Warhammer 40k Crusade Guide: How to Play for Beginners

Forge your narrative with Warhammer 40k's Crusade game mode.
Whether you're new to Warhammer 40k or just looking to dive into the Crusade game mode, this video covers all the basics you need to get started.
Download the Crusade rules here:
www.warhammer-community.com/w...
Link to Order of Battle on Google Sheets:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
00:00 Overview
01:20 Order of Battle
02:23 Core Requisitions
02:41 Adding Units to your Order of Battle
03:15 Unit Crusade Cards
04:22 Experience Points
04:57 Levelling Up
05:41 Battle Honor types
06:40 Leaders and Attached Units
06:58 Mustering a Crusade Army
07:43 Playing a Mission
08:16 Agendas
08:42 Out of Action tests
09:50 Closing Thoughts

[@McFatson]

Finally, some Crusade focused content 🤓

[@CrusadeHouse]

Thanks!

[@CMTechnica]

Crusade focused content? Subscribed.

[@CrusadeHouse]

Thank you! More Crusade content will be on the way.

[@chrisyeoSG]

Finally some good Warhammer stories

[@CrusadeHouse]

Thank you!

[@idaeus5949]

Thank you so much for covering crusade, you have my instant subscription! I kicked off 10th edition with an 8-month long narrative campaign using this system, and I have enjoyed this immensely. It's a crying shame that there's not more content focused on this grossly under-rated system.

[@CrusadeHouse]

Hey, thanks for the sub! Wow that's a really long Crusade. How did it go? For the players in my area, I've only been able to sustain interest for at most 3 months per campaign.

[@RSBurgener]

Thank you for covering this! For the past few years, I would occasionally search KZbin for Crusade content, but it seemed like the only thing anyone cared about was competitive 40k. Competitive is cool and all, but Crusade is mainly what I am interested in.

[@CrusadeHouse]

Hey thanks for stopping by! Yeah same. I only found the occasional guide for Crusade. But I've found very few videos focusing specifically on it. Kinda why I wanted to start this channel.

[@mueezadam8438]

@@CrusadeHouse that’s so amazing, thank you so much this is going to become my favourite ttrpg channel hands down!

[@CrusadeHouse]

@@mueezadam8438 Awesome! Glad to have you watching!

[@nakenmil]

40k is SO ill-suited for competitive play though, it's kinda baffling that they focus so hard on it.

[@RSBurgener]

@@nakenmil i agree with you. It seems a bit like competitive D&D, which apparently used to happen in the late 70's, early 80's. They wanna sell 40k as an E-sport, which makes me a little bit frustrated. I took up these games back in high school precisely because I wasn't into sports. I still can't talk fantasy football or whatever. But apparently 40k is on its way to becoming one. I guess that's why Crusade exists.

[@joshiechoi]

Yes! We need more crusade guides on YT! Thank you!

[@CrusadeHouse]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@gfanikf]

This is nice. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do since I really haven’t had a chance to play a game of 40K yet, just engaging with lots of lore and model building. Another problem is while there are some content for people interested in crusade. It’s mostly GT’s and matched play stuff. Nothing wrong with any of that you just I’d like to leverage the lore in the game, since it’s so good.

[@CrusadeHouse]

Agreed. While I enjoy the competitive gaming aspect of Matched Play, I am drawn to 40k more by the lore. The universe is so vast and intriguing, and I want to see that represented on the tabletop too. Sometimes we just want to have a casual game and tell a story with our minis.

[@tobiaskluth7924]

Great timing for this video! I’m currently reading through paria nexus and assembling my crusade army

[@CrusadeHouse]

Awesome! I’ll be doing a review on the Pariah Nexus soon. What army are you intending on playing?

[@warbozz1232]

This video came out just in time,me and a friend were about to start a crusade and this video helped alot

[@CrusadeHouse]

Glad to hear that! May your battles be legendary 🫡 Which armies are you guys playing?

[@warbozz1232]

@@CrusadeHouse we are both playing with my big guard list for now until he gets his chaos marines

[@CrusadeHouse]

@@warbozz1232 nice. All the best to you both!

[@historitor-investigatus]

Wishing you all the best with this channel. Love Crusade content.

[@CrusadeHouse]

Thank you. There will be more Crusade-related content coming soon!

[@luminaaeterna1259]

Good first video My first Army is still at 1k points so maybe I'll try crusade games before match games

[@CrusadeHouse]

Hope you’ll have fun! 1k is a great pointage to learn the game. For 10th edition, I find that it’s almost as balanced as 2k games. So the basics will be the same.

[@greg_mca]

I've been looking for something like this ever since I got my 10th SM codex, since it doesn't really explain the core concepts and I didn't want to buy a £40 just to find out. Looking forward to more :)

[@cesarp714]

If you have the leviathan book , it has crusade rules and tyrannic war crusade rules

[@PowerYoutuberViewer]

Core rules are free online!

[@greg_mca]

@@PowerKZbinrViewer thanks, I'll go look

[@CrusadeHouse]

@greg_mca yeah agreed. The core Crusade rules are pretty complicated for beginners. And some rules are spread out across the whole document. That’s kinda what pushed me to make this video.

[@CMTechnica]

Your crusade rules are in your codex. There’s only 2 crusade supplements; tyrannic war (standalone or found in the leviathan book), and Pariah Nexus (a standalone book). Supplements aren’t required

[@skillfulwave6592]

Thanks a million for this video, I’m going to send it to some friends I’m trying to get into crusade

[@CrusadeHouse]

Thanks! Hope they start playing! I’ve honestly found that Crusade is the best way to play 40K.

[@gfanikf]

Now we just need to start doing Crusade Table Top Simulator, since find local crusade games, even in large metro region…is a challenge.

[@CrusadeHouse]

That sounds like a good idea. May I ask which region you are in? I've realized player participation in Crusade is highly dependant on the demographics of people in the area.

[@treymartinez7398]

I'm curious to know I been intrested in doing this for a while

[@CrusadeHouse]

@@treymartinez7398 I'll keep that in mind. I've been thinking how to run such things ever since I saw the comments about this.

[@mueezadam8438]

Omg a crusade channel!? subbed!

[@CrusadeHouse]

Thanks for stopping by! I will have more Crusade content coming in the near future.

[@brachanv1567]

Really good content keep going

[@CrusadeHouse]

Thank you!

Will have my first Crusade game on the weekend. Fingers crossed! 😁

[@CrusadeHouse]

Awesome! Hope you’ll have a blast! What army will you be playing?

@@CrusadeHouse I play my Space Marine Raptors Chapter against some disgustingly blue Tau Xenos scum. We start with 600 points and then we will see how it goes.

[@linkdancer3890]

Can the narrative of the crusade be fan-made by us or does it have to be from the official codex books from gw?

[@CrusadeHouse]

The story can be fan made. However, the Battle Traits, Crusade Relics etc are only from the official GW books. If you intend to play Crusade with other people from your area, it’s best to stick to the upgrades found in these books. Unless you have a group of friends willing to play with house-rules and self-made Crusade upgrades. Tldr story can be self-made, but use the rules found in official books to represent your setting.

[@darthinfamous73]

Always wanted to try Crusade, but I don’t have anyone to try it with

[@CrusadeHouse]

Sad to hear that 😢 Do you have a local store where you play at?

[@Nostramo_Paintings]

Is there any way we can access the sheet?

[@CrusadeHouse]

Hey there. To modify the sheet, you'll need to Make A Copy to your own Google Drive. From there, you should be able to update it live.

[@PANTHERSMAN15onxbox]

Are you allowed to take epic heroes in crusade

[@CrusadeHouse]

Yes you are.