A New Way to Play – Warhammer 40k Hero Mode | The Tabletop Tactics Podcast
Jinx November 4, 202411
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This week on the podcast we have something super special for you!
We have been working hard behind the scenes to bring you a new way to play 40k. Inspired by Poorhammer’s excellent horde mode we are introducing Hero Mode, a cinematic, wave based Co-op mode where you can test the mettle of your favourite character units in the Crucible of Heroes. Join Spider, Bard and Beard as they explore this new mode, how to play and when you can expect to see the very first hero mode battle report!
For the rules PDF and further information check out the link below: Hero Mode V1 PDF
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Thanks for this it looks so fun. This is going to produce some amazing games. My old metal, derpy but I love ‘em, phoenix lords fighting a horde of Slaaneshi at Rhana Dandra!
Would love to see Spider run Gabriel Seth as a BA Captain with rage fuelled warrior (if this doesnt prohibit destruction incarnate), pop finest hour and red rampage, roll a trademark obscene amount of 6’s and watch Seth turn 10 chaos terminators into (rather messy) confetti!😃
I can’t wait to try this out! It would be cool if you could run an event for stuff like this, as well as things like boarding actions. I’d also like to see what other missions you can come up with!
For the record, I think my characters would be asurman, fuegan, a farseer, and an autarch for this gamemode. I might come up with a combo for harlequins now!
This looks so much fun! Characters are my favourite models so I’m excited to run my characters as the beat sticks they should be!
Love the concept.. I feel like the heroic army should also get Fights First, would go well with the theme 😉
I went straight to list building ! Here are my hero :
– grand master Voldus,
– Castellan Crowe
– Kaldor Draigo
– Brother Captain Stern
All the named Grey Knights characters ! I can’t wait to see these guys vs 2500 points of daemon ! And seeing Kaldor Draigo fight a Greater demon turn 4/5 !
One thing you don’t address in the video is terrain – do you set up a standard 40K battlefield or should there be some restrictions/guidance on what to place and where? I guess with the Heroes having the Lone Operative rule it’s less of a concern?
Would love to see some tasty horde lists cooked up by Spider and Chef!
I don’t know how many boards you have, but has there been any idea of putting 4 or so Boarding Action boards back to back and having a hero-esque mode where say 3-4 hero’s have to fight there way through
I cannot wait to play this mode! I miss something about stratagems though forthe hero’s? Do they have specific “new ones” or do they only use the core strategies? I don’t think they can use detachment stratagem/rules can they? Or was that just the horde?
So this looks interesting. Im viewing this from a Tau perspective cause….well i play tau. First off looks like fun. I think my only wish for a dlc to this dlc is something to help with custom weapons. The reason for that may become obvious when i list the 2 lists i would want to take: First one is Puretides Students: Shas O’Shaserra (Commader Shadowsun), Shas O’Shovah (Commander Farsight) and Shas O’Kais (In an Enforcer of Coldstar because can’t take a Ghostkeel even though thats the last battlesuit hes been in and GW refuses to make an actual model). With… Read more »
Lots of the genestealer cult characters (cowboy Kell and friends) versus the guard (PDF) could be fun, you could have other GSC acolyte etc. units as scatter terrain at the edges of the table so it still feels like a mass uprising visually but only play with the characters.
Lone Chaos Knight Rampager on a kill frenzy mission!!!
I really love the idea of this! I have a little question around Datasheet abilities, Most characters have rules like “If this character is leading a unit…” Which I assume would not be used as there would be no unit to lead but also some abilities don’t have the character to be leading a unit so would these still be viable to use? E.g. Grimadus has a retinue of 3 servitors built into his data sheet that if one is alive he can choose from 1 of 3 abilities. (come to think of it Grimaldus is a character consisting of… Read more »
Made this comment on the YouTube vid.
How do you think GSC will work as horde given the faction rule.
On the one hand blips are cool but will returning units be an issue?
Thx for making and sharing this. Super exited. I will be playing Uriel Ventris and his Swords of Calth against a demon hoard.
Sounds amazing! My hopes are:
Tau vs horde tyranid monsters (Basically a Pacific Rim battle)
Biker space marines (chaplain on bike, captain on bike etc) against death guard horde to make it like a zombie video game!
Seems great! My dreams of running Commissar Ciaiphus Cain and his 597th Valhallan are coming closer.
Question on “character unit” – if a character attached to a unit can I take them for hero mode? So a commissar attached to some guardsmen would count as a character unit? No worries if not I could just take a command squad or similar
I am hyped for the Gaunts Ghosts batrep!!