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Tank Shock – 40k Organized Play MISSIONS Are Here!

By Rob Baer | March 25th, 2016 | Categories: Warhammer 40k Rumors

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Treadheads get ready for some hobby fun with the new Tank Shock Organized Play missions that are rolling into a local store near you.

Here’s the big event(s) themselves. Checkout the new missions that look to encourage fun and excitement on the table top after TWO big in-store hobby events.

Source: Captain Citadel

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750 Point Battles features armies with at least one vehicle to take advantage of the Elite Vehicle Assets Table. Rounds look to be one hour long, and the four game event lasts for an afternoon. It’s not a “tournament” it’s a “multiplayer event” that pairs players against four different opponents.

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Sightly different from the event above, this 750 Point Battle multiplayer event features armies with at least one vehicle to take advantage of the Elite Vehicle Assets Table. Think Apocalypse, but with an emphasis on tanks and Maelstrom scoring!

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This one is the most intriguing to me: 500 point battles one on one, but with an emphasis on tanks, again to take advantage of the Elite Vehicle Assets Table.

Now what if you do subsequent rounds where losing players would get more points to field against victors until only one player remained after a day or even multiple days of play?

It would be easy do if you recorded how many points each victor destroyed, and then their opponents were able to add that to their starting force (for multiple rounds you would include victors base 500 points for calculating points differences).

So like for round two as an example a losing player could be playing 732 points verses a winner’s 500 points – because that winner killed 232 points of his opponent on in game one.

Wash rinse repeat until some one wins on the day after a set number of rounds OR over several days.

Which mission do YOU want to play in? Leave it in the comments folks – let’s see what everyone thinks about the new details!

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About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

Founded Spikey Bits in 2009

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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.

Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls. 

Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.

Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.

With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.

While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.