GW just dropped the free Boarding Actions and Arks of Omen rules for 10th Edition Warhammer 40k, but you will still need some other books to play the entire game.
If you’ve been playing Boarding Actions, you can keep things going with similar rules and missions. Games Workshop put out two documents for the game, with how to muster armies and the core rules.
These rules will bring the game to 10th, and the core rules below will replace the core rules found in Arks of Omen. However, the missions will not be included in this, meaning you will still need the Arks of Omen books for those.
Either way, it’s always nice to get free rules!
Free 10th Edition 40k Boarding Actions & Arks of Omen Rules
The free Boarding Actions and Arks of Omen rules for 10th Edition Warhammer 40k rules come from Warhammer Community.
The new Boarding Actions Core Rules replace the original ones found in Arks of Omen: Abaddon, adapting the new core rules of Warhammer 40,000 to frantic shipboard battles. However, they’re designed to work with the missions – and mission sequences – presented in all five Arks of Omen books, giving you dozens of missions and a variety of game modes to play through right from the start.
If you’ve been playing this game mode, it’s good, as the Arks of Omen books will still have some playability and worth.
Several rules referenced by these missions don’t apply to the new edition, but that’s not a problem – the Boarding Actions Core Rules clarify how to handle these situations. For example, Actions no longer exist in Warhammer 40,000, so the new rules explain how to perform and complete any Actions required by your Boarding Action missions.
In other cases, new rules have been adapted to suit the claustrophobic battlefield. Units can stand on top of objective markers, for instance, just as they did in the previous edition. Some of those corridors would get mighty cramped if they couldn’t!
It looks like this is more similar to 9th than most new game types. However, let’s hope the new adaptations make the game even more fun!
Click here to download all the Boarding Actions core rules!
Another major change comes to Leaders and Bodyguards. The new rules for joining units would make it very easy to hide a powerful champion from harm, so in Boarding Actions, your Leaders don’t join a Bodyguard at all. Instead, they fight solo and confer their powerful Leader abilities to individual units with the new Battlefield Command Stratagem.
This makes sense with 10th Edition, as most characters need to join units anyway.
Mustering Armies Rules
These free Boarding Actions Mustering Rules replace those found in the Arks of Omen books – but just like their missions, the faction-specific Enhancements and Stratagems from those supplements remain valid for use. Updates for these books will soon be on their way to ensure that your tricks and tactics work as smoothly as ever.
There are some interesting choices, but you will still need a lot of Arks of Omen stuff. You can download all the muster rules here! However, if you need some help on where to find what, here’s a list of everything.
Books Needed to Play Boarding Actions (or Have Rules in Them):
- Warhammer 40,000 Core Rules – How to play games of Warhammer 40,000
- Faction Index Cards – Download all the datasheets and army rules for your faction
- Boarding Actions Core Rules – Adapt your games to shipboard battles
- Boarding Actions Mustering Rules – Learn how to build your faction’s Boarding Patrols
- Any Arks of Omen book – Play a variety of missions and find out how to set up games, including judging the Underdog and forming Boarding Squads
Plus, here’s what’s in each Arks of Omen book:
- Arks of Omen: Abaddon – Nine core missions themed around desperate battles within the hearts of Balefleets, space hulks, and beleaguered installations
- Arks of Omen: Angron – Six missions themed around aggressive attack and stalwart defence, plus additional rules for Astra Militarum, Chaos Space Marines, Grey Knights, Orks, Space Marines, and World Eaters
- Arks of Omen: Vashtorr – Nine missions themed around The Rock Besieged campaign, plus additional rules for Adeptus Mechanicus, Chaos Daemons, Death Guard, Genestealer Cults, Necrons, and Tyranids
- Arks of Omen: Farsight – Rules for generating Dark Depths missions with variable maps, nine multiplayer missions, and additional rules for Adepta Sororitas, Aeldari, Drukhari, Harlequins, and the T’au Empire
- Arks of Omen: The Lion – Six Dread Encounter missions for dramatic scenarios, 12 Breaching Operation missions for use with destructible walls, and additional rules for Adeptus Custodes, Agents of the Imperium, Leagues of Votann, and Thousand Sons
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