We recreated the biggest battle in Warhammer lore! | Battle Report: Warhammer Epic

[@GamesNight]

3 HOUR LONG FULL GAME: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJqpqaSPlq19bdE

[@the-potato-warrior]

Stop using an unwieldy tape measure and buy a scale muh guys…. Fancy measuring stick

[@CaseChronicles69]

pay wall ad ^

[@Scaggler]

​@@the-potato-warriorunwieldy? Are you sure you're advocating for measures here, I feel like with flexibility and versatility tape is so much better

[@caboosealmighty3735]

Damn, even in epic jaghatai doesn't get a bike.

[@Pumciusz]

Tom is trully the Warhammer Fourty Thousand.

[@MrShukaku1991]

I thought he was the warhammer fantasy man Fucking Toddy!

[@jfolz]

You have bested me Thomas Heresy

[@Fyre11]

40 thousand really feels like it would be too many hammers.

[@ezragoldberg3132]

Trully one of the references of all time

[@Notbatman374]

Gaurd1: close the gate! Gaurd2: its primarch fulgrim! Gaurd1: open the gate! Gaurd2: hes a demonlord now with four arms and a snake body! Gaurd1: close the gate! Gaurd2: hes got a stonkin pair though. Gaurd1:open the gate a littl- Dorn: NO.

[@sonspork]

*guard

[@Cuppachoccy]

you had 7 opportunities to spell it right dude

[@jackychang9148]

For Emperor's sake, go back to school!

[@moderndavinci6599]

@@jackychang9148 no, no. This is lore accurate

[@smalwex]

that board is BLOODY. GORGEOUS. props to whoever made it (probably Alex)

[@Mooam]

There is a 1hr 30min members video and Ben and Alex talking about the creation of the board

[@GamesNight]

It was indeed!

[@MrSquark]

It's insanely good

[@SpaceMissile]

I absolutely agree!

[@normtrooper4392]

This comment section is in need of fortification. "I am Jaghatai Khan, and I have ridden well"

[@nonya1366]

THE BLOOD GOD *HATES* FORTIFICATIONS! *gets vaporized.*

[@kevinambler4931]

Thank you for fortifying us against the hoard of spoilers below, truly you are one of the forty thousand warhammers

[@nielsverschoor5075]

I've got a weelbarrow of concrete. Where to place?

[@Iced_Tea200]

Too late, Terra has a genestealer cult now

[@tbomb69]

I am reinstalling the palace

[@theangrylizard2711]

Watching Angron jump in, kill Dorn, then instantly get reduced to ash was hilarious. Great video as always lads!!

[@harmonlanager2670]

Very Angron coded.

[@samuelcaponi4516]

Jimmy Space can't face the might of pantry trolls

[@JackPorter]

Alternate history 41:00 : Chaos barges through the gates, trolls eat all of Jimmy Space's Bratwursts and he starves to death.

[@hansw15]

Seeing how close this was, I think it could be fun if you did a follow up from inside the Sanctum Imperialis, as the initial chaos forces meet the defenders behind the gate, waiting for reinforcements that have to make their way past a loyalist titan still guarding the Eternity Gate. Can they do enough damage before the defenders kill them, or will they end up trapped between loyalist forces retaking the exterior and the Custodians inside? Lots of potential to continue this.

[@RubelliteFae]

Would be cool to see at larger scale for that!

[@natleslie1103]

Can they do enough damage before the defenders kill them, or are they on a.... mystery quest?

[@ilovetrafficcones]

That guy who built the throne room could come on to help!

[@bombarded15]

Would love a sequel with Horus vs the Emperor on the steps, with plenty of custode and troll distractions on the way :)

[@Thortawar]

Yeah... now I want a mystery quest episode with the four trolls rampaging through the imperial palace

[@Mr_Bunk]

*After the siege:* - Horus Heresy would become the new emperor for 205 years before losing a vote of no confidence by the Chaos powers and resigning. He would dedicate his retirement to finding that elusive 40,000th war hammer. - Angron would spend most of his time in the warp playing LoL. Each time he lost a match, he would manifest in the material realm to punt a random mortal into space, to vent his unrelenting fury. - Mortarion led the Death guard for 86 years after, but found a new passion in death metal. He would later be better known as the 50’ tall frontman of ‘Vivisecting the Turgid Corpse of a Broken Antelope with a Rusty Scythe’, subsequently pioneering the sub-genre of ‘Rot Metal’. Upon being asked about the siege 4000 years later, he would simply reply “It was a hell of a long time ago, man. Don’t care for it.” - The Emperor would use his bullsh*t powers to, effectively, commit mitosis. Half of him would make a hopeless, yet defiant last defence of the throne room as it fell, while the other half hightailed it into the webway, where he would eventually find success as a male fashion model in Commorragh, under the stage name ‘Emps’. - Guilliman, upon witnessing the sheer carnage overcoming Terra upon his arriving too late, sank into a depression so bad even Corax would ask him to cheer the f*ck up. Appreciating his brother’s honesty, the two became lifelong friends and would mostly chill on Macragge, feeding the birds. - Fulgrim would dedicate the rest of his post-siege career as a Primarch to joining Discord servers just to speedrun getting banned from them by posting explicit imagery. - Fist Fistem’, the driver of the Whirlwind that fired the last loyalist shots of the siege, would coast on the massive profits of his memoir of the events, despite criticism that he massively overstated his role and kill count. His one counterpoint was “Were you there?”.

[@RubelliteFae]

Calling him Horus Heresy got a good chuckle out of me 😂

[@thediethrower1803]

this is canon

[@GelatinousStube]

Bingus and Bungus ate far too much of the Emperor’s private stash of angel food cake in the pantry and exploded, opening a second warp portal which Sanguinius emerged from, saying he didn’t want to talk about it. The trolls eventually regenerated and having learned nothing, went to the spaceport and were recruited by a passing rogue trader as sous-chefs.

[@Eisenhorn6629]

Corvus & Guilliman feeding the birds aaaaaa, I love that!

[@KrakenLove]

@@Eisenhorn6629 The mary poppins song playing all the while!

[@JoelSexton-tz7rs]

I'm excited to see the 10 part Siege of Terra addendum detailing the adventures of Bingus and Bongus

[@RubelliteFae]

It'll drive Tom crazy once Bingus & Bongus get added to the Horus Heresy book chart 😅

[@008TheDen]

This feels like it captured the energy of the siege of Terra perfectly. Traitor forces who seem both like an unstoppable tide of death and an unorganized riot. Desperate defenders constantly beleaguered but given hope by occasional acts of incredible heroism(like the Venerable Old Faithful at the spaceport). Dramatic reinforcements! Titan death! It has it all!

[@nonya1366]

"And the emperor wept-" Rogal dorn: *Dying in the background* "For his favorite dreadnought."

[@S4B3R117]

This battle must have taken place in the TTS universe lmao would explain the comedic timings

[@OnlyManAfterAll]

Centurion if it’s TTS

[@Aussie_Archmage]

Great game! These reports are so tightly edited. The board was an absolute spectacle, there were a truly staggering amount of tiny toys, the secondary objectives felt pivotally valuable but not ridiculous. If there's one takeaway I have from this game, it's the heart, talent, and effort put in by the Games Night crew. If there's a second, it is this: In the grim darkness of the thirty-first millennium, there is only Trolls.

[@GamesNight]

Thank you so much for supporting us!

[@NummiAFI]

Everyone involved should be so proud of this: Ben for keeping us engaged in the narrative and masterminding the game, Tom for bringing that creative RP spice and pointing out the smaller stories throughout the siege, Alex for the gorgeous board keeping his cool with such bs rolls, other Alex for the amazing camera work, editor for amazing editing, VFX person for brilliant effects, and everyone who committed models from their collection. All these minis are so much fun, the older Epic models bring a wide happy grin to my face.

[@SpaceMissile]

Hearing "Horus" reminds me of that legendary _"showing Tom the flowchart"_ clip

[@Yay295]

the video title is "So, You want to read about the Horus Heresy?"

[@RubelliteFae]

I've never read any James Workshop books, but it's hard to imagine this one battle as like 27 books

[@joeb3017]

Tom: "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK"

[@WizardBrandon]

have ye a link to this clip?

[@baseballjustin5]

​@@WizardBrandonJust search Yogs Horus Heresy and you'll probably find it.

[@squishyhunter1744]

At 9:15 you get the scene of two guardsmen conversing: "That's a Titan!" "A Titan, Carl!" "FIX BAYONETS"

[@Nailgun26]

Certified Krieg moment 🫡

[@Legault397]

It might be a good idea when showing the dice camera to have a little graphic that says what the target number is and what they're rolling for (hits, crits, saves) because sometimes I see "oh the titan rolled two 2s I guess he got unlucky" but it's a titan against infantry so actually all it needed were 2s. If I hadn't started playing SOVL recently I'd have basically no clue why certain rolls worked and others didn't and just have to take y'all's word for it haha

[@ianrasmussen5380]

I agree entirely. There were a couple all 5s and 6s shown that were worthless, didn't know what to think. I'm sure in the extended versions it's explained, since they're talking through it. But having a little like thermometer graphic or something would be awesome.

[@TheCoolCucumber]

In their regular matches, Ben normally says what they're rolling for, but I imagine they had to cut tons and tons of that stuff out just to fit it in to the video. This was the only Battle Report from Games Night that I was left wondering at points about the dice rolls in the way that you mentioned.

[@ianrasmussen5380]

@@TheCoolCucumber you're right. I thought something was a little different than normal. I imagine this was hell to edit too, so good job to the editor.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

@@TheCoolCucumber yeah, having seen the extended cut, there's a lot of stuff that was dropped for timing, even beyond dice rolls. They don't call it 40k Epic for nothing.

[@brianfewer919]

Yeah. I'm new to this so when I saw a 1, 2 and 4 take out all of Dorn's support, I was like "Dafuck?"

[@iffriel]

The trolls and crab disguise themselves and get jobs in the palace kitchens. They're still there to this day.

[@TheArea1240]

the titan at that smashed the door had the same death sequence as the big gingerbread man in shrek

[@Big_Beron]

Life imitates art

[@BobRobert8888]

Crabs and trolls were the real MVPs, I want to see a Dan Abnett book about them.

[@N0M0PH0B1A]

Who wins: A son of the God Emperor of Mankind himself Crabs and trolls

[@ToTeMVG]

that smooth titan walk in removing the shield to immediate droppod of angron and his boys is a strategy that'd have perturabo rock hard

[@jordinagel1184]

Honestly, Mortarion being a disappointment and looked over in favor of another, more badass person by his boss seems very lore accurate

[@GelatinousStube]

“Trolls in the pantry!” is one of the most obscure deep cuts I could have hoped for.

[@RyanKing00]

The Siege of Terra on my birthday?! Thank you, Yogscast!

[@jonathanrees325]

Happy Birthday, my friend! We are all blessed on this day of Games Night

[@milkshakellie]

happy birthday king

[@roykennedy]

Happy Birthday

[@TylerDaltonShaw]

This channel makes tabletop war games so digestible and lively. 10/10 editing, commentary, good times.

[@syphonuk]

I knew Tom secretly loved the Horus Heresy. I bet he used the reading chart to bone up on the lore.

[@ImrahilToChaos]

He likes the Heresy, he hates how overblown the book series is in terms of how it completely demystifies the period. He’s never once said he dislikes the Heresy in general.

[@syphonuk]

@@ImrahilToChaos OK Google. Define "joke".

[@ImrahilToChaos]

@@syphonuk Reading tone online is difficult. Thank you for being so pleasant in your response.

[@Candlemancer]

@@ImrahilToChaos I'm pretty sure he's actually said he does dislike the Heresy as an actual setting, and that he prefered it to be background lore with few concrete details.

[@XenoTechnian]

The fact that your using the old original minis for the demon primarchs is hilarious

[@RAFMnBgaming]

hey, those kinda silly over the top old minis are cool damnit!

[@warscenery]

Awesome video! Glad to see our Fortress Walls in your Battle Report! You painted them very well and they really add to the whole table! Thanks - War Scenery

[@luketalbot2643]

This was simply incredible, holy hell. Alternate history does seem to run in the Games Night blood though goddamn

[@EpleGoesInsane]

I've always felt this scale was better for proper battles, really can show the true scale of warhammer 40k, would love to see more!

[@MWG_Dave]

What a phenomenal display of pure epic tabletop wargaming. What an absolute pleasure to see this battle in all its cinematic glory. ❤

[@rachel89nelson]

The titans paint jobs are so good

[@Themodelman]

Absolutely amazing that you guys pulled this off, the board looked fantastic as well as the VFX!

[@Gallaelwyd]

Jimmy space just glued to his throne bellowing in mechnaical old man voice "get out of my pantry, you pesky trolls!"

[@normtrooper4392]

They're going to steal the emperor's pies!

[@maxdelanougerede7179]

When they were talking about mutants running airport customs, I really thought Tom was going to say "yeah, it would be chaos"

[@BiggishMoth]

I just wanted to say that these videos are some of the best 40k Battle Reports that are on KZbin. The storytelling, graphics, sets, comedy, participants and music great such an engaging and enjoyable viewing experience! Thank you for all your hard work!

[@zblackcapricorn]

This was so much fun to watch. Thank you to the editors the, crew the, Ben who i assumed set this scenario up, Alex who built the beautiful table and Tom who was there.

[@totallycarbon2106]

You guys have absolutely nailed the battle report format, white dwarf wish they have what you have! Having watched the super long version first while doing some painting - the cut down version really stands out as an engaging and entertaining spectacle!

[@deathmagnetic300]

I love how big it was. There was multiple campaigns within the battle. Reinforcements that changed the situation. Heroes and Antiheroes who fell honorably or rose above their mortal selves to stand defiantly against the unending hordes.

[@quadrilaturalSamurai]

IN THE FUTURE. THERE IS ONLY WAR. And those two weird trolls who won't get off the emperor's throne.They think he's Santa and they lead the legions of chaos.

[@Meister_Mogul]

But what Chaos Tom didn't expect is the arrival of Johnny Lasgun and his Lasgun Brigade!

[@Daedalus-Inc]

It would appear that this is post Perturabo nope-out.

[@nonya1366]

Perturabo: "Surely they can't take the palace" Some trolls: "NYEEEEHH!"

[@MagnusMoerkoereJohannesen]

Four Primarchs Pounded Into the Ground in One Turn, a new sizzler by Hugo award finalist Chuck Tingle!

[@abstractspaces8186]

This was epic and full of tension even for someone who doesn't know the rules of the game. Great job narrating and editing to tell the story in an easy to follow manmer.

[@mzjalic324]

This was the coolest battle report I’ve ever seen, and that’s really saying something! I love the old Epic Primarchs, and the board is really beautiful!

[@Chromaz]

Jesus christ the terrain on that table is incredible. That looks like 1000 hours of non stop 3d printing

[@kerethmakura4502]

There's a flash of blue light, and the Emperor's mother returns from the shops. She's not at all happy seeing all this mess.

[@phosphorusgold2391]

@21:55 you missed the opportunity for the greatest pun ever: "Someone can! Jagathai Khan!"

[@JoelSexton-tz7rs]

Holy cow it looks so good! No never-dies present. 10/10

[@picton101]

Amazing table and a great mix of models. You're making me miss my long gone Epic armies of the late nineties. I wish I had your drive to make terrain. I happily make the armies, I can't face scenery!

[@jonnusorsa]

Glory to Bingus and Bongus!

[@Billzor991]

The board was incredible, the game was fun, really a massive treat to watch this.

[@GremiasV]

The whole battle was a prank by the chaos gods to just have the two trolls give jimmy space a double wet willy and then they left leaving jimmy space humiliated, knowing they could do that at any time!

[@matthinton19]

I never knew how much I needed this but you guys have made my month. Epic with 40k scale titans is the coolest thing ever

[@brennanwest5063]

incredible set, it looks amazing

[@redhood1060]

Would love to see some “reenactments” I guess is what we call them of battles from the lore like the drop site massacre and Battle of Lionsgate.

[@jonathanrees325]

Woot woot! Not only a new games night video, but with Tom and Alex doing a Warhammer!? Amazing!

[@Hesadryt]

Tom saying "It's me Horus" is something I want to play at the beginning of any HH game I'm playing as chaos now.

[@DafHob]

Tiny Toys best Toys!

[@Scaggler]

So true Daf, you have such great taste Daf

[@Flashjack1]

You could do a sequel to this where the remaining chaos forces must face Emperor's companions guarding Eternity Gate. One last defence of the Imperium against the on coming tide. Fail here, and the Emperor falls, and his chosen companions know not failure. The Last Stand of the Companions

[@GusOfTheDorks]

How does history change? Well obviously the custodians spend the next 10,000 years trying and failing to get those damn trolls out of the pantry.

[@JhochIvy]

never seen you guys before but this was REALLY entertaining! super fun to watch, and an absolutely awesome board for it. will for sure be checking out more vids

[@bierrollerful]

23:24 Alex: "Is It?" had me rolling lol

[@Mosaic117]

This is pure hype. Make it a series? 🙏🙏

[@bwags9918]

I find myself not paying attention in a lot of battle reports. I tend to play on my phone or put it on for background noise but this video had me sit and watch the entire thing without picking up my phone. This was fun to watch and you guys delivered a fun story.

[@MrAzkhare]

Next: Bingus and Bongus become twin Emperors. Their reign lasts for a total of ten minutes, when Bingus found the Imperial Pantry, and claimed the title of Breadperor. Cue another fifty "Bingus Heresy" books.

[@toooldfortwowheels2048]

Wow, Ben dug deep in his epic scale archives to fill this out! Some real flashback nostalgia models in there, love it!

[@Belzediel]

Angron? XD "Bear witness, brother Cephessus, the vile beast, Angron." "Chap with the wings?" "Aye, that's the bugger. Angron. The manifestation of anger." "Right." "Who's name happens to be Ron." "Right." "Our greatest enemy..." "His name's Angry Ron?" "Yes. Well, no, he is the foul malaise Angron." "You said..." "Doesn't matter what I said! Angron it is, and for all time shall be,." "I mean unless we kill him..." "For all time it will and / or will have been depending on what befalls us this day." "I'll just pop back in and grab the plasma cannon, shall I?" "And anoint the Kettlium of Tetlii." "Plasma cannon, pop a brew on, right-oh boss."

[@DreadedVikingPenguin]

Let me tell you, these short videos are great but the membership versions are so worth it!

[@Silver_Stout]

EPIC Armageddon Let's Go!!!!

[@100thMkey]

The ending narrative of this was like reverse Lord of the rings. Truly Grim Dark.

[@zazander732]

Editing is next level it gets better every time and it's been months. Great stuff.

[@thefinal9923]

This was seriously one of the best battle reports I've seen. For the first time in a couple of weeks now I want to crack out the paints and finish my army 😅

[@darthvaderyan]

Hoorah for the Games Night blowing continuing.

[@wibblywobblysineline509]

I'm a Xenos fan, this is the most fun I've had with Space Marines EVER. The story you told was captivating and hilarious and the tension was held exceedingly well. Something I imagine took a great deal of effort.

[@KerryBenton]

Great job, as always. You can really tell how much love and care goes into these videos and the effort absolutely shows. What a tremendous amount of fun.

[@pretzelpatch]

I agree with a a couple other commenters here - a graphic during the dice rolls camera view showing if the rolls are for hits, crits, saves, etc would be super helpful. And maybe also showing what the target # is - hard for me to know why a 5 or 6 doesn't work, or a 2 does, without much knowledge of warhammer combat 😅 awesome work as always though, you make this tabletop stuff so much fun to watch!

[@ArathirCz]

So much content for members released all at once? Thank you

[@LordMagiru]

This was amazingly fun to watch. I loved seeing those old goofy Chaos primarchs on the field.

[@Eisenhorn6629]

Absolutely amazing stuff, I love these flavoured rpg-like renditions of TTWGs! And on a beautiful, characterful board too

[@dagansmith5354]

wow guys the production quality is amazing! that board wow wow wow thanks

[@mukulnag1578]

This is amazing... Such a nice board, well told story and briliant filming

[@Zorpazorp]

This is wonderful guys!!! Looooooovely board

[@morningbeauvoir]

this was incredible! I'd love to see more games of epic! So glad I became a member

[@svenrio8521]

Reading some of those Hersey books brought a tear to my eye. The boys at Istvaan 3, Garviel's final moments, Malcador on the throne 😢

[@basty1man]

Tom, Ben and Alex playing Epic? hell yes.

[@Firebringer121]

Troll takes its rightful place on the golden throne.

[@zachscarbrough2727]

GW should really bring Epic back. With todays technology, they could have some amazing looking mini-miniatures.

[@Gumbus_]

now you have to reverse the battle, with Curze, Magnus, Omegon and Horus defending against the vengeful Guilliman, Vulkan, Lion and Corax

[@WhatsUpGazpacho]

40:08 TROLLS IN TH EPANTRY! Ha ha ha ha! Hey, I think I played that game lol

[@wardoggaming42]

The lone Dreadnought holding the spaceport is giving Brother Valtus(I think that's his name) vibes from Space Marine 2. "Vile sons of Magnus! Is he here?" "He is not." "Pity, then my hatred must be directed at his minions." "Mortarion, you're attacking here?! Pity that I must stain the Emperor's world with your traitorous blood." Literally goes to throw hands with a Primarch.

[@bad-people6510]

"There's a lot of gates I need to get through." Which is why you should have brought Peter Turbo.

[@Blacknight8850]

That dice tray built into the topmost part of the terrain is such a good idea!

[@ReclusiarchLP]

Easily the best Battle Report channel on KZbin. You guys are doing an amazing job!

[@gregoriothefantastical]

This is an excellent video-- no time wasted on comparing dice rolls or tape measuring. Great job!

[@Malino8835]

Seeing this has made me unbelievably happy!

[@figgusx2196]

Thank you Alex for doing everything, and thank you Tom for being here

[@Niewy]

Alex needs a raise

[@shynarcissist]

Tom? Ben?!? ALEX?!?!!!? i loved every minute of this!

[@TherealFroyoz]

Love you!! Keep up these amazing battle reports!!❤❤