Het plan is om vanaf Q4 2019 een campaign te starten voor Warhammer 40k binnen de Hired Guns. Dit begint op 500 punten en zal geleidelijk stijgen tot 1500 punten in Q4 2020. Dit om het spelen aan te moedigen en mensen de mogelijkheid te geven om hun leger uit te breiden.

1. Legerlijsten maken gebruik van één enkele codex.
2. Legers zijn battleforged.
3. Er wordt gebruik gemaakt van standaard detachments. Detachments zoals uit de vigilus campagin zijn niet toegestaan.
4. Geen Lord of War toegestaan.
5. De campaign begint met 500 punten. De daaropvolgende lijsten zijn een aanvulling daarop. De 750 puntenlijst bestaat dus uit je 500 puntenlijst + 250 punten. Units kunnen niet worden geswitched.
6. Forge World modellen zijn toegestaan, Forge World legerlijsten niet.
7. Niet alle punten hoeven uitgegeven te worden. Deze gaan dan niet verloren. In de volgende fase kun je dan meer punten uitgeven, tot de nieuwe limiet.
8. Units mogen maximaal 300 punten kosten.
9. Uitzondering is tijdens de Reinforcement. Daarin mag één unit uit de lijst worden gehaald en de lijst uitgebreid worden tot de nieuwe limiet. Daarbij mag één nieuwe unit meer dan 300 punten kosten. Alle andere restricties blijven. Het moment van reinforcement wordt aangegeven door de Campaign Leiders
10. Wanneer punten tijdens de campaign veranderen, bijvoorbeeld door een nieuwe versie van Chapter Approved, dan blijf je met je huidige lijst spelen. Wanneer point increases ervoor zorgen dat je teveel punten zou hebben, dan vul je het in de volgende fase aan tot de nieuwe limiet. Bijvoorbeeld, na Chapter Approved is je 750 puntenlijst opeens 790 punten. Je blijft dan spelen en vult de volgende fase je lijst aan tot 1000 punten door maximaal 210 punten te besteden.
11. De legerlijst dient vóór de deadline, in battlescribe format, ingeleverd te zijn bij de campaign leiders. Gebeurt dit niet, dan krijg je -2 Campaign Points. Zie de tabel voor de deadlines.
12. Je legerlijst dien je ieder potje uitgeprint mee te nemen.
13. Je speelt met je eigen spullen: modellen, dobbelstenen, meetlint, alles.
14. Andere modellen gebruiken als proxy is niet toegestaan. Wanneer een model verkeerde wargear zou hebben, die je dat duidelijk van te voren te melden bij je tegenstander.
15. Matchmaking gebeurt door de Campaign leiders. De missies staan vast en zijn voor eenieder hetzelfde.
16. Vindt een potje niet plaats, dan dien je aan de campaign leiders door te geven of:
    a. Beide spelers hiervoor verantwoordelijk zijn. Beiden krijgen een Minor Loss.
    b. Eén van de spelers hiervoor verantwoordelijk is. Hij/zij krijgt een Minor Loss, de ander een Minor Victory
17. Omdat we in het begin van de campaign hebben afgesproken pas schilderpunten toe te wijzen aan het einde van de campaign kunnen er in de missie’s geen 10 punten worden geclaimd voor schilderwerk.

Per battle

Aan het einde van de campaign

Tijdens het laatste potje is je leger WYSIWYG*                           +1 Campaign Point
Tijdens het laatste potje is je leger volledig geschilderd              +2 Campaign Points
Tijdens het laatste potje is je leger volledig gebased                   +1 Campaign Point

NB: Het is niet mogelijk om met je totale Campaign Points in de min te gaan.

*Met WYSIWYG wordt bedoeld: What You See Is What You Get. Alle wapenopties, wargear, factie specifieke kleurenschema’s zijn correct weergegeven op de modellen. Als het model in de legerlijst een plasma pistol heeft, dient dat te zien te zijn op het model. Als je je leger als Ultramarines hebt geschilderd, gebruik je ook die regels (successor chapters en eigen bedachte facties mogen natuurlijk wel!)

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You must capture a key point in enemy territory while securing your own borders against their attacks. If you seize the enemy’s territory but lose your own, there is no advantage gained.

THE BATTLEFIELD
Create the battlefield and set up terrain. For this game, 4 standard citadel 24” game tiles are used. Next, the players place one objective marker in the centre of the battlefield.

DEPLOYMENT
The players roll off and the winner picks one of the deployment zones for their army and sets up an additional objective marker within it. Their opponent uses the other deployment zone, and likewise sets up an additional objective marker within it. Neither of these objective markers can be set up within 8″ of any battlefield edge or within 12″ of any other objective marker. The player who did not pick their deployment zone then deploys their entire army first. Their opponent then deploys their entire army. A player’s models must be set up wholly within their deployment zone.

FIRST TURN
The player who finished setting up their army first chooses who takes the first turn. If they decide to take the first turn, their opponent can roll a dice: on a 6, they seize the initiative, and they get the first turn instead.

ACCEPTABLE CASUALTIES
The matched play rules for Sudden Death are not in use in this mission.

BATTLE LENGTH
At the end of battle round 5, the player who had the first turn rolls a D6. On a 3+, the game continues, otherwise the game is over. At the end of battle round 6, the player who had the second turn rolls a D6. This time the game continues on a 4+, otherwise the game is over. The battle automatically ends at the end of battle round 7.

VICTORY CONDITIONS
At the end of the game, the player with the most victory points is the winner. If both players have the same, the game is a draw. Victory points are scored for the following:

Push Them Back: Starting from the second battle round, each player scores a number of victory points for each objective marker they control at the start of their turn. A player scores 1 victory point if they control the objective marker in their own deployment zone, 2 victory points if they control the objective marker in the centre of the battlefield, and 3 victory points if they control the objective  marker in their opponent’s deployment zone. A player controls an objective marker if they have more models within 3″ of it than their opponent does. 

Slay the Warlord: If the enemy Warlord has been slain during the battle, you score 1 victory point.

First Strike: You score 1 victory point if any units from your opponent’s army were destroyed during the first battle round. 

Linebreaker: If, at the end of the battle, you have at least one model within the enemy’s deployment zone, you score 1 victory point.

Your Opponents

In onderstaande tabel vinden jullie je tegenstanders voor missie I. Het gaat dus om twee potjes, waarbij je dezelfde missie speelt tegen twee verschillende mensen. 

Braving the flak batteries of the foe, your best pilots are inbound with supplies to drop to your beleaguered forces. You must race your enemy to the prize, driving them away from the drop coordinates and seizing the supplies as they land.

THE BATTLEFIELD
Create the battlefield and set up terrain. For this game, 4 standard citadel 24” game tiles are used. Next, the players place 4 objective markers as follows. The players roll off and, starting with the winner, the players alternate placing these objective markers until all 4 have been set up. The objective markers can be placed anywhere on the battlefield, as long as the centre of each is more than 12″ from the centre of any other objective marker and more than 6″ from the edge of the battlefield.

DEPLOYMENT
The player who placed the fourth objective marker picks one of the deployment zones for their army. Their opponent uses the other deployment zone. The players alternate deploying their units, one at a time, starting with the player who did not pick their deployment zone. A player’s models must be set up wholly within their deployment zone. Continue setting up units until both sides have set up their army.

FIRST TURN
The players roll off, and the player who finished setting up their army first adds 1 to their result. The winner can choose to take the first or second turn. If they take the first turn, their opponent can roll a D6; on a 6, they manage to seize the initiative, and they get the first turn instead!

SUPPLIES INCOMING
At the start of the third battle round, the player who has the next turn selects two objective markers. These are the alpha objective markers. The remaining two are the beta objective markers. That player then randomly selects an alpha objective marker by rolling a D2 – the other is removed from the battlefield. This is a Mission roll (pg 67), so cannot be re-rolled by using the Command Re-roll Stratagem. At the start of their opponent’s next turn, their opponent does likewise for the beta objective markers. After this is done, there should only be two objective markers remaining on the battlefield – these are the supplies both players must now control.

BATTLE LENGTH
At the end of battle round 5, the player who had the first turn rolls a D6. On a 3+, the game continues, otherwise the game is over. At the end of battle round 6, the player who had the second turn rolls a D6. This time the game continues on a 4+, otherwise the game is over. The battle automatically ends at the end of battle round 7.

VICTORY CONDITIONS
At the end of the game, the player with the most victory points is the winner. If both players have the same, the game is a draw. Victory points are scored for the following:

Secure Supplies: At the end of the game, each of the two objective markers left on the battlefield is worth 3 victory points to the player who controls it. A player controls an objective marker if they have more models within 3″ of the centre of it than their opponent does.
Slay the Warlord: If the enemy Warlord has been slain during the battle, you score 1 victory point.
First Blood: The first unit, of any kind, to be destroyed during the battle is worth 1 victory point to the opposing player at the end of the game. If two or more units from opposing forces are destroyed simultaneously, then both players get 1 victory point.
Linebreaker: If, at the end of the battle, you have at least one model within the enemy’s deployment zone, you score 1 victory point.

Your Opponents

In onderstaande tabel vinden jullie je tegenstanders voor missie I. Het gaat dus om twee potjes, waarbij je dezelfde missie speelt tegen twee verschillende mensen. 

Chapted 3 – Unearthed

Lord Governor Caligarius stood silently, staring out of the window of the strategium as the battlefield report came in one by one. Reports of Imperial Navy Valkyrie gunships making their way over the ravaged battlefield of Cirillo IV, delivering the vital supplies as commanded by Shield Captain Thelonius of the Custodian Guard. Boltgun ammunition, lasgun powerpacks, and sacred unguents to keep the machine spirits content. But also food and drinks were supplied unto the field. Cases of corpse-starch and amino-porridge for the warriors of the Astra Militarum and Adeptus Astartes respectively, and even bottles of amasec to keep up the morale of the mortal troopers of the Imperium. The execution of the supply drops wasn’t without flaw. Where materials were dropped on the battlefield, some of those would find their way into enemy hands. Materials deemed for Imperial soldiers were intercepted by the forces of the T’au, and the Renegade Astartes of the Alpha Legion had also claimed vital ammunition for their treacherous cause. “Of course they have” Caligarius thought “, leave it to the Alpha Legion to find a way to outsmart their opponents. The sisters of the Adepta Sororitas put up a valiant fight, but the Chaos Legionnaires would escape with their objectives before the bulk of the Battle Sister’s forces could stop them.

The doors of the strategium opened. Lord Caligarius knew who entered the room before the new arrival had uttered a word. Out of respect he turned and stood to attention, disconnecting his vox-link. Captain Thelonius, flanked by two Custodians, made his way to the Lord Governor. The golden clad warriors halted before the command dais. Thelonius removed his coned helmet and regarded Caligarius. ‘At ease, Lord Governor. How did the battle fare? What do the reports say?’. The governor, still standing to attention, shared the information from his vox-link with the Shield Captain. ‘The Imperium forces stand strong my lord, but the Xenos threat is far from over. The Tyranid horde advances even as we speak and show little sign of slowing down. The Necron forces though, have disappeared from our radar surveys. We can’t pick up signals from the Aeldari either’. The Custodian remained still, showing not a single sign of emotion on his face. ‘Do not worry about the Aeldari forces any longer. My brother and I have made sure they threaten this planet and our forces no longer. Only their commander has proven to be too elusive, for now’.

At that moment, the vox-bead of Lord Caligarius burst into life. The report would be of Alpha level importance, managing to reactivate the link without the governor doing so himself. He listened closely to the new information, relayed directly from the battlefield. His eyes grew wide and beads of sweat began to appear on his brow. After what had to be the longest minute in Caligarius’ life, the vox-linked was broken with a click. ‘My lord,’ Caligarius hesitated, choosing his words carefully. ‘My lord, the battle on the surface of Cirillo IV has proven to have dire consequences. Across the battlefield, the terrain is being distorted by the various artillery and explosions. As such…’ he hesitated again. ‘Continue Lord Governor’ Thelonius urged. The Imperial governor scratched his head, ‘As such, sightings of black structures have been reported across the battlefield. Pillars of some sort have arisen across the land. Lord Cawl, leading the Mechanicus division, believes it to be…’

‘The Blackstone Fortress,’ finished Captain Thelonius, ‘I’ve heared your report.’ Caligarius looked at the golden giant, confused. Alpha level reports would only be voxed directly to him, personally. How the Shield Captain could have heard it, he did not know. There were rumour about the highly developed senses of the Astartes and the Custodes were even more sophisticated creations, but to be able to hear this… Caligarius dismissed it and turned his attention the matter at hand. ‘Rightly so, my lord. We can’t let the Blackstone fall into the hands of the enemies of the Imperium. What do you propose, lord?’. ‘Direct our forces to the Blackstone sightings, governor. See if it can be claimed for our cause. Don’t let our adversaries near it’.

Caligarius nodded. ‘Affirmative my lord’ he said, and activated his vox-bead once more, turning to the window of the strategium. ‘Command, relay these orders to the leaders of the Imperial forces on the battlefield. They are to capture the unearthed Blackstone pillars. I don’t care if they mine it themselves, or find some way to attune to it, only that it doesn’t fall into the hand of the Xenos, or worse, the forces of Chaos’. When Caligarius finished his orders, he turned back to the Custodians once more. The golden clad warriors were already making their way out of the strategium. ‘My lord, you are leaving?’ Caligarius asked. Only Dacian Thelonius stopped to address the governor. ‘We will make our way into the fray as well. I trust you to command our forces once more, Lord Governor. You have done this before and will do so again. You have the Emperor’s trust’.

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THE FOUR PILLARS

Ancient aliens pillars that crackle with distorting energies dominate this battlefield. If their power can be siphoned off, you will gain a significant resource to use against your foes.

Mission Rules

The Pillars: In this mission, reinforcement units cannot be set up within range of any objective markers.

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Victory points are awarded for controlling objective markers, as follows:

Take and Hold (progressive): At the end of each player’s Command phase, the player whose turn it is scores 5 victory points for each of the following conditions they satisfy (for a maximum of 15 victory points):

• They control one or more objective markers
• They control two or more objective markers
• They control more objective markers than their opponent controls.

This primary objective cannot be scored in the first battle round.

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10 points for painting cannot be claimed during this campaign. 

In this mission, when the players are selecting their secondary objective, they MUST choose for one of them to be Siphon Power, below.

Siphon Power (progressive): If you select this objective, units in your army can perform the following action:

Siphon Power (Action): One or more units form you army can start to perform this action at the end of your Movement phase. Each unit that starts to perform this action must be within range of a different objective marker. A unit cannot start this action while any enemy units (excluding aircraft) are in range of the same objective marker. The action is completed at the end of your next command phase, and you score a number of victory points depending on how many units completed this action this phase, as shown in the table below:

Your Opponents 

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