Primer Mission Guidelines
Every mission has a total of 10 possible Battle Points that can be
earned.
Battle points are earned from a Primary worth 4 Battle Points, a
Secondary worth 3 Battle Points and three Bonus Points each worth
1 Battle Point.
If you do not have a Lord of War and your opponent does, then you
gain a +1 to Seize the Initiative.
Every 3 Hull points removed from a Lord of War Super Heavy and
every 3 wounds removed from a Lord of War Gargantuan Creature
provide 1 extra VP to the Secondary.
Any VPs earned via special rules and warlord traits apply only to the
Secondary.
Whichever player has the most Battle Points wins their game. Equal
Battle points is a draw.
If you are placing a Fortification and terrain becomes an issue you
may remove one piece of terrain that is wholly within your side of
the table in order to place your Fortification. If that does not solve
the issue then ask an impartial judge or work out a reasonable
solution with your opponent.
Fortifications may not be placed in an abusive manner (e.g. cannot
be placed over objectives, or in a way which makes it impossible to
reach parts of the table).
Mysterious objectives, Night Fighting, Reserves and Random Game
Length are in use in all missions
LVO/BAO Veterans: There are missions that are identical to LVO
2015 and some which are not. Please read carefully and do not
assume the mission is the same as LVO.
Any feedback on the missions, typos and clarifications that are
needed is appreciated!
Note: The actual missions used at the event are subject to change.
Order of Operations
1. Adjust and define terrain with your opponent. There should be a
roughly symmetrical distribution of terrain on the table.
2. If applicable, determine the corners being used for Vanguard Strike,
either by agreement or a roll off between opponents.
3. If the mission calls for pre-deployment objective placement than do
so now following mission instructions. Roll-off if needed to
determine who places first.
4. Generate Psychic powers and other codex specific pre-deployment
determinations (Gifts, allocation of characters, etc).
5. Roll-off for deployment zones.
6. If the mission calls for mid-deployment objective placement then do
so now following mission instructions. Start with the player who
won the roll-off to pick sides.
7. Roll for Warlord traits if applicable. The Tactical Traits are not
available in these missions. If your opponent has a Super Heavy or
Gargantuan LoW then you may roll on the Escalation Warlord table.
8. Roll for Night Fighting
9. Roll for first turn. The player that wins the roll can choose to go first
or second. The player going first then deploys first and goes first
unless the other player seizes the initiative.
a. If you do not have a Lord of War and your opponent does,
then you gain a +1 to Seize the Initiative.
10. Play the game.
11. Game ends based on Random Length Rules.
12. Determine who wins the Primary and who wins the Secondary and
tally up bonus points.
13. Victory is determined based on the Battle Points earned.
PRIMER MISSION I
4 point Primary
3 point Seconday
Bonus
Deployment: Dawn of War
Purge the Alien
Crusade
FIRST BLOOD
VPs are scored for each enemy
unit completely destroyed, falling
back or not on the board at the
end of the game, per the Purge
the Alien rules.
At the end of the game each of
the three Crusade Objectives are
worth 3 VPs to the player that
controls them.
The player that scores this earns 1
battle point.
Objective Placement:
**Pre-Deployment**
Crusade Objectives:
One Objective is placed in the
center of the table.
Two additional Objectives: Rolloff to see who places first. Must
be deployed 12 from previously
deployed objectives and 6 from
the table edges.
VICTORY CONDITION
There are a total of 10 Battle
Points available, earned based on
the rules to the right.
The player that scores more
Battle Points wins the game. If
both players have the same
number of Battle Points the game
is a draw.
The player with the most VPs
from the above conditions scores
4 Battle Points for this Primary.
In all other cases (least VPs or
drawn VPs) no Battle Points are
scored.
Include VPs scored from Warlord
traits, special rules and
Wounds/Hullpoints from
Gargantuan Creatures/Super
Heavy LoWs.
The player with the most VPs
from the above conditions scores
3 Battle Points for this Seconday.
In all other cases (least VPs or
drawn VPs) no Battle Points are
scored.
SLAY THE WARLORD
Players that score this earn 1
battle point.
LINEBREAKER
Players that score this earns 1
battle point.
PRIMER MISSION II
4 point Primary
Bonus
Deployment: Vanguard Strike
Two Relics
FIRST BLOOD
At the end of the game each Relic
is worth 3 VPs to the player that
controls it.
The player that scores this earns 1
battle point.
Objective Placement:
**Mid-deployment**
Two Relic Objectives:
Two relic objectives are placed along
the Vanguard center line, 18
diagonally from each corner.
Three Maelstrom Objectives:
Place objective number 1 in the
center of the table.
Starting with the player who won roll
off for deployment, place objectives
number 2 in opponents deployment
zone. The other player will do the
same with objective 3. These must
be deployed 12 from previously
deployed objectives and 6 from the
table edges.
VICTORY CONDITION
There are a total of 10 Battle
Points available, earned based on
the rules to the right.
The player that scores more
Battle Points wins the game. If
both players have the same
number of Battle Points then the
game is a draw.
The player with the most VPs
from the above conditions scores
4 Battle Points for this Primary.
In all other cases (least VPs or
drawn VPs) no Battle Points are
scored.
SLAY THE WARLORD
Players that score this earn 1
battle point.
LINEBREAKER
Players that score this earns 1
battle point.
3 point Secondary
Maelstrom
At the beginning of each GAME TURN,
both players roll twice on the Mission II
table. Reroll the second roll if it is the
same number as the first. Note the result
in the space provided.
At the end of each GAME TURN, each
player earns 1 VP per Maelstrom
Objective achieved.
Include VPs scored from Warlord traits,
special rules and Wounds/Hullpoints
from Gargantuan Creatures/Super Heavy
LoWs.
The player with the most VPs from the
above conditions scores 3 Battle Points
for this Secondary.
In all other cases (least VPs or drawn VPs)
no Battle Points are scored.
d6
Mission II Maelstrom
Table Results
Control Objective 1
Control Objective 2
Control Objective 3
Control either Relic
Destroy an enemy unit
Destroy an enemy unit
Maelstrom Notes
PRIMER MISSION III
Deployment: Hammer and Anvil
Objective Placement:
**Mid-deployment**
Scouring and Maelstrom
Objectives:
Each player places 3 numbered
objectives (for 6 total objectives),
starting with the player who won
deployment zone roll-off.
Objective Number 1: In their own
deployment zone.
Objective Number 2: At least 30
from their own table edge.
Objective Number 3: In their
opponents deployment zone.
All must be deployed 12 from
previously deployed objectives
and 6 from the table edges.
4 point Primary
Bonus
Scouring
FIRST BLOOD
You score 1 VP for every enemy Fast
Attack unit destroyed by the end of
the game. Each objective is worth a
number of VPs equal to its number
(1.2 or 3) to the player that controls
it at the end of the game.
The player that scores this earns 1
battle point.
The player with the most VPs from
the above conditions scores 4 Battle
Points for this Primary.
In all other cases (least VPs or drawn
VPs) no Battle Points are scored.
There are a total of 10 Battle
Points available, earned based on
the rules to the right.
The player that scores more
Battle Points wins the game. If
both players have the same
number of Battle Points then the
game is a draw.
Players that score this earn 1
battle point.
LINEBREAKER
Players that score this earns 1
battle point.
3 point Secondary
Maelstrom
At the beginning of each GAME TURN,
both players roll twice on the Mission II
table. Reroll the second roll if it is the
same number as the first. Note the result
in the space provided.
At the end of each GAME TURN, each
player earns 1 VP per Maelstrom
Objective achieved.
VICTORY CONDITION
SLAY THE WARLORD
Include VPs scored from Warlord traits,
special rules and Wounds/Hullpoints
from Gargantuan Creatures/Super Heavy
LoWs.
The player with the most VPs from the
above conditions scores 3 Battle Points
for this Secondary.
In all other cases (least VPs or drawn VPs)
no Battle Points are scored.
d6
Mission III Maelstrom
Table Results
Control Either Objective 1
Control Either Objective 2
Control Either Objective 3
Destroy an enemy unit
Destroy an enemy unit
Destroy an enemy unit
Maelstrom Notes
PRIMER MISSION IV
4 point Primary
Bonus
Deployment: Vanguard Strike
Big Guns Never Tire
FIRST BLOOD
You score 1 VP for every enemy Heavy
Support unit destroyed by the end of the
game. Each objective is worth 3 VP to
the player that controls it at the end of
the game.
The player that scores this earns 1
battle point.
Objective Placement:
**Mid-deployment**
Four Big Guns and Maelstrom
Objectives:
Each player places an Objective
number 1 in their own
deployment zone and an
Objective number 2 in their
opponents deployment zone.
All must be deployed 12 from
previously deployed objectives
and 6 from the table edges.
The player with the most VPs from the
above conditions scores 4 Battle Points
for this Primary.
In all other cases (least VPs or drawn VPs)
no Battle Points are scored.
There are a total of 10 Battle
Points available, earned based on
the rules to the right.
The player that scores more
Battle Points wins the game. If
both players have the same
number of Battle Points then the
game is a draw.
Players that score this earn 1
battle point.
LINEBREAKER
Players that score this earns 1
battle point.
3 point Secondary
d6
Mission IV Maelstrom
Table Results
Control Obj 1 in your zone
Control Obj 2 in your zone
Control Obj 1 in opponent
zone
Include VPs scored from Warlord traits,
special rules and Wounds/Hullpoints
from Gargantuan Creatures/Super Heavy
LoWs.
Control Obj 2 in opponent
zone
Destroy an enemy unit
The player with the most VPs from the
above conditions scores 3 Battle Points
for this Secondary.
Destroy an enemy unit
Maelstrom
VICTORY CONDITION
SLAY THE WARLORD
At the beginning of each GAME TURN,
both players roll twice on the Mission IV
table. Reroll the second roll if it is the
same number as the first. Note the result
in the space provided.
At the end of each GAME TURN, each
player earns 1 VP per Maelstrom
Objective achieved.
In all other cases (least VPs or drawn VPs)
no Battle Points are scored.
Maelstrom Notes
PRIMER MISSION V
Deployment: Dawn of War
Objective Placement:
**Pre-Deployment**
Crusade Objectives:
Objective 3 is placed in the center
of the table.
Four additional Objectives: Rolloff to see who places first. Each
player takes turns placing an
Objective 1 and an Objective 2.
4 point Primary
Bonus
Crusade
FIRST BLOOD
At the end of the game each of the
five Crusade Objectives are worth 3
VPs to the player that controls them.
The player that scores this earns 1 battle
point.
The player with the most VPs from
the above conditions scores 4 Battle
Points for this Seconday.
Players that score this earn 1 battle
point.
In all other cases (least VPs or drawn
VPs) no Battle Points are scored.
3 point Secondary
Maelstrom
Must be deployed 12 from
previously deployed objectives
and 6 from the table edges.
VICTORY CONDITION
There are a total of 10 Battle
Points available, earned based on
the rules to the right.
The player that scores more
Battle Points wins the game. If
both players have the same
number of Battle Points the game
is a draw.
At the beginning of each GAME TURN,
both players roll three times on the
Mission V table. Use a d2 for the first
number on the table and a d6 for the
second. Reroll any duplicate results.
Note the result in the space provided.
At the end of each GAME TURN, each
player earns 1 VP per Maelstrom
Objective achieved.
Include VPs scored from Warlord traits,
special rules and Wounds/Hullpoints
from Gargantuan Creatures/Super Heavy
LoWs.
The player with the most VPs from the
above conditions scores 3 Battle Points
for this Secondary.
In all other cases (least VPs or drawn VPs)
no Battle Points are scored.
SLAY THE WARLORD
LINEBREAKER
Players that score this earns 1 battle
point.
d2,d6
1,1
1,2
1,3
1,4
1,5
1,6
2,1
2,2
2,3
2,4
2,5
2,6
Mission IV Maelstrom Table
Results
Control Obj 1 you placed
Control Obj 2 you placed
Control Obj 1 opp. placed
Control Obj 2 opp. placed
Control Obj 3 in center
Control more Obj than opp.
Destroy enemy unit in
assault phase
Destroy enemy unit in
shooting phase
Destroy 1 enemy unit opp.
designates (not in reserve)
3+ of your scoring units
within 6 of Objective 3
1+ of your scoring units
within 12 of opp. table edge
No enemy units within 12 of
your table edge.
Maelstrom Notes
