With the fighting over Nachmund coming to a devastating climax, it’s time to head farther afield for the next Warhammer 40,000 season – and Chapter Approved: War Zone Nephilim is really going to shake up the matched play scene for the rest of the year.
The biggest change for the coming season is the way that Command points work. Armies will start each game with around half as many points as before, so you’ll have to be more cunning with how you use them – it’s far riskier to spend all your CP on a devastating turn one combo.
However, you’ll also gain extra CP with each battle round, so it’ll be easier to react to your opponent’s dastardly schemes in later turns as the game progresses.
The book includes secondary objectives for each army in the game, which have been rewritten and balanced against each other. Some are now harder to score, some are easier – and some are completely new. There are even bespoke secondary objectives for armies whose new codexes aren’t out yet, such as Chaos Daemons and Astra Militarum.
Now, take a deep breath. Points have been removed from the book. That’s right. Gone.
That’s because points updates will be free as of this new season of Warhammer 40,000! You’ll be able to get them in Warhammer 40,000: The App and right here on the Warhammer Community website.
So if you like to play at the competitive end of the spectrum, and enjoy attending events and tournaments, you’ll find the new Chapter Approved has loads of stuff that freshens up and balances that experience. Or if you just want to access the latest points to play more casually at home (maybe with the Eternal War missions in your core book), getting access to current points will be easy.
“points updates will be free as of this new season of Warhammer 40,000”
There’s even more in store for the wartorn far future – see what else has been revealed at Warhammer Fest.
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