times.

[@meanderingshade]

A lovely recreation of your game. The memories this conjures up, sweet sweet nostalgia! 😂 I played and replayed that campaign pack with many friends when I was first really getting into the hobby. Awesome work, thanks for the video and take care 😉

[@edpaintsminis]

Very kind words! Plenty more in the pipeline don't you worry 😉

[@Watcher-in-the-Dark]

This was awesome! Love seeing the old Edition. Something about seeing a single unit of Space Marines taking on so many, even if just grots just feels so cool. I bet this small match still took ages just cuz of how 2nd ed plays haha.

[@kharnifex]

Nice one Ed

[@graywolf3000]

Brilliant and inspiring. I am restoring Orks 2nd edition as well. Managed to acquire one Bad Moon first and now am totally into this. I loved to watch this. Waiting for further videos from you. I think you capture the mood of the times perfectly. The music and your narrative, pieces or art and overall feeling of the vids is just amazing. You've got a talent there. Please keep it up.

[@edpaintsminis]

So awesome to read this comment and I'm glad it's resonating with you. The next episode is nearly there and I can't wait to read what you think! Thank you for your kind words. 😎

[@aglumm9469]

You’re right, the scenario is great for an intro game. I can’t wait to have my 2nd Ed stuff up and running to recreate this aswell! Great batrep! Very inspiring and can’t wait to see more!

[@edpaintsminis]

Awesome! Thank you Aglumm! 😎

[@chimera916]

Great video. I have just discovered your channel, immediately subscribed. I like the miniatures, the painting, the nostalgic feeling, the storytelling. Absolutely impressed😊😊😊😊

[@edpaintsminis]

Awesome, thank you!

[@chimera916]

@@edpaintsminis Oh no my friend, thanks to you, my wife and I are watching your videos togheter in these days, we both really enjoy them. 😁👍

[@ergofargo]

Nice video

[@jonathan2950]

A great way to do a battle report. Nice and succinct but still covers and mentions the rules when needed. Have you done a video covering your painting of these Blood Angels? I had a look but couldn’t find one. They look awesome!

[@edpaintsminis]

Thanks so much Jonathan. I haven't done a painting video of these guys, but check out Squidmar's Blood Angels using contrast paint. I used this as a starting point.

[@ka1juhunt3r]

This was great to watch! I hope you can do some 2nd edition space wolves in the future!

[@edpaintsminis]

Literally got some Wolf Guard terminators for a steal on eBay last week. No plans for them just yet, but I could be convinced...

[@jandukanocraft6897]

Nice video mate!! Love your style! 👍

[@edpaintsminis]

Thank you! Bit of refinement needed but I'm learning something new and applying it with each new release.

[@jandukanocraft6897]

@@edpaintsminis I need a lot more refinement than you 😅! Right now I am on a quest to improve my audio without spending any money.

[@jusztinnemeti6380]

Nicely filmed battle report. I still play 2nd edition once a month. It's the only 40K I play. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="443">7:23</a> One thing, these guys aren't beakies. They are in mark 7 armor, lol.

[@yansmac4796]

I "started" with the 2nd edition box. I was like 6 so we kind of made up our own rules. My brother said he read the book, but apparently not. 😂 Looks like I missed out on a fun game though!

[@edpaintsminis]

Sounds familiar! It's a mighty granular ruleset - but super fun once you get your head around it and learn to roll with the punches.:)

[@pandavikingguy6193]

Cool

[@Bodkin_Ye_Pointy]

So the question is, going second, why did we not see or hear about the final round of shooting from the grots? As I recall, the rallied grots and the other grots had the opportunity to manoeuvre and shoot into the marines forcing armour saves at least.

[@brushandbolter]

This is the greatest thing Ive ever watched, and Ive seen all my children born. Jk, but keep it up.

[@edpaintsminis]

☺️

[@MrShark-qu5xx]

honestly a really good BR

[@tomgeytenbeek2207]

I would absolutely love to see more of this campaign, yes. I shall subscribe as my down payment.

[@edpaintsminis]

Gratefully received! Next episode is out at 6pm GMT today!!!

[@Darksky1001able]

Hey man, can you give us names or what you used for the background music?

[@livanbard]

So that's where it parry came from

[@codykrueger796]

How did you make this terrain chonkified!?! It looks amazing!

[@edpaintsminis]

Check out my first video :)

[@xInfiniteGaMeRsX]

This is so cool, It makes me want to go back and play the editions before my time in the hobby. Where can i get old rules? thats no ebay if possible

[@edpaintsminis]

Hey! Thanks very much - glad you enjoyed it! You can get all of the most up to date 2ndedition rules compiled in the 'Battle Bible'. Just Google it and it is available as a pdf.

[@LifeofSquidMann]

Any pics of the terrain layout? Trying to recreate this for myself.

[@edpaintsminis]

Hey! If you join the 2nd Edition 40k group on Facebook you'll find all the files you need to play each of these scenarios :)

[@DecayedAndy]

really enjoyed the vid but i would say if possible if you want to slow-mo footage in the future record it at a higher frame rate so it looks a bit smoother when you slow it down :) it was just a little choppy in a few places. Vids like this kinda make me want to stop getting the current GW stuff and go for this classic stuff, if you happen to do Epic in this style in the future i would be interested

[@edpaintsminis]

Great shout Andy. This was something I picked up on and hopefully addressed a little more successfully in part 2! I do have a few ideas for Epic as it happens, so watch this space 😎

[@DecayedAndy]

@@edpaintsminis i just watched that episode like 5 mins ago and didnt see any of the slow-mo blurring is problem solved XD Apricate the production and editing and look forward to future vids, if i have something interesting to say i will comment in the future

[@glowzmanz9749]

Great batrep! Just highlights the imperium's propaganda on Spacemaries being super soldiers, a whole bunch taken out by Grots 😀😀 😀

[@wilshned]

ORK SNIPERS!!

[@user-oe6mf6fw7g]

I was so inspired by these videos i got my hand on the 2nd edition starter set but I'm not a great painter (I'm 15) I feel like I'm going to ruin it help me!!!!