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rmageddon is a world that has been with an entity as powerful as Angron, and
torn apart by war. It is located after a desperate battle they were able to
10,000 light years to the galactic hurl his spirit back into the Warp. Without
north-east of Terra, at the centre of the their leader, the forces of Chaos were
Armageddon sector. For millennia it has routed and Armageddon saved.
been one of the Imperium’s industrial
powerhouses, its vast weapon factories The 2nd Armageddon War
providing arms and material to the The second invasion of Armageddon took
Imperial Guard for use in campaigns all place in 941.M41, when the Ork Warlord
over the galaxy. Its strategic importance Ghazghkull Thraka invaded the planet at
and massive stockpiles of weapons have the head of a massive Ork Waaagh! At the
made it the target for several major time Armageddon was ruled by Overlord
invasions, the most recent of which – Herman von Strab, memorably described
led by Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Thraka as “the greatest waste of flesh and bone
– is still ongoing. born in the last five hundred years”. Von
Strab’s incompetence allowed Ghazghkull
The 1st Armageddon War to conquer Armageddon Prime even more
The latest Ork invasion of Armageddon is easily than Angron had been able to in the
not the first time that the planet has been 1st Armageddon War. Even worse, he
attacked. More than five hundred years neglected to defend the river lines where
before Ghazghkull was born, Armageddon Angron had been halted in sufficient
faced no less deadly a threat from an strength, allowing Ghazghkull to smash
enemy of a very different nature – the through the Imperial lines and onto the ash
forces of Chaos. waste plains of Armageddon Secundus
Following a rash of strange, which lay beyond.
inexplicable events, armed rebellion Ork columns quickly overran Infernus
erupted in the huge hive cities that stud the Hive, and after bitter fighting Helsreach
surface of Armageddon. The revolts were Hive fell to the Orks too. The futile
quickly put down in Armageddon counter-attacks ordered by Von Strab were
Secundus, but amongst the more scattered smashed to pieces by the vastly superior
hives of Armageddon Prime they proved Ork army. Only at Hades Hive were the
more difficult to eradicate. Busy containing Orks slowed down, as a desperate Imperial
the rebellion, the Planetary Defence Force defence led by Commissar Yarrick did
was caught by surprise when the Space everything possible to stop the Orks from
Hulk Devourer of Souls appeared in the capturing the city. But even Commissar
Armageddon system. On board was an Yarrick could not undo the harm inflicted
enormous Chaos army, led by the Daemon by Von Strab, and as Ork forces advanced
Primarch Angron. Chaos Space Marines on Acheron and Tartarus hives it looked as
from the World Eaters Legion swept across if all of Armageddon must fall.
the land, while at the same time Warp rifts It was at this darkest moment that
flickered into existence and unleashed salvation arrived in the form of
hordes of Daemons upon the beleaguered Ultramarines, Salamanders and Blood
Imperial defenders. Angels Space Marine Chapters. The Space
Armageddon Prime fell swiftly to the Marines crashed into the Orks, stemming
Chaos army, and the survivors fell back the tide and giving the defenders the time
and prepared to make a last ditch stand they needed to organise their forces. With
along the rivers Styx and Chaeron. von Strab replaced as overall commander
Unknown to Angron, several Great by the incomparably more capable
Companies of Space Wolves led by Logan Commander Dante of the Blood Angels,
Grimnar himself had arrived to bolster the the forces of the Imperium started to turn
defence. Titanic battles erupted all along the tables, and finally a massive orbital
the front as the forces of Chaos crashed assault made by the entire Blood Angels
into the Imperial line. It was at this Chapter broke the back of the Ork army
moment that Logan played his trump card and sent the survivors fleeing back into the
in the form of a full company of Grey thick jungles that separate Armageddon
Knights. Only the Grey Knights could deal Prime and Secundus.
Liber APOCALYPtica
The 3rd Armageddon War
If the Imperium made one mistake in the
aftermath of the 2nd Armageddon War, it
Such is the size and enormity of this
latest war that so far neither side has been
able to gain the upper hand. Hive cities
BLOOD ANGELS THUNDERHAWK ASSAULT FORCE
was in assuming that Ghazghkull had been have fallen and been recaptured, and POINTS: 200 + MODELS
defeated. This was far from the truth. On millions of Ork and Imperial warriors have
the day of the Feast of the Emperor’s died, but still the war continues with no It was when things looked bleakest for the Imperium during smashed and the Orks could easily consolidate their
Ascension, fifty-seven years to the day after end in sight. Armageddon is consumed by the 2nd Armageddon War that the Blood Angels arrived to position. But as the Orks assaulted Tartarus, their vanguard
the first Ork invasion, Ghazghkull’s hordes the greatest single planetary battle the turn the tide. The first of these hammer blows fell on the already pushing into the streets of the hive city, Dante
descended on the world of Armageddon galaxy has ever known. Orks that were assaulting Acheron Hive, ripping them made his move. Dante led a massive strike into the heart of
once more. The greatest of the asunder in a thunder of bombs as the sky overhead filled the Ork army. Though heavily outnumbered, the Blood
Armageddon Wars had begun. New Datasheets with the shapes of Space Marine Thunderhawk Gunships. Angels massacred any Orks in their path. Fuelled by
This time the defenders of Armageddon We’ve included three new datasheets with righteous fury, the Blood Angels slew nearly half the Ork
were better prepared than they had been this article for battle formations and Ghazghkull responded quickly, sending a fresh horde of Ork army, and it was rumoured that Ghazghkull himself was
prior to the earlier invasions. Unfortunately legendary units that fought in the reinforcements to attack Tartarus Hive. If Tartarus was slain. Leaderless and assaulted from all sides, the Orks were
for them, so was Ghazghkull. At the head Armageddon Wars, and you can find six overrun, the industrial power in the south would be crushed and the 2nd Armageddon War was at an end.
of an Ork Waaagh! many times larger than more new datasheets on our website at
any the galaxy had ever seen before, www.games-workshop.co.uk. These
Ghazghkull was able to smash aside the datasheets can be used in any game of
defending Imperial fleet and land his forces Apocalypse if you wish to, but they are
THUNDERHAWK
HONOUR
especially well-suited for use when
GUARD
refighting one of the battles that took place
GUNSHIPS
be decided on the blood-soaked
“
in the Armageddon Wars. Dante
The background and history of the
”
Commissar Yarrick
games. Recreating such a battle is best
taken on as a group project, with different
members of the group supplying the
models for the different armies taking part,
TACTICAL
TACTICAL
and helping to make the terrain necessary
SQUAD
SQUAD
Chaplain
to represent the battlezone.
COMPANY
all across the surface of Armageddon. A For example, you could refight the
DEATH
battle of unprecedented ferocity erupted – battle of the River Chaeron, with Angron
entire hive cities were destroyed by leading his Chaos horde against an
asteroids hurled at the surface from orbiting Imperial army that includes Grey Knights,
space hulks, the sulphur-yellow skies of Space Wolves and Imperial Guardsmen. Or
Armageddon became interwoven with the you might want to refight Commissar
twisting con-trails of thousands of aircraft Yarrick’s last stand during the defence of
battling for aerial supremacy, while on the Hades Hive, or Dante’s climactic orbital
ASSAULT
ASSAULT
SQUAD
SQUAD
ground, invading Ork hordes clashed with assault on the Orks during the same war.
ASSAULT SQUAD
Imperial Guard armies. The possibilities are endless.
Armageddon Wars
Forces of the
VETERAN
ASSAULT
ASSAULT
SQUAD
SQUAD
You will find that the following codexes, special characters and
datasheets will come in useful for Apocalypse
battles set on Armageddon:
FORMATION:
3 Thunderhawk Gunships. SPECIAL RULES
Commander Dante. F o r t h e C h a p t e r: In addition to his normal strategic assets,
1ST ARMAGEDDON WAR 2ND & 3RD ARMAGEDDON WARS
1 Blood Angels Honour Guard. the player gains the following three assets:
Codexes: Codex Space Wolves, Codex Imperial Guard, Codexes: Codex Space Marines, Codex Blood Angels,
1 Blood Angels Chaplain. -Vital Objective
Codex Chaos Space Marines. Codex Black Templars, Codex Imperial Guard,
1 ten-man Death Company Squad. -Careful Planning
Special Characters: Logan Grimnar (Codex Space Codex Orks.
1 ten-man Veteran Assault Squad. -Orbital Bombardment
Wolves). Special Characters: Commander Dante (Codex Blood
2 ten-man Tactical Squads.
Datasheets: All Imperial Guard, Space Marine, Imperial Angels), Commissar Yarrick (Codex Imperial Guard),
4 ten-man Assault Squads. C o m m a n d T h u n d e r h a w k : The Thunderhawk in which Dante arrives is fitted
and Chaos datasheets*. Ghazghkull Thraka (Codex Orks).
with a Shield Generator. Any non-vehicle models within 12" of it receive a 4+
Datasheets: All Imperial Guard, Space Marine, Imperial
invulnerable save against any attack originating more than 12" away from the
and Ork datasheets*.
generator (the Thunderhawk and other vehicles count as Obscured instead).
* Datasheets can be found in Apocalypse, Apocalypse: Reload, Imperial Armour Apocalypse, and on our website at www.games-workshop.com
Ork Freebooters often tell of the Submersibles observed at the Battle for Tempestora:
FORMATION: Submersible, Orkilus, which O.S.S. Snaggletoof
Angron and a bodyguard of between 2 and 12 beached to the west of Da Big Ugly Surprise
Bloodthirsters chosen from Codex: Chaos Daemons. Tempestora a few days after the Da Drilljaw
main attack hit home. Its hull Killafish
was crushed and buckled in Da Orka
ANGRON: Angron is treated as a Daemon Prince with the several places, and the thick Peekin’ tubes
following profile and special rules. metallic paint on its surface had
been ground away in great
strings of circular scars. Not one
Thrust Generators
WS BS S T W I A LD SV Ork survived the disaster, which
the Freebooters ascribe to a Seacannon
10 6 7 6 5 6 6 10 4+ beast known only as ‘Da Big
Tentacley Fing’.
SPECIAL RULES
Daemon, Furious Charge
STRUCTURE POINTS: 2
SPECIAL RULES
A q u a t i c D e p l o y m e n t : A submersible may only enter
An Ork Submersible has a Transport Capacity of 60 models,
play at an area that has been designated as water (or
“
the submersible model. The submersible must touch an
roaring of a mighty
OPTIONS: A Submersible can be upgraded to have:
area of land for its passengers to disembark. Submersibles
”
Seacannon 90" 9 3 Ordnance, 7" Blast
Tu r n 1 2 3 4
- Up to three big shootas at +5 points per weapon. These can
Submersible enters
have the anti-aircraft special rule at a further cost of +5 points
play on: n/a 3+ 2+ Automatic
per weapon (use normal BS when firing at flyers).