Beginner Articles

Hey PI-Warhammer Recruit! Have you been paying attention to our previous lessons? In yesterday's article, we learned how to Charge and Fight, today, we will learn about the Command Phase and play a game with all we've learnt! A quick break down of the core game play articles: Part 1 - Moving and Shooting Part 2 - Charging and Fighting Part 3 - Command Phase and Applying All We've Learnt In today's set up, we're going to use all the models in our Recruit Edition box. On the Necrons side: 1 Royal Warden (1 model) 1 unit of Necron Warriors (10 models) 1 unit of Canoptek Scarab Swarms (3 models) On the Space Marines side: 1 Primaris Lieutenant (1 model) 1 unit of Assault Intercessors (4 Intercessors, 1 Sergeant) Before we begin, let's talk about the Command Phase The Command Phase Both these armies have units from the same [...]

Hey PI-Warhammer Recruit! Good Saturday morning to you! In the previous article, we learned how to Move and Shoot, today we're going to learn how to Charge and Fight!  A quick break down of the core game play articles: Part 1 - Moving and Shooting Part 2 - Charging and Fighting Part 3 - Command Phase and Applying All We've Learnt    In this scenario, we're going to use 1 Primaris Lieutenant and 3 Scarab Swarm models Today, we'll be playing the Necrons side and our opponent will be the Space Marines side. Step 1 & 2 : Moving and Shooting Following the steps from the last article, we'll move the Scarab Swarms towards the Primaris Lieutenant to get closer for the charge. But since the Scarab Swarms are a unit of 3 models, they would need to move as a coherent group. To do so, each model must be [...]

Hey PI-Fans!  We know that look. You're one of those folks who love ogling at the store display miniatures but seem intimidated by how Warhammer 40k plays. Never fear! We're here to break down the core game play into bite size articles so that anyone can get started and playing the game!  In the next few days, we'll be going through the basics of Warhammer 40k: Part 1 - Moving and Shooting Part 2 - Charging and Fighting Part 3 - Command Phase and Applying All We've Learnt    Things You'll Need Warhammer 40k models Measurers - tape measure or range rulers Some 6 sided dice A place to play at A friend to play with Today, we're going to learn how to Move and Shoot with some models in a simple scenario We have 5 Necron Warriors and 3 Assault Intercessor Space Marines  Let's place them like so on [...]