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There is no battle primer that can prepare a soldier for the horrors of an urban
war zone. Forget notions ofr ‘the front’ — all is compromised and death threatens
from every side; There is nosafé flank, and 5'01long as the enemy remains, there
never will be. Cover is both salvation and bane, for it is there-that Your-foe is
hidden. Attack from above or below is as likely as from any other quarter, and
ambush is inevitable. The unwary are either lucky or corpses. You must learn
that any route W ' 1:1 looks easy is probably booby-trapped. Experience alone
teaches thatrydu W111 not see‘ the next assault coming. These areglessons that
only the hardiest survive.

War Within the gatesiof an‘Imperial hive city isra-helil of blood, stone and dust.
All .who enter must abandon hope, for there is only extreme hardship and
catastrophicldss. Itis a foolish commanderiudeed who relies on anyperceived
edge, be it technological, numerical, or arsuperiority of troops or tactics. As
the tallest edifice is reduced to ruin, so too is any advantage ground down
to nothing and rendered null. With the claustrophobic confines as the great
equaliser, such urban ‘environmentswmake the‘bloodiest of battlefields.,, With
every‘s‘tep contested, which sideirhas‘the will to endure? ‘Only't oldest can
abandon reason and 5 inbrace the tenacity required for victory. All others, will be
buried in'the rubble.
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1 Glory 111 the Rains .. Total Devastation
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Streets of Death Camgaigns .......1.38 Thunder Rum"... ...........

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In the nightmare future, armies battle one another to mutual annihilatihh‘bamidst the ruins of civilisation.
Urban Conquest brings to the tabletop the challenge of fighting in the urban environments of the 41st
Millennium, where every building has the potential to become a bastion of resistance or an unmarked and
rabble-covered grave.
to

\fii’hin the tightly packed confines
(ian Imperial hive, every streetWay
is achokepoint, every rooftop a ‘
Sliper’s nest. No flank is ever Safe
within such a labyrinth of. metal
and machinery. Foes lurkbehind:
every archway, or slink through the
sewers to burst forth from some
new and unexpected direction.
Doughty defenders standfirm
bfllind barricades and seething
xenos swarms prepare to storm out
ofcover. Deadly traps lie hidden
in the rubble awaiting the unwary,
and every new step might bring
you under the crosshairs of the
aiemy. Yet there can be'no retreat,
no surrender: this is Wfirhammer
40,000: Urban Conquestthe
bloodiest of all battlefields.
The contents of this box? allow
players to recreate the brutal, close—
coufines nature of urban warfare: "
Building upon the Warhammer
40,000 rulebook, Urban Conquest
provides everything you need to
take your games into the tangled
mazes of hive cities, where
, ~Sec-nor.Imperialis and Sector
Mechanicus bulldings provide
interactive new'din‘mnsions to your
tabletop battlefields.
Thebackground section and Citadel
matures showcase in the first
part of this book are great sources
of inspiration for your own city-
based'battles, and offer insights into
the buildings and infrastructure of
an Imperial hive, as well as some
of thémost famous battles fought
in theSe grim environments. Inside
theifirban Coflguest box you will
find plastic scenery and obj’ective
markers, alongrwith a range of
gaming resources in the firm of
eardsgmarkers and a modular
maptemplate. Used alongside the
detailed guides in this bask, these
tools allow you to generate your
own Imperial hive and then fight
I players“; or control of it
This book also,.contains the Cities
of Death‘rules expansiongwhicl-r‘
includes Warlord Traits; Stratagems,
Key Building upgrades, Tactical
Objectives ahd Battlezone rules.
Furthermore, you will find updated
and expanded rules for battlefield '
terrain that can be used in any game
of Warhammer 40,000, not just
Cities oi Death games. Now you
‘ ’can build your city,- and the 'I "ther
heroically defend it or grind it‘to
ruin beneath your tread!
To makefull use of the contents of
Urban Conquestyou will need a
WarhamMer 40,000, vzsit
warhammertODQrOm.
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In a galaxy in which every planet is a bitterly contested war; zone, urban
environments make for the bloodiest of battlefields. Ihreatslu’rk behind every
pile of rubble, and every shattered building can become a'firefibase. Even the
mightiest armies can be :ground to nothing in brutal close-quarters combat.
An ‘Ork power klaw punchesthrough
rockcrete, Opening a new pathvvay
through the ruins. An Adeptus Astartes
Repulsor tank smashes through a
crumbling archway,- grinding bricks and
bodies alike with its anti—gravitic field.
T’au Sniper Droues rise above piled
wreckage, their rail rifles spitting death
before the remote machine‘sdip-back
into cover. Aeldrari War Walkers pick
their way through the rubble, weapons
tracking back and fortli.fito.cover every
doorway. Fr0m around ' met-storm
Khorne Bjerzerker's, the ’
chainblades eageritd ,, V e. , ess‘treetsrun
red with blood.
Warfare Within’the dense terraimofa
city involves battles like no others; Tight
confines and restricted sighflines ensure
that opponents draw their fiont lines
perilously close to one another, often ’
separated only by a street, abuildinfig or
Imperial hive City know.each step could
be their last...
‘Ihe foe outnumbers
When fighting within aniirban
4 us many thousands to
environment potential threatsare
2 one, but let them come.
everywhere. The blastediremains of
,We Will not meet them
rooftops serve as sniperinlesjtswhereg
in the open, where they
unseen foes Wait, lininguptarg’etsin
can crush us’with their
the crosshairs of their scope
multitudes. To get to
' 1 us they will have to mines lie buried'in the 1117 7 1e f 7 .
enter the hive. There, What appears to be onlyahalf—collapsed
we will‘fight them building is revealed as a str'on'gpoint
i v for every street. We, housing a squad bristling with heavy
know every turn, every weaponryrrTWisted architectural Wreckage
tunnel, and will make and toppled war machines clutter
them payin blood fOr the streetsyslowing movementfia’nd
each step they take. Let concealing troops. Infiltrators,jsuch.as
them come. ..’ Ork Kommandos, Tyranid Genestealers
and Ael‘dari Striking Storpions, move
_ - Commissar Ferox,
unobserved through secret passageways
Hero of Hive Sorbid‘us
or slink outofuii’derg’round transit
tunnels; Squadrons, ofclose-combat
warriors surge forward before their
quarry can eyen' fire a shot‘in defence.
In the 4lst Millennium, city fighting
takes all the'horrors ofWar and magnifies
them. Territory is bitterly contested
for the tacticalisupremaficy it provides,
lives are spent indiscriminately by
high command: to " 4
meagre advantage; llfl’i‘lafis all
but impossible.
URBAN WARFARE
Comniandérsithzit have experienced
the horrors ofbattle within the tangled
maze of a hive city have learned that
even their army’s greatest strengths can
be countered. Theiswiitest of Drukhari
raider forces can find their hitrand-
run tactics bogged-down amongst
the ferrocrete canyons H'oled up in
reinforced ruins a1 ' esquad can stave
‘s, negating an
enemys numeriCal advantage as quickly
‘ as the corpses fall before well—defended
killzones. .Similarly,;a column of Leman
Russ Battle Tanks accustomed to
spearheading assaults can instead find
themselves reduced to smoking wreckage
by a few infantry squads equipped with
heaVy weapons.
Ina city battle - notorygcan Onlybe won
through ruthless eterminatibn. An army
mustbe Willin , lit-the foelfrom
every.collapsed; bu ‘g, tOjroot out and
destroy each fireba'se, to seek and destroy
each enseOnCed sniper. Around every
corner aWaits some new danger; and a
commander is forcedgto adopt tactics to
meet each threatfiiniturn.
Terrain features are focal points in
more so in a city,
where every building becomes the
next objective. However, not all structures are alike,
and holding a certain building can be the difference
between triumph and defeat Even ruins can be fortified
into breakpoints, makeshift bunkers upon which
enemy attacks can be shattered. Other edifices become
emergency medicae statiOns’, munitions dumps or
forward commmd centres. Imperial sanctums offer
hope for those with faith in the Emperor, yet they can
also stir rage in his enemies. In the builteup and dense
terrain there are few areas that oifer a- clear 'line offsightxv
but these too are co'vetedby all forces. Rival armies rush
to deploy sentries overlooking these spaces, as a single
well—placed la'scannon or railgun shot from an elevated
position can inflict crippling. damage.
Desperate firefights break out around key objectives.
Here is combat at its most brutal, and no tactic is too
underhanded, no ruse too devious. The same battered
manufactorum is taken, lost and retaken in turn as
both sides commit their. reserves in an all-out offensive.
Small skirmishes escalate, growing into conflagrations
— meatgrinder battles that:leave the ground carpeted
with casua1ties.
Each leader strives to deploythe right troops or-
‘engines of war at the right time. Where streets narrow
to chokepoints, indomitable Dreadnoughts stand
guard. Genestealers hunker down in cover, awaiting
the moment when their foe approaches close enough
to launch their ambush. A squad carrying demolition
charges scurry-to the base of a multi-storey ruin, the
ensuing'blast levelling'it. Even as the dust swirls, the
grinding tracks-reveal a :Land Raider moving into the
rubble, the fallen building creating a perfect new fire
lane for its lascannons. An A.ggTessor Squad advances,
their twin boltstorm gauntlets unleashing a hail of mass-
rreactive rounds that fills the narrow street before them.
Wth perfect timing, Incépfors bound across roofmps to
loose scything bursts of fire intofoes waiting to launch a
countereattack against their advancing allies.
The battle rages not only upon street level, upper storeys I
and rooftops, however. Anti~grav vehiclesand ground-
support aircraft duel overhead each side attempting to
win supremacy of the skies Although dense city terrain
can hide infantry from prowling, Yers, there are still
chances to catch enemy assets in the open. A single well-
timed strafing or bombing run can stop an oncoming ..
ofiensive in it'stracks, leaving only blood—soaked and
smirking craterswhere massed'foes once stood:
in the debris—laden confines ofa. hive city, air support,
armour, beasts of war and evencavalry have all proven
effective, yet the brunt of most battles-falls upon the
infantry. With (grenades and flamers they force their. way
into building after building, reducing the occupantsto
screaming casualties.
Even aagst the most" bloodthirsty andielite, the strain
of Such harrowing close-range; Vmb‘at takes its toll
There can be no rest, for the foe might turn a corner
or emerge from an unseen entrance at anytime. Wrth
battered ceramite armour and faces stained with ash
and dust, the troops press onwards. Every doorway
and hallway becomes its own-battle — a microcosm
ofthe bitter fighting that eb'bs and flows. Long after
ammunition is spent they fight on, using rifle butts to
bludgeon their foes, hacking- and stabbing'm a frenzy to
survival From such hellish environs, only the strongest
and most committed warriors will ever emerge alive.
 URBAN WAR ZIINES FTH
415T MILLENNIUM
Scattered across the galaxy are many different types of urban environments. All such 'tiesuare
strategically valuable, if only for their prodigious populations. When turned into War zones, howeVer,fthey
make battlefields that will test even the bravest ofwarriors to their limits.

Densely packe‘dihab-blocks, industrial sectors full ‘ or downwards; fire largest of the‘sekconglomerations-are

' ofclanking machinery or the gantry—filled mazesof
‘ underhives ~ithe composition ofurban sectors are as
varied as the different planet types-*themselyes. The
majority of cities in the 4lst Millennium belong to
eonflicts‘occu‘r:
their ruins.
IMPERIAL CITIES
'Ih‘e‘ ImperiuflSffiOpulation is S was: $10 the
unimaginable in scale. A high'pfercentage ofthis
uncountable number is concentrated'in enormous
urban sectors These cities grow so large that their
' borders overl ther metropoliges; sprawling until _
there-is no trier Aspacein‘ which to expand save upwéids
knbwnas hive: cities, layeredconcstructions ofpl‘asteel
and reckrete stacked endlessly upon each other. Many
are thousands ofyears old; their earliest foundations
dating tobef‘orethe rise of the Imperium. Over time
these cities have. grown until they: tower over the
landscape, manemade mountainswhosespires pierce
the atmosphere. V 7
Within each Vaulted layerof a hive ‘city stands edifice
after edifice, linked by'narroWstreets, and punctuated
with billowing smokestacks. 'Ihe‘highlevels tend
towards opulence and richesxthe'homes of the rulers
and nobles. The middle tiers‘throb with the machinery
ofimmense'indiistrialisation, While the lowest levels
are another WOfld altogether ,— dank places, full oftoXie
sludge pools, and inhabited by the most desperate
ofwre‘tches. -
 It is estimated by the Estate Imperium that over eighty-
five per cent of the million worlds ‘underImp'erial
control have at least one hive city cluster. Planetswhose
surfaces are primarily‘covered with such structures
are classified as hive worlds, and they are estimaated to
comprise between ten to twenty—five per cent ofthe
total More accurate numbers are not possible due to the
multiple codification systems, varying tracking agencies,
and the endless strata of bureaucracy that are endemic
within the Imp’erium'. Additionally, due to meessant
war and colonisation, worlds are lost, reeconquered or
discovered on a daily’basis across the galaxy.
For every hive city that might be called typical, there
are othersthat defy the senses ~ P§¥hapSJhuilt atop an
unlmown power source, drowned‘jhy a polluted sea,
or constructed using materialsunidentifiahle to the
Adeptus Mechanicus. Some are devoted to a single
cause, such as those found on a shrine world dedicated
to the worship of the God‘Ernperor, or penal hives
where prisoners toil to rapid deaths werking in the most
dangerous of nianufactorums.
All hivesrare defended to the utmost by the Imperium.
Standard military doctrine states that under no
circumstances shall a domain be relinquished to the foe,‘
and the more heavily populated the planet, the more
this maxim applies. They would ratherfeeds illio‘ns
of theirsoldiers into aoonfli‘ct that could lastde’cades
or even centuries than abandon a hivegev’err if onegi‘is
reduced to ruin the Imperidm will seldomgive up the
right to rule over the. rubble. ,
The ‘hot a step backwards’ approach adopted by the
Imperium partly stems from a desire to preserve the
hives‘ vast quantities of manpower andindustry, but
there are also other, less quantitative reasons. Although
massive in scale, the empire ofMankind-hangs
precariously, beset on all sides by predatoi'yxenos, and
the omnipresent threatlof Chaos. No world is safe from
the tendrils of corruption. Even the most loyal bastions
can be gnawed from within‘by traitors, and the threat
from the warp grows stronger With every-passing year.
Each‘eity that falls sends Waves of sedition rippling
aeross the stars Every Imperial holding is a symhol,‘a ‘
. sign of M’atnkind’s Might, of the Emperors diVine rule.
The hive cities must hold fast.
AINVADERS
'Of all the war zones across the galaxy few present the
tactical challenges of assaih'ng anenenty withinthe
confines of an urban environment. Despite thi§,.an
‘ Imperial hive makes an irresistible obj'e ’ 'vejto many
“seems races, a target beyond merely scourin enemy
‘338étsbrs'ecuriflg a strategically'vital location. Tyranids
acraveito‘harvest a hive’s vast reservesdfgenetic stock,
while the Drukhari seek endless. supplies of slaves'to
torment in order to prolong their own unnatural lives.
Necrons wish to destroy'alls'igns'bf those who would
usurp that which isri'ghffully theirs. Orks simply want
to engage in the bestbattl‘es they can find, and their
Mekaniaks covet Mankjnd’s industries, seeking to
dismantle them for partsto use in building their own
weaponry. It is Chaos, however, that poses the greatest
of threats. Hives are the, perfect places for the agents of
Chaos to spread sedition, and the armies of the Ruinous
Powers use Captives to even d’arkerpurpose. '
XENOS CITIES
Vast population centres are not monopolised by the
Imperium. Many xenos races: also strive fer galactic
supremacy, and hundreds of thousands of alien- .
inhabited cities are scattered across the stars..These,are
often radically diEerent innature to the hivesprawls of
the Imperium, such as the Aeldari’s graceful spacefaring
nations, known as craftWorlds, the continent-sized
scrapyards produced by the Orks or the buried
catacombs ofNecron tornb worlds. No few xenos cities
have been erected on the back of human dwellings.
Some are parasitic, for example those founded by
Genestealer Cults, while others — such as those built by
greenskin or Chaos Warlords — are raised up from the
wreckage of Conquered worlds, whether through pure
pragmatis‘mo‘r. as a vindictive act of Superiority over
their vanquished foes.
'EGri‘m'shiel '— could hear the greenskins on
the other side of the barricade ofrubble and
burnt-out tanks. Their howls could mean only,
"one thing: they were Working themselves up
for yet another charge. Known by the Imperial
" forces as Fortress Defiant, the position was really
only piled debris and sandbags‘nestled amongst
”the Base ofa ruined basilicanum. Still, the
Ork dead that litteredthe street attested to the
‘ effedtiikenfisfi of th‘ A .a Militarum defences.
‘ t ‘ " uted Sergeant Zimm,
‘ squeezmg off shots wr ' his l’a‘spistol 1Get that
heavy bolter working, e screamed, turning
to see why theirlbne heavy weapon was silent. 7
The nesi'was .ernpty,.and Zimm noted the trail
of bloqdrl’cading to the a‘jar cover-plate of the
sewérfltwas already too late“:
 EEBTIIRS IMPEfllfllIS
At the core of nearly every hive city in the Imperium can be found the Sectorsllmperialis. Such precincts
are dense with gothic, cathedral-like structures rising impossibly high. Here the gears of bureaucraticf'
powers and manufacturing forces turn the cogs that churn the vast edifice of the Imperium itself.
A typicalhivetityvnthin the Imperium stretches across
hundreds,-Vif54notthousands of miles. Standard urban
anatomy has dWeHings and heavier industry near the,
base levels. Administration and light manufacturing
runs from ground level to the lowest tiers of the upper
hive, while the wealthiest classes rule from the spires
high above the grime beneath them. The subsurface or
underhive'is where the poorest dre'gs inevitably gather,
and thetfurther down one travelsfth’e more lawless and
desperatethin'gsj become. V ofbuildings to crumble to ruin, often with workers
Asaper their remit, the Departinénto'Genusumi aisniall
branch of the Adeptus Administramm —. has :‘a‘fliited
official designations 1to the different sectors found‘within
a hive city. The most common ofthese classifications
are the Sectors Periferus (the outskirts beyond a hive-s
borders), lmpérialis (the main hive levels), Mech , ,
(heavy industrial Zones), Spit-"urn gthe upper Spires
Habculumiévasthabzhlocks) ,andil'nfemus (eithet.-thei .
underwastjes or the underhiVeX '
Sector Imperialisriis by far the most Widespread
classification,-and describes the most ‘ ‘ed and
populated~_ ’d'visions within a hive. In such isecto'rs’canf
befound-‘Ee ' ingfbillions 'of.(:itizens. There, labourers
toil for long shifts in workshops, making ammunition,
chemical agents, reprocessed food or countless other
- synthetic wares. The majority ofhivestt‘are Self-sufficient,
with all hurnan requirements — nourishment, water
andiair— produced and recycled mthin the Sector's
Imperialis. It is true that such. products, including»
atmosphere itself, are gritty, polluted and unwhole me,
but they are capable of sustaininglife.
In addition to manufacturing, endless branches of.
the Adeptus Administratum can b " ‘ und within
the Warreris Sector Imperialis Scribes huddle 111‘
, alcoves, their quills scratching out endless records
that are collectédrby augmented'servitor—porters that
haul the gathered-materials into deep storage vaults. .
All manner of adepts, autofsavants and other menials'
engage in civil drudgeries. A goodly proportion ofth VSe
lower—level workers toil themselves to death in meagre,
conditions to complete tasks that are:neither understood
nor needed, yet they continue as time—honoured
tradition demands; ,~
At thetoll‘ing th‘e bjel‘ls tlie'shiftsichange and the ‘
narrow streets and avenues of a Sector Iinp'erialis,.are
crammed with human traffic. Somehead for mag=trains,
others stop towait in longqueues to pay tithes and
receivesabsol‘Lition from a preagherlofthe Imperialfiult.
Rest periods, ifany, are short, for the Imperium is ever
on a war footing, demanding maximum outputfrom all
sources on pain of death.
A Sector Imperlalis is typicall dark and brooding
place. Most- buildings and infra's ctures are worn with
age or Worse. It is not unusualfor the most unstable
still toiling within. If the function they performedwas
an overtly essential one — such-as the productionof
chemicals in a greater supply chain —yt11en. the relevant
oflic‘ial agents will ratify the rebuilding process quickly
Ifthe structure served no obvious need, such as the
office of one of the thousandsofmisguided branches
of the AdeptusAdministratum, then the bodies and
equipment ‘4 left to the in or ble scavengers ~
.bOtha’nim ~andjhufna'ri — . « (in the pipework,
watching foflny chance‘to" 'p-out and seize what
It is commofi > Dough to see suchruined buildings
ever-17m the dét‘ofthembSt crowded byways. Some,
. “ofthese dilapidated skeletonsof former structures
are eventually repurposed, the oldedific‘e serving as a
foundation. Othercollapsed buildings are sifted through
for scrap andnsable remains, the piled rubble eventually
becomingrthe abode of vermin that nest in the debris.
Those hive titles that have known major insurrections
o‘r invasions are worse still, with entire precincts gotted,
craters lining the streets, shellholes and blastm’arks
‘pocking every wall, and the. fire;—blackened remnants
'of equipmenttoo damaged for even the scavengers: to
make use of.
For the inhabitants of the Sectors Iniperialis, their?
eitistence'is grimin'the, extremefil'iie‘ conditions harsh,
overcrowded‘and unsanitaryLFOr-all of that, these
Sectors are Widely viewed: bythose that have never felt
their sun’s rays or beheld the uppe spires as glorious
places, andr‘su hithey‘are 5% 1 n comparison to-
other, infinitélyimore dismal locales 1n the hive, such as
the Sectors'Periferus or Inferring:
AT WAR
Considering the sheer quantity of
resources and materiel that can
be found within a hive, it is not
surprising that they are frequent
targets for attacks. When enemy
troops enter a hive :it- is invariably
the Sector-s Imperialis that‘b‘earthe
brunt of the fighting,
BeCause of the labyrinthine and
heavily cluttered nature of a hive,
they ofier the perfect tactical
ground for defending forces. At the
onset of battle it is they that have
the better knowledge? ofroutes,
hidden access ports; and key '
terrain features that can provide
some type of military advantage.
In many cases, however; bombing
runs, artillery barrages, Titan-
level weaponry, orbital strikes
or especially heavy fighfing can
quickly alter a hiveés landscape
drastically, changing it'to oneof
rubble and blasted rui-Tns:
To navigate this’u‘rlbiaii maze, canny
commanders organisE'their massiVe
armies into more manageable
and mobile companies, as huge various heights and dipped fields
formations are simply too difficult ~ of sight, it is avdiflicultenvironment
to control, track or manoeuvre once for" troops on the ground to $6 the
they enter the hive. These forces. whole picture. Even the sounds are
sweep into the Sectors Imperialis on" diflicult to triangulate, as they echo
multiple fronts, scouring out foes and reverberate 0E the canyon-like
and seizing key terrain features. walls of the steep building faces.
Unlike a more conventional battle,
where-e'nemy contact often happens
along alcontinuous front line, the.
fighting within a Sector Imperialis
is morehaphazard. While one
squad advancesunchecked on one
“1:111? ofattack, another squad along a
‘ parallel-street are halted asrviciolis,
clos‘eerang‘e firefights erupt. (
Hive worlds are gloomy places, full
ofshadows and ambush sites. From
out offlie darkness of dense cover
provides cover, my squad
streak glaring las shots, plasma
. ,. s’Weeps and clears. Keep
bursts, and tracer rounds. Distant
“ your frags ready and
explosions r’ocktheground, while
q 1. your heads on a swivel
dust and‘srnoke fill the already
"’ b'o'ys, those snip , s-could
thick and acrid air. Shots ricochet
be anywh—’ '
intihe- cramped environments while
Explosions along the upper storeys I I —'L"dst Words ofS" tNabanoV‘,
. LVostrOyan 122ngirf‘Sgtalker's’v
send showers of splintered rockrete
raining down. With buildings of
 STRUCTURES OF A SECTOR IMPERIALIS
Many different edifices make up a Sector Imperialis, but most are rendered in the classic architectural
style adopted by the Imperium— vast and grimly gothic’. The following Is a guide to the most common
structures found within a typical Sector Imperialis.
THE ADMINISTRATUM
The Adeptus Administraturn'i’s the largestof all the
departments ofthe Adeptus Terra. It is so impossibly
unmeldy that some of the different branches work at
odds with each other; pursuing contradictory goals
and ejzen supplying coutradictory informatbn. An
Admirnstratum building could hense any mimber
of goyernmental agencies, such as those that deal
with tithe collection, psyker registration or historical
revision. Each of those offices might be supported‘by
any number of additional datamills, censoriu‘ms or
tironernus (recruiting) agencies. There are hundreds
'of diEerent civil oflices for each planet, such as
departments which dole out mininge’permits; track
abhuman bylaws or process inner—-hive atmosphe '
' discrepancies The entirety of any we:
filed, indexed and updated daily by 2191110110 :
of bureaucratic menials
Administratuni buildings are nearly alway nd‘ tifierl
m J
are often targeted by enemies, an
particular take perverse delight ‘
IroniCally, thanks to the massiy
importance of each ofthese st‘r‘fiéfures .t ‘ the Imperial
cause, an enemy can neverbe sure when d: troying an
Adnnnistratuni bu-ildin' they are crippling a hub of:
' the planetary goverm'n or simply wrecking an office
thathoarded needless data
MANUFACTORUMS
Manufactorhngsggaretheu1qn1itous factories of‘the
Imperium. Each is controlled by one of thetvafied
branéhes oftheAdcptusLAdministratuIn,‘ while
theaAdeptus MechaniCu‘s‘ aids with‘th‘e' supply‘and
maintenance offlleir machinery. Many mmufactoruiiie
hous'el-Vproduc’tion lines) that make parts fOr‘l’arger I
assemblies — for instance, there are hundreds, of
different buildings that each make one ofthemyr-iad;
components for a'specifie filtration vent, and another;
vast structure where the product 1s finally 757611151; ,
Others create items from start to finish, suchias the
manufactprum lucernus, a: forge-plant which processes
human cerpses'and renders themrinto canhlesrzjor ,1 H
the ‘cibureum, a factory that creates biofiieltg poWer ‘
stab—lightsout of the fungus that proliferatesWithin'
atmospheric conductors.
Manufaetorums aremarked by the symboliofit-hé; -
Adeptus M¢chahiéus,,.and‘ many ,bear- heavy blasféioors.
Glad?1m fenesteel, these impo in'g shutters.hern) ally
seal the building, protectin ,
inside as well as ensuring only a portion of the 0 :en
highly tome waste they produce leaks out; Some
.‘ particularly harsh industries, also usethe’blastdoor's to
fiensui‘e their workfofee can never leave. -
It 152) common superstition Within the Imperiu’m that
to merely bring an‘ obJect with a machine spirit Within
the bounds of a manufactorum protects it against
malfunction andmischance, Those who ddhattle
beneath the shadow of such a building receive more
tangible benefits as w’ell— in the midst of Combat-,-
opportunlstlc warriors often take advantag o" 7
manufactorum’s bounty helping themselves.to asteady
new of ammunmon ormed1cae supplies.
1
The One true Sanctum Impenalis 15 the massive complex
within the Imperial Palace on Terra. From there the ,
Empe'm‘r ruled and to this day;still resides, interred
w1th1n his: Golden Throne. The sanctums within ahnfes
7 Sector Imperialis are named after this famed landmark
tn 1s said that some small portion ofthe inner light
ofthe Emperor himself shines upon each structure that
bears the name _
A heacon to the:d an, each I
’ ,religion‘in the Inipermm of Mankmd— and is opeiiated
by'the AdepmslVIinistorum, commonly lmown as :the
Ecclesiarch’y’. such structures
God——Emperor that embellish Its walls arid portal. guard
against‘rna‘lign entities and so‘r'ce‘ries. Perhaps it is the
power of faith made manifestJhut in times of need such
structures often glow with a ghostly nimbus. However,
only on villing to risk being branded a heretic would
suggest‘th’e light emanates strictly from the autolumins,
stonelanterns or Censers borne by the carven statues.
'Ihere haveébeen numerousreports of these lights
actually driving awayfoes, for example, sending
Daemon : h’ king into Wisps of nothi‘ngness or causing
k mobs to halt their charge and gape in
awe Whether ’ he’se are true events or
OTHER FEATURES
"The aforementioned building types might be the most
‘ only found in a hive’s Sector Imperialls, but these
aré"a: minute fraction of the varieties of structures feund
withi [such zones. There are innumerable shrines,
garrisons and training facilities for the planetary
defence force, storage tanks, dockports to receive tranSit
from orbit ‘ spadecr‘aft, and- warehousing to store it
all The largest of generatoriums are seen in heavier
industrial zones,,but smaller ones and countless relays

through the endlessn'oWs ofboildmgs Maghft stations

allow cargo or people to be moved vertically to upper or
, _ , , . 1s eralnurpci‘sés» lower levels. Tangles of weathered gantries criss-cross
within ahiVe.F1rs‘E_an‘ foremost, basilicanuiii the skyline, enormouswstatues commemorate anything
is a meeting plat dministration purposes, from heroes of the impér'ium to particularly ego—driven
2 mm for the varied ranches of e Adeptus planetary governors. Runningthrough all levels of a
Administratum Secondly, many of the buildings serve . hive are coils of cables, Vents, access ’ti‘innels, pipework's, 7 ‘
as dvil law courts for,their hive precinct, where the g ‘ = _-ai*1d drainage canals. Theiseféatures are larger andmore:
fievant Administrahim officials can resolve disputés. 1 prevalent in more in hialareas, but can be found
Emily, and mostimportantly;to hive——dwellmg . throughout every Seegor. .
ciizens, me basillcaii‘um acts as a broadcast point for
Ruins are commonplace in any hiife, andiconié inmany
shapes, sizes and degrees ofstructuralintegrity. 'lNhere,
fighting has been partiCularlyfie-rce, entiresections
ofhives are nothing but craters anda fiéw skeletonsof "
twisted girders. In some forlorn districts shanty towns
Mons ofpsyker quotas are discussed. Most abound. Although these are more common in ~
imfimnm‘fis are built along STC guidelines and contain; funderhive 0r outskirts, such scrap-built hovels can he
m colomiades that divide the space into long ' found anywhere, teeming with mutant outcasts, savage
m with an apse at one end. It ls there that ofllcials - gangers and practitioners of proscribed religions.
manly called PrefeCts, thoughthe name varies by

‘In Vogen we had to fight the rebels'in

the streets, in buildings and m the gutters.
We were ordered 1to clear stron-

m are typically named for a sponsor,

is znohle from the spires This 18 one wa‘ for an
mgz‘sng
crindividua'lto garner Status endgaai'eputation
n & E4312, as well as to ensure magistratmn rulings
in!!! i’fl-I chosen proclivitiesf: (it isiiiot uncommon for
fii intrigue or even openviolence to detennine
mat éa basilicanum between feuding factions,
M some Administraturn agencies resolVe their
his amply by building another basilicanum.
 SEGTIIRS MEEHANIGIIS
The twisted industrial sprawls of the Sectors Mechanicus cover innumerable worlds within the Imp ium.
The very air throbs to the sounds of heavy machinery as such districts forge, pump, constructand -
manufacture to fuel the impossibly vast Imperial war machine.
The Adeptlis Mechanicusarethe Priesthood ofMars.
It is they , ho supply the Imperium with mechanical
Teché‘Priests might advise mannfactorums, and-may
even‘help the Administratum run: them, but for truly
heavyindustry the followers of the:Cult Mechanicus
don'o't r gnlarly admit outsiders: This takes‘pla’ée
instead‘within the Sectors Mechanicus, each comprised
of labyrinthine strata of machinery. Much oftheir
equipment pre-datesxthe Imperium — archaicpieces
from the Dark Ager'of Technology --yet whether revered
ancient or'newly built}: all machines are treated as divine.
Many of the devices" purposes have been lost over the
years, or shrouded bymysterioussritual, yet each‘is
' bathed 1n sacred unguents and its parts occasionally
taken apart and reassembled in holy ceremony. 7
SectorslMech‘anicus nary greatly in size, The term can.
refer to an mdustrialr-‘icomplex‘wuhin‘a hive, perhaps
coverin ozens ofmiles, or it couldbe an entire
hive itself —a vast conglomeration of machinery and
pipewor'k that stretches further than the eye can see.
COMMON STRUCTURE-S
As centres of industry’sectors Mechanicus contaifirall
mannernof 'structures,including manufactorurns, forges,
foundries, refineries, furnaces, extractors, compactors,
incinerators, fabricators; replicators, reactors and more.
No few ofthese clanking, churning,~ grinding edifices
are mysteries even to the robe‘d priests that deVGtiOnally
attend to them. Some, machines risenpwards‘ for-miles,
'latticed witlrrnsted gantries allowing access to armies of
Servitors and low-level tech menials.
’flre‘infrastructure of'a'S‘eCtOr Me'cli‘ahicu‘s is more"
heavyweight than any other hive zone. Endless
arteries ofpower conduits, promethiuin relays, and
pipes carrying any nu "her of alehemic mixtures»,are
netWOrkec'l'in a tangle ‘ maze from one enorm '7
to another. Entire fields of smokestacks, chimne
and galvanic magnavents discharge horrifically high
volumes of ollutants so that the air is thick and black
her‘foundrthrOUghout a ‘ector Mechanicus, including
' servohaul‘ers; industrial magtrain lines, therinic plasma
regulators, servolifters and maglifts.
INDUSTRIAL WAR ZONES
Armies seeking fuel or technology can find no better
target than a Sector Mechanicus. Those foes wishing
to cripple the Imperium’s ability to wage'war in a
sub—sector will also make such industrial zones their
objective. By laying waste to the central processors
and refinery clusters in an industrial region, enemies
can shut down power tolth‘e rest ofthe hive, or silence
distant defence batteries before an upcoming offensive
is launched. To fend off such salvage-hungry invaders
or enemy sabotage missions, the forcespf the Imperium
will go to great lengths tondefend: their production
centres. Toi thoseo‘fthe Cult Mechanicass protecting
their precious machines is. everything.
Battles fought within a Sector,Mec?ha.nic;us"share some
semblance with those that take ply,» 1n other-hive
sections, such as claustrophobic spaces, ample-cover
for ambushes, and limited lines ofsight. The heavily
industrialised nature of the sector, however, adds its
own hellish new aspects to combat.
eyes are drawn to movmg parts— hydrauhc hammers
fall, ye .faZns whirl, jets of steam or werse spew
out from exhaust .p1pes. Even auspex readingsar'e
confused in the dense zones. Countless vents, ports
and chimneys belch acrid smoke or toxic gases, and
the heat of fuels combusted insidehyperepressurised
reactors can incinerate those whoi5stray too close to
crisis vents. A single misstep or blast wave from a
nearby explosion can send a combatant tumbling oilt
a gantry into the darkness below. Stray's'hOtsor‘Iiear
miss‘es can trigger any number of catastrophes, from
causing plasma regulators to leak their super—heated
contents, to initiating a series ofpyric cleansing
protocols. The gantries and shieldedplatgforms are
ideal locations for hiding snipers or entire enemy units
bearing jump packs, waiting to descend upon the
unwary. @reatures that use the vent—shafts and pipes for
travel can surround their foes and come- at them from
unexpected angles '
Some precincts within-a Sector Mechanicus' are so
packed with pipework'that it'wc’mld be iinphsSiblé for an
"army to traverse them. Smallymobile kill teamsar‘e sent
instead, winding their way through narrowicorridors
and access channels. They must be wary, for doubtlessly
foes send out their own reconnaissance, and clashes are
inevitable. In shah r‘e‘stiicteclspaces a few c hold off
many, and desperate and bloody battles‘r‘en'sue as each
side struggles to seize even the smallest of passages.
Troops that are tech~savvy can use the machinery of a
‘Sector Mechanicus,. crushing and“battering their foes
with the tools of indusiiy'For the incautious, plasma
batteries can be used to overcharge, weapons so that they
unleash blistering firepOWer. Overloaded pressure valves
can explode to send‘wide swathes of deadly shrapnel
outwards, while timely Venting of thermic ducts can
immolate the foe in gouts of flames.
Since the Imp‘e s founding countless battles
‘ have been foughtin all manner of hive cities _
g3 across the galaxy Some are heroic sagas,,oth ‘ rs .
; cautionary tales of the horrors of war The 41st
g'Millenmuni alOne boasts tens ofthousands of
* fierce battles‘thattook place within the dank gloom
of a hive city. The defence ofPetrostok 1s used by
, Commissars everywhere to speak of resolve, while
the heroic stand ofHades Hive:on Armageddon .
has become legendary, and those that feught there
and survived are fillcommemorated for it. No
less famous 15 the sacrifiCe of those who drove
1 back the xenos invaders at Helsreach Hive. None
have forgott massacre ofGathamol, or the
treacherousgfe the fall of Vogen upon the
: planet of’Kh‘aiian. 1
1 7 With the opening ‘of the Great" 1
3 , hellh‘ole that split the galaxy in two
‘ Plague That Walks dec1mated , ve cities across
‘ the Ultima Segmentum even sullying the gem of
Ultramar itself. In War Zone Stygius the benighted
hive world ofMordian held out after sufiermg
:7 tremendous casualties, and battle still rages‘upon
; the hive world of Tarkan. The rampages of the
‘1 Blood Crusade“ ' eyed well over a hundred hive '
E cities. Those w , ‘ ,d their civilians’ final pleas
for salvation g f ansWered could only curse
in vain, aswagp: limited space travel and
the forces of the [mperiumwere already too thinly
spread. Only he ' "
THE BATTLE Hm
BIIHE HIVE SflElERIls
What follows is an account of the Battle for Bore—hive Scelerus, a hard—fought campaign regarded by
many of the greatest military minds of the Imperium as an exemplar of the types of combat that occur
when forces clash amidst the urban environments of an Imperial hive.
VIGILUS
The Adeptus Mechanicus of.Stygies VIII have
established nlus as-a key stronghold. Teeming with
Imperial citizenry, it is a planet vital to the Imperiuni '
due to its vast reserves of manpower, the energy
it supplies to many sub-sectors ofthe Segmentum
'Obscurus, and its status as the sole manufacturing-point
for the Bastion—class force field. Furthermore, since
the opening of the Great Rift, Vigilus has stood upon
[the edge of the ImperiumNihilus', essentially standing
guard over one end of the infamous Nachmund
Gauntlet — the best—known passage out of the warp—'
storm-riven galactic north. To Mankind, while Vigilus
stands it is a beacon of hope, yet the world is also a
tantalising prize: for xenos and the forces of Chaos.
Growingrwarp storms threatened tocut 0E Vigilus,
and as the maelstrom grew it vomitediforth an. Orlc w
fleet. Here was an anarchic‘armada of'Serap-craft
beyond count, and all bore uncharacteriSticaIly
powerful engines. After a brief and mostly one—sided
space battle in favour ofthe invaders, the majbrity of
the fleet crash—landed ontotheimany wastelandstliat
skirted tl‘iersprawling hive cities of Vigilus. Using their
wrecked craft to build .scrapsfortresses ands‘all manner
of weapons and war machines, the surviving Orks
began to assail the massive hivesprawls The Imperial
forces drew back within their respective hives and sent
out distress signals. Greenskin assaults followed, but
they were largely turned back, stymied by the nefivdrk
of Bastio'n-class force fields fliat protected each
colossal cities.
The warp storms that had deposited the Orks grew in‘
intensity,_turning into the epic; anomaly knowii as-rthe
Great Rift Mass'n're psychic shock waves rolled across
the galaxy and this surge of Warp energy revealed flaws
in the Bastion—class force fields, both on Vigilus and on
‘ hundredsvof other worlds. Overcome by malfunctions,
the Bastionforce fields flickered and then failed? - -
SCELERUS
Bore-hive Scelerus'is located upon Megaborealis, a
continent.over which the Adeptus Mechanicus holds
sovereignty. Long ago, Tech-Priestsplanted titanic drills
that penetrated deep into'theplanet’s crust, and over
the courseofcenturies massivehives of industry sprang
up around each one. Of these bore—hives, Scelertm is
a mid-sized sprawl, yet it is ofespecial note due to its
high production of geothermic power. Located atop
an Alpha-glass thermal stack, Scelerus alone generates,
over fifty per cent of the energy needed to power
the continent.
m
With its great import, Scelerus boasted a garrison .
of Skitarii Legions double that of other similar sized
Bore—hives, as well as a formidable array of Knights, and
an entire Titan Legion. Its ruler Tec-h-Priest Dominus
Ipluvius XIV: also Sat upon the Vigilus-ruling order
known asrthe Council of Cogs. O’ffinal note, b‘etapse
of the preponderance of drilling on an epic scale, all of
Megaborealis - and the boreihives in particular-.’ are
regularly subjected to earth nakes. The drillinghas
unsettled the planet’s tect‘o . ,, ates, and even V ‘5
reinforced structures OccaSionally succumb to the
planet’s most violent upheavals.

ASSAULT 0N SCELERUS
Before the Bastion—class force fields went down the
invaders had fared poorly inattacks upon-SCelerus.
The force fields had provided a dual layer ofprotection
— a psychic screen ensured that living things which
attempted to pass through its shimmering field fell
into ‘a Coma before they took their seventh step, and
encroaching machinery tripped electro-magnetic fields,
sending out spiderwebs of crackling lightning that
converged on any vehicle that sought to pass. Even Ork
attempts to overload the force fields using massed attack 5 orders, but‘S‘eelerus’ leader, Tech'e‘Pfiest Dominus
waves failed, as S‘celerus had power supplies to‘spare.
After repeated attacks with no success, the Orks
withdrew to their scraprmetal yfortresses, already
starting to feud amongst themselves. With the defenders
having won some breathing space, the Bastion fields of
Sceleru‘s were powered down and servitor crews in their
tens of thousands were sentient to clear away the xenos
debris, cullingany injured greenskjns as they languished
in the wastes. Although several Orkish ambushes
attempted to thrust into,_‘th " 5ts’kirts, the shieldswere ‘
powered back up b‘efoite- ylarger scale 0&1: aSSaults
could be mounted. I fields around each of the drillzones '— the fast-moving
And then the smog—polluted skies grew strange —' the“
writhing clouds swirled, and'fOrrned leering faces.
Across the planet cogitator’si exploded, and all channels
ofbin‘haric staticecode tackled: with vile’voices.
Amidst the growing turmoil the Bastion force fields
across Vigilus flickered, blinked, and then disappeared
altogether. The Great Rift had opened, nearly splitting
the galaxy. Across Vigilusthe howling winds whipped
up great dust storms, cutting Scelerus ofl from’all vox
comms. The defenders peered out into the rising storm.
PHASE ONE: BREAKTHROUGH
With all manner 'of pollutants stirred into the air,
the dust storm proved iinpenetrable‘ to visionand
auspex alike. Alerted to thefailing shields by skulking "
Kommandos, the Orks oncerrnore raced to the attack.
The speedi‘est contingents, mun-any, arrived first. In the
midst of the oncoming storm the OrkSpeedwaaagh!
spearheads accelerated towards their targets;
The impressive array ofweapon 'towerseand gun
emplacements that lined the perimeter-; walls of
Bore-lfive'Scelerus had little chance of stopping the
oncoming hordes. Under normal conditions — even
given the‘planet’s choked and pollutEdatmosphere — the ‘
guns could have opened fire When the foe was many '
miles away. In the unnatural storm that now-beset the
hive, the weapons’ effective rangelwas limited to a few
hundred yards. Given theaspeedfofthe closing Ork ‘
vehicles, it was no contest.
Ork Warbikers, Warbuggies, Trukks and heavier scrap—
tanks‘ blasted holes through rockrete walls and smashed
down:gateways. Within moments, hundreds of Qrkj' I
s'p atheadsrhad broken into. thebore—hive. Some Orks
debussed from their Trukks, pili’n‘gbut to smash into
defenders or to loot the first buildings they encountered.
,Most greenskins, however, continued their reckless
journey, moving at breakneck speed into the iron
labyrinths that made up Scelerus.
Shocked, the Adeptus Mechanic'usrdefenders awaited
Llpluvius XIV, did not issue any. Instead. he did ‘
Something the upper echelons of the Cult Mechanicus ‘
rarely do. .. he froze. Alarmed by the force fields’ failure,
the warp storms’ strange effect on machine spirits,fand
the sheerspeed at which the OrksWerepenetrating
deep into the urban sprawl, Ipluvius became trapped in
a dataloop, broadcasting no orderswhatsoever. 7
The greenskins pressedtheir advantage, with over a
hundred'Speedwaaagh! s compeing to driver deepest
into the hive. In the‘more-openfiector Mechanicus , .
zones — siuchas "the refinerie‘sofK’raJncon and the slag
Otkbattalions proved unstoppable. The speeding
convoys streaked though the hivel'eaving a trail of
WIECkage behind them. Acting on protocols alone, the
defences of the Skitarii were poorly coordinated.
ItWas at this time that the Geriéstealer Cult
ofMegaborealis began their uprising;
THE WYRM RISES
Hundreds of years ago the Adeptus Mechanicus
unwittingly brought a Genestealer to V gil11s. From that
single creature spaWned many, until axenos cult had
spread to infect nearly every bore-hive.iMany miners,
subterranean water—harvesters and even the human
parts of servitors had'been infected by the‘xenos seed.
ThevCiilt 'ofithe'e‘Eaii " ' ce‘s had notplanned. to
”rise up toeonqiie . e world until their stranglehold
upon Vigilus was lethally tight — a’ time they saw as
decadessin the future. The Ork inVasion expedited their
plans; Word was silently passed between hundreds of
signalle’rs So that across dozens of hives thebroods 7
erupted out ofunderground dwellings;
The splinter ofthe Pauper Princes i11:Stelerus, the
writhing Wyrm, was led by the Magus Slygaxx the
VPrOphet. With inhuman synchronicity'they burst forth
in well—planned ambushes. The cultattaeks' caught
the already paralysed Adeptus Mechanieus' forces
with perfect timing. While 5 ii Legions stood in
formation across hiVe 7 ‘ ‘ts, awaiting either
orders or the oncoming Orks, they instead-found
themselves ambushed. Maesed- Purestrajn..Genestealers‘
poured forth-fromalldirections to rip them apart.
Elsewhere, promethium refineries were sabotaged, their
flanies burning high enough to scorch through multiple
hive—levels. Using long——known passcodes, cowled
Acolyte Hybrids entered defensive emplacements and
unleashed slaughter. Thousands of attacks swept over
" ms, from the central pits to the latti'cewor f
en .r-gy pipelines. The Worst was Still incomes-however.
Although the uprisingwas premature, the cult had,
spent centuries planning their moves. It was’Magus
’Slygaioc’s duty to ensmeit‘he Titan ,Legionn'stafioned
at.SE:'ele1-us never left? tlh bore-hive. The Magus had
‘ed three weapon ' ' 71 1 waszjtiime
to deploy the first.
If hadtaken great effort to capture a vortex missile, and
even more to keep ithidden'in the undercavesi When
the'sil‘ent call came, the: operatives began to
ally excavated tunnels that led directl'
mam underground bunker compleXes w
Ferroxns awaited the call .to duty.
Scores of nearby raids kept the guardian Skitarji
Legit'ms occupied around Ehe perimeter ofEhe Ferroxus
' 7" pound. They were but diVersions, as the real
. hi6? Titan Legion‘gua‘rdians discoveredrtheplot,
randalthough Skitariiandhattle servitors fnhtwith
d rat'evalour, theyrcopld not prevent thetsuicide
teams-Rom detonatingi'their deadly payload: A hole
It is unknown whether Dominfis Ipluvius
XIV had his mind shroudedby the psychic
powers ofthe Genestealer‘Cult, ifhe Was
insepacitated by the warp storms, or if
his :cogitator—aided mind had merely '
slipped some gears. Had he beenrlin full
command of his faculties it is doubtfiil:
he w0uld have held the awesomezpower
ofafulLTi‘tan Legion in reserve
The finalthroes of’ILegion l?"w rroxgs
Ia‘ geyser offire ; '
ripped 'out of the hive and into
the stratOSphere. With that; the ,
brainlocked Tech-Priest Dominus - -
was plat; din storage against his
Nesium drike issued long strt 0‘ '
commands. to the Skitarii Legions.
 Even before the Mechanicus defences reorganised,
the Crlcmomenmm was faltering: Many Speedmobs
had drifted offto loot, while others ran shortof fuel
and made desperate bids to capture refineries. Lacking
the directionrof the Supreme Warlord Krooldakka —
~ whoseeyes were elsewhere on Vigilus—‘the Orks
haphazardly spilled into the outer rings of the
boreihive, fighting amongst themselves for
possessionofcovetedloot-piles.

In the mayhem, Skitarii kill teams

hunted the tundercaves for Genestealer
Cultists,»searching for their, hidden lairs
and coirert operatives. Ambush after
ambush followed, with each side landing
, [I " upbrl the other, but making no
significant headway. Frustratingly, the
Mechanicus forces could never seem to
bring their full-might to bear against their
foe-e". itjwas a war altogether different to
the one being fought simultaneously against
the Ofks; ' '

Entire legions acted in concerfto drive back‘iinitia'l'

greensldn incursions, clearing the heavy industry
sectors in a series of large-sca.le battles. As the multi—
year campaign advanced, the fighting ground down
to a war of attrition fought over roughly established
lines drawnhetween the ruins. A kind of status quo
cameiinto-being. Each side launched occasional all-out
oEensiVes, onlyto advance a few hab-blocks before
grinding toahalt. Afterwards, each sidegwas content to
fortify flieii'n own positions for a time, regularly sending
forth patrols toreconnoitre and harasstheir foes.
For'their part, the Orks had squandered the majority ,
oftheir vehic‘lesfin the initial onslaught, and Were now
rebuilding, All along the Bore-hive Scele‘rus perimeter
thé‘Orkswerej dismantling manufactorums at an
alarming rate, turning the scrapover to their Mekboy‘z
so that'th’ey might repurpose it.
In Sce‘lerus, a strike force of Iron Hands from Clan
' Kaargul arrived under the command of Captain Arl‘aan.
,Eehmd a vanguard wedge formation of three Repulsors, _ '
7 the Iron Hands passed through the no mans land and
penetrated the Orks’ Deffline— a formidable miles—long
barricade that walled ofl? Grisport, the northerly-most
7 landing pads. There the greenskins had scavenged the
Meéhanicu'sair fleets, turning them into their own
Scrapjet’s and Deflk‘optas The running battle that raged
amongst the various hangars, elevatOrs and landing 7
pads was devastating to the newly created ®rk air force V "”"

PHASE TWO: COUNTER-ATTACKS... .

After years ofbitter fighting amongst the outer zones of
Scelenismtnew phase of the battle began with the arrival '
of the first Wave of Imperial reinforcements. The bulk
ofthese came from a crusade force that been fighting 7
"in the nearby Stygius war zone, and included elements '
from: a number of Space Marine Chapters along with
manyhattle-hardened ‘regiinents of Astra» Militaru’m,
mast famously some from Catachan and Cadia. ‘
With the Council of Cogs'in disarray, deployment of
rived- trodps w piecemeal 'Iheije was no
S‘m' a er, and various Impenal factions Jeach' used '
On the’ground the Iron Hands advanced, pouring
fire into the roWs of Fighta--bommers while Inceptorjs’:
leapt upwards to the gantries. that criss--cro’ssed abov're,
blasting Ork pilots as they raced for their machines,
and shooting Deffkoptas out of the skies. It was a ma or
victory for the Iron Hands, and helped to reclaim t
northern sectors of Scelerus. Meanwhile, the for
of the Adeptus Mechanicus had launched their own
assault against the Orks.
With the Iron Hands diverting the Orks’ attention to
their scrapjet runways, Archmagos Nesium Caldrike
proved himself a formi able commander. On his orders
theSkitarii Legions, buoyed with several regiments of
Astra Militarum, overwhelmed the Deflline'barrier.‘
The Imperial forces swept forward Where They met
fierce resistance Caldrik brought up the Knights of
House Sablus, a con that guarded The vital central
orealis with energy relatively ungua‘r 'd, but
Caldrike interpreted this opportunity as his best chance
to oust: the Orks, and he threw all of his reserves into the
effort.*The Archmagos may have held somefhackif his
reconnaissance efforts had revealed what the Qrks had
been Working towards 1n the meantime.
Led by Mekboss‘ Zarkitand his Mek followers, theOrks
had repurposed the archeotech of many mannfaetorums
and Sectors Mechaniciis. Ork factories p 7' ducted
heavy-grade war machines, much of the ' H
with the same materials the Adeptus Mechanicus
used to protect structures against earthquakes. Under
the diiection of therMekboyz, enslaved humans
worked endless assembly lines that churned ohtr - .
Gorkanaut‘s, Morkanauts,'Deff Breads K1113 Kafi‘z‘
and Battle Wagons. Zarki’t had planned to release‘bis‘
heavy brigades alongside air power, but following the
destruction of the Grisport hangars in now sought
:iswift revenge:
The advancing forces met at halfa dozen plates,
including the Calcésium - a massiveiten—mile-long'
{gear manufactorum. There, amids’tftlie blackened ruins
and twisted girders, Knights duelled Gork’anauts and
Morkanauts Infantry on both sides sought to‘ support
their larger war ma 'bines, slippin ongh maze-like
channels in the rubble before emerging at the enemy’s
flanks or rear to fire-heavy weaponryand then duck
back into cover. Others rushed from behind obstacles to
slap magnetic mines ‘or demo::charges ontothe legs-or
(armour plates otla passing war engineeszoon theairzwas
foul Mth thick {suit}: 6, and the burninn‘lfecks of War
machines littered'the‘ shattered manufactOr-um.
' The Orks had gained momentum, andfeeding off-their?
success they became all but unstoppa'hle. Fearing ’a',
breakthrough to the lightly guarded etme Skitagrii
Legions began a disciplined retreat at a ,
Arcbmagos Nesium Caldrike, falling back 1n good order
before the clanking metal monstrosities ofthe Orks.
Nbble tonthe end, the Knights of House sablus sacrificed
themselvesone byronet during the Withdrawal, standing
alone to block narrow streets ‘for as long as they could. d
The Writhing Wyrm had not been,
idle during all this time. They mass
the Ork plan and had launched many
ambushes in attempts to destroy the '
Melt—factories, with little success. Magus
Slygaxx knew an Ork victory was only '7
a matter of time — the greenskins were
producing war machines ‘at a rate none
ofthe other factions could matchin a
psychic trance he received the new plan
from the Patriarch. The cult sfillhopebd'to
conquer Vigilus, but they would remam
in Scelerus no longer. The bulk of thé
remaining insurgents loaded ‘upasecr‘et
weapon and began the underground/- an. 7:, to keep up the pr‘essureon the ever?
journey to Bore-hive Ultris, leavin an” I‘ , j ’“shrinkingpocket of Imperial-held
army of Acolytes to carry out afinal ~ ,.
suicide mission. ’ Krooldakka himself would arrive to
Meanwhile, through hard, grinding '
battles, the Orks advanced deeper-into
Scelerus, nearing the outskirtsof the
heavily industrialised central bore zone;
PHASE THREE:
JUDGEMENT COMETH
A second wave of Imperial ' ‘
reinforcements arrived :11a Vigilusjléd j-
by Marneus Calgar, Chapter‘Master ofi’thé,
Ultramarines. Seeing the fractionalis‘ed
and ineffective Council of Cogs, Calgar
quickly stepped in as high commander. It
was not long before the various fore ‘ V
the Iniperium began to work in, ;
across all of Vigilus.
In Seelems, a strike force of Ultramarines
and elements of four other Chapters
arrived in the beleaguered centre 'ofthe‘
bore—hive. Although they numbered only 7
in the hundreds, they were worth more:
than many battalions of lesser troops.
They brought not just hope, but new
tactics to the-exhausted defenders.
a
In the battle of manufacturing, the Orks. '
were out—producing the followers of 7
the Machine God. Darnaged'facili'ties
and long, exacting rituals meant that
for every battle servitor assembled p 'Wh'ile they could not stop the detonation,
by the Tech—Priests and every Skitarii
Ranger repaired, the slapdash but speedy
greenskins were able to send forth several,
larger constructs such as Detreads.
Afterucouncil with ArchmagosNesiiim‘
Caldrike, the Ultramarines helped‘tor
shoreup the defensive positions while
also sending out infiltration strikes.
Ranging in size‘from kill teams tosm‘all
armies, they set out in an efl'brt to hunt
down and kill the Orks' Meks. It was
these inventors that directed the xénos’
factories and the scavenger teams that
cut out and hauled the wreckage used for
Construction. Far behind enemy lines,
Reiver squads, sniper teams, and Skitarii
Rangers sought out the bright glow of
Mek Welding torches. 7
‘ As the war ground on, the Orksrsought
territory There was even rumour that
ensure the capture of the power source
'of the thermal core. Theloss 'ofMeks was
beginning to show, and fewer machines
were clanking OE the assembly lines.
The Orks ran out of patience. The steady
war of attrition was still in their fatiour,
but the greenskins grew restless. The
Warbosses shouted for a final push, and
_7 at last Mekboss Zarkit relented; throwing
«everything they had into; one final assault
as teariinto the bore-hive’shea’rt.
Dread Mobz equipped with wrecking
balls led the» charge, with hundreds of
them advancing into a hail offire: No
gun line or stronghold could stand before
them. Behind that metal mass swarmed
thousands of Ork infantry, so that every
aVenue of approach was filled with
'greensldns. With nowhere left to' retreat
Imperial forces prepared their last stand,
sending urgent telepathic messages to
Marneus Calgar for aid. ‘ l 7
,It was then that both theOrks and the
~ =~ar}m;ies'of the ‘Imperium discoveredthe
_ ' prpl' .30ifScel‘erus" Genestealer cult-army
‘Too late they diverted forces, and their
, , desperate attempts could not halt the
Acolytes from deploying the rad-bomb
I . they had secreted into Imperialterritory
they'did prevent the device’s optimal:
placement within the thermal core. As
it was, the resultant quakes shook the,
continent, but not the world. Crowned
With a mushroom cloud, the twelveeyear
:fight for Scelerus was over. The Battlégfor
Vigilus, however, would rage on.
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Urban Conquest is a supplement for Warhammer 40,000 that allows you to generate your ‘oWn Impetiifl > j
hive city and fight a series of Battles for control over it. This section begins with a general introdlictionrtfo
campaigns). and goes on to describe how to fight a campaign using thecontents of this box;

On thesetwo“ ages you Will findirules for simple TREE CAMPAIGNS

‘ I Cities of Death campaigns —"this is a In a tree campaign, the outconi f‘each game affects
’ :tors‘tartiif you are unfamiliar With playing the conditions ofthe next. They: arcadeal for five
Campaigiis. Ifyou are a campaignyeteran, or simply players, and. can be completed in a few weeks or even a. 3'
wish to 'gét stuckin using the IesOurces in this box; single weekend.
you will find: a guide on how to run a Streets ofDeatii
campaign on pages 38-43. Finally, on pages 60-811 a1“ {
rules that apply to all Cities of D’ th} battles, whether
one-off games or those that are part of a campaign.

Irrespective ofthe type'of Carnpaignyou choose, the first

thing you must do is to find some players to take part;
The players will need to be able to meet up and play
games fail-l ‘ gillarjly — we’ve fonndthat playing
players, you are ready to start;
Players arefi'ée to organise ,andfight battles as and
whenthey Wish. When the de'acllinefor the campaign
Below is an example of a tree campaign for two pl”
Where dnetakes the role of the acker, and their .
opponent takes the role ofth“ def enlh‘is tree? w
campaign consists of three battles In the first battl
one army (tile attacker)‘is attempting to assassinate .
Warlord ofthe enemy army (the defender) at the very
outset ofthe campaign. 'Wlncheverrplayer wins the .

swapping stories about the epic battles that were fought which mission is played next and the winner ofthat
and the heroic deeds that were carried out! mission wins the campaign.
MATRIX CAMPAIGNS
Matrix campaigns give you the opportunity to
outmano‘euvre your foe'in a series of games, where the
choices each player makes before the battle influence the
outcome of the battle. ’I‘heyinvolve a degree of guile and
bluffing, but are simple to run. Matrix campaigns can be
fought with any number ofplayers. When the campaign
is first set up, you will need to decide how long you want;
the campaign to last. Assuming that each player can
play a game a week, we recommend playing for six to
eight weeks, but your campaign can be longer or shorter
if you prefer. In general itiisrbetter'to choose to fight a
short campaign after all" thereis nothing stopping you,
from starting a new campaign immediately after the first
has been completed! V a,
A matrix campaign is played in a seriesof rounds. In ’
each round the players find an opponent to play against =
and play a single battle. Beforeveach battle, each player
secretly picks an option-from the following list: Assault,
Hold, Reconnoitre, Advance o‘r Reinforce. The different
choices will come together on the matrix to determine
Which mission to use. Below is‘an example matrix
that you could use' to ec-ide‘ not only the mission you
play, but which player has managed to gain a strategic
advantage, over their opponent and so play in the role ofi
the attacker (where applicable): This uses a combination
ofboth narrative and'matched play Cities of Death
missions, but ifyou prefer, you could easily-design
matrices of your own that are limited to a single style of
gaming, or that use missions from other sources as well.
,At the end of the round players receive 3 campaign
" ts if they Won their game, 1 campaign point if they
d‘r w, and 0 campaign pointsfif theylost. The player With
the most at the end of the campaign is the winner.
It’is considered a matter ofpride to always accept a ,
challenge and fight the battle in thetime allocated. If
this is impossible, and it is your faultthafthe battle
cannot be fought, then you should concede and allow
your opponent the victory.
TEAM CAMPAIGNS-7
' Each of the campaigns describedlm
easily be played by teams of players. This 15 a great way
of running a campaign for larger gaming groups or
clubs; Ifyou have more players than the rules in this
Section recommend, simply split the players up into
equalesized teams, then replace the word. ‘player’ in'the
campaign‘set-up instructions with ‘team’.
Ifyou are playing a Streets ofDeath campaign
(:pg'38—4‘3) in teams, the team.1flustidecide;xvhich
territoriesthey‘will ‘capturejandhow: the rteamfs:;strategy
PDints, will be spent during the Strategy phase (pg 42).
At‘the end of the Action phase, the te'amwith the
highest combined glory points total goes first in the
I Sfi-ategy phase, the team with the second highest total-
, goes secbnd, and so on.

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Maximum Attrition Grand Assault (pg Decapitation (pg 87) Total Devastation
(pg 91) (Eternal War 85) (Warlord B is (Warlord B is the (pg 89) (Maelstrom (pg 83) (Warlord A
objectives) the Attacker) Attacker) of War objectives) is the Attacker)

3 Grand Assault (pg 85) D ' ‘i- .11 Y 1 J R1 - '1'"; ’ R1111 ReliefForce (pg 84)
: (Warlord A is the (pg93) (Maelstrom (Warlord B is the
Wflfllllllll B

(Pg 90) (Eternal- (pg 86) (WarlordA,

Attacker) War objectives) of War objectives) is the Attacker) Attacker)

Decapitation (pg 87) ‘ Firesweep (pg 88) High Ground Urban Assault ‘ Domination (pg 90)
(Warlordit isthe . (Maelstrom ofWar , (13339:) (Eternal War (pg 9,2.) (Maelstrom (Maelstrom of War
Attacker) objectives) objectives) ofWar objectives) objectives)

Firesweep (pg 88)

Urban Assault Thunder Run Maximum Attrition The Gauntlet
(Roll a D6: L3:
(pg 92) (Eternal War (pg 86) (Warlord B (pg 91') (Maelstrom (pg 82) (Warlord B
Eternal War, 4-6 =
objectives) is the Attacker) ofWar objectives) is the Attacker)
Maelstrom ofWar)

Total Devastafio’n Relief Force ’Firesweep (P8 88) The Gauntlet Isolated Resistance
' . (pg 83) Warlord A is (PE 34) WaflQId A (Eternal War (pg 82) WordA (pg 93) (Eternal War
' the Attacker) is the Attacker) objectives) is the Attacker) objectives)

For matrix campaigns, each warlin'd chooses their strategy in secret before revealing them simultaneously, and then
cross-references their choices to determine which missiontheywill play. In this example, ifWarlord A chose ‘Hold’
and Warlord B chose Assault: the two would play the Grand Assault mission, with Warlord B as the Attacker.
STREETS IlE llEllTH [lllMPllllTNS
Streets of Death campaigns provide players with a dynamic geographical setting for their Cities ofDeath
games. As battles are won and lost, territory might be taken Over and key assets might be seized, givmg
the victors.a strategic advantage over their rivals.
OVERVIEW
A Streets at Death Campaign can be fought with any
number oftplayers, but WOrks best with t, three or
four players. The players will :start by generating a
Cityscape; upon which each will start 'With'a territory;
Thercampaigin is then played in a. seriessofireunds, each
of which teasers ofthe following two phases:
1. Action phase
'2; Strategy phase
During the'Action phase, the players I ”ht one or more
battles with their rivals, recording the result of each.
After a battle has been fought, each player receives
glory points, which show how well they are doing inth‘e
current round of the campaign
After the Action phase has been completed, the players
gatheraround the Cityscape map and resolve the
Strategy phase,'1n which players gain or lose territory
and determine how manycampaign points are awarded
that round. Each player also receiyes a number of
strategy points, 'Which they can spend on Campaign
EStratagem‘stoig‘aiiian adi’ri'aihtage 111111316 we: battle; grip
the campaign- as a wholeuAt the end ofthe campaign,
the player With the most campaign points is the winner.
RESOURCES
To p‘la «arStreets ofDeath camp 1
use theaCityscape niap, Location cards, Random Event
cards,SiIateg1c Go‘a'lcards, Strategic Resource cards and
market Sheets included in the box
CitysCape Map
The Cityscape map is a grid into which you slot
Location cards to build the cityin'Which your
tracker. that each player canuse to keep track ofth ir.
campaign points and strategy points (see Generate
Cityscape, pg 40). The map also includes slots
Information cards and any Strate '9 Resource
currentlyin play The top of the scape that
includes two additional slots— one for a Strate
card andthe other for a Random Event card.
You Will ed a placeto, keep :thecainpaign Cityscape,
map. I ally] all of , players hould have free access to
it, but a more realistic option is to arrange a regular time
and place where everyone can get together and shat the
Streets :of Death resources The Cityscape in "
piniji to a Wall, or conveniently folded away a
each phase.
Location Cards
This box includes a deck ofLocation cards; Each
represents a diEerent location Within the city. AsWell
as a unique name; each shdws two numbers; The first
number is the location’s Resource Value - the higher
the number, the more campaign points are awarded
to the player that controls that Location card. The
second number is the locatibrfsStrategic Value — the
higher the number,.tlie'morestrategy points the player
who controls it will have available'to spend in the
current round. 7 -

Some, Location cards have I 'al’

iconon them. This denotesfjthat it is
a specific location'that’has additional
rules, as detailed on pg 40. Space for location
upgrade marker

Army Markers-
The army markers cbnle-in’four different colours. At
the start of the campaign, the players each choose one
of these colours, and take all of the army markerso'f
that colour. When a player controls a location on the
Cityscape map, stick one of’the'ir ‘skull’ army markers
on the appropriate location (be Sure to sticli the army
marker on top ofthe plastic sleeve which the card is in,
not the Location card itself). ‘If’a’player loses control of
that location, peelthe armymarker off and place it back
on the main sheet. Army markers are also used to track
the number of campaign points and strategy points
the player amasses as the canipaign progresses.(see
Generate Cityscape, ‘pg40). ‘: ‘
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Strategic Goal Cards third highcs- l num her 0, i‘,
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[hepain I. In the wooums as
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This box includes three Strategic G'oal‘cardsi, Each nikiallve this ro‘u
nd‘e

represents a different goal that flieplayers can achieve to

score additional campaign points during the campaign.

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Random Event Cards
This box includes a=deck1ofRandom Event cards. Each
describes'rules that canaff’e‘ eActionrpha‘seand;
Strategy ph'asein thercurgrent campaign retina:
, .

Strategic Resource Cards

This box includes a deck of Strategic Resource cards;
These are upgrades that can bi'e'purchased by players
during the Strategy phase; This is-explained 1n i'detailonv
page4'3. Ll ,. ' " ‘
 STREETS OF DEATH CAMPAIGN SET-UP
CAMPAIGN DURATION
When a Streets of'Death campaign is first set up, you
will need to decide how long you want the- campaign
to last. Asstuning that each player can play a gaine a
week; we recommend playing for eight weeks, with each
campaignroundlasting one week. You can, of course,
lengfqhe or $1191? nthe duratiomof the campaign, hut‘if
you’ize, ew-to campaigning, we suggest starting small.
A Y FACTION
At thestartof the-campaign, each player Willneed to
pick a Faction keyword to betheir ArmyFaction. In
every?game they play throughoutthe campaign, allzof
the‘units in their'army (with the exception'of those that
are UNALIGNED), must have that Faction keyword. A
playerrdoes not have to use the same army from game to
. game, and can change which units make up their (army,
so long as it maintains the‘sam'e Army Faction.
GENERATE CITYSCAPE
Once the players have each chosen their Army Faction, -"
they will need to generate the Cityscape. Start by 7:
shaming the deck of Location cards, drawing a cafdand '1
placing it insidethe top left slot on the first rowofthe
Cityscape map The next Location card drawn'is then
placed inSide the slot to its 1'ight,tl1e thn'd Locati
the slot to the right of that and so on. Once thefirst
row is filled, fill the second row from left to right, then ~
the third, fourth and fifth Once the entire Cityscape
map has been filled, you shbuld name the city.
Eachplayer then places one of their ‘01’ markers'a't'the '
hottgnii ofthe points tracker :to' track their campaign
points, and oneiof their army markers m the sameplace
to track their strategy points.‘When a player’s campaign
points total would take their marker, past the top of the
trachea: simplyreplace their mailter'With the ‘30+’,"7:60_+’
01: ‘90+’ market as appropriate.

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Th are six'Spepial Location cards'In the Locations deck: Sniper’s , a. '- ,

.jAlley, Saints Basilicanum, Prometbium Reactor Complex, Orbital

Shuttleport, Fortified Palace and Aegis “t1; "hield Veneratqg.
These vital loca‘fibns are not easily given'ii'p '— ‘if'yoii wish to
attempt'to‘take a special location frond another player, you nifist —
1 use an Assault Stronghold.Strateg1c Resource car There is also a

neceSSagy fof asphcial locanon? miésr

flaecardfmmifinr-Lotatgio _ fideck,‘

p theywfll use, they should take the p

6 Goal Card and place it into the top-righ
Campaign Set-up 1 — Under Siege
This setup. is ideal for campaigns involving twop'laye‘rs,
in which One is the invader, and the other the pfdtiéctor.‘
Before generating the Cityscape map, place a randomly
selected special location card in thecentral slot. The '
protector’s territory is the central location and all
locations that are,_adjacent'to it (including diagonally).
The ' Vader‘sterritoryisevery location on thecorners
ofthe Cityscape map,,and each location that is adjacent
to theiiflexcluding diagonally). -

Strategic Goal: Hold the Power Ease

The ‘Hold the Power Base’ Strategic Goal makes use of

the Power.Base marker, shown here. How to use this
marker- is explained on the Strategic Goal card itself:

Campaign Set—up 2 — Urban Conquest

T‘tiis'fset-up. isideal for campaigns involving two to four
players. Each player has a territory? that is in a difl'erent'
quarter olfthe Cityscape map (as'shown on the right) —
this includesthe location in the corner, and each other
location that is adjacent to it (including diagonally)“. To.
decidewhich player starts in which corner, each player
rolls 3D6 (re-rolling any ties). The player that rolled the
- 7 chooses a corner to be their territory first. ,If'
, . . I paign with only two players, the opposing
.playei'r’srterrit ‘ must be the diagonally opposite corner.
Otherwise, the pla I that rolled the second highest
chooses a different cor r to be their territory, and so
on, until each player has a :
t.

Strategic Goal: Seize the City

Campaign Set-up 3 — Séa‘flfil’ed tOSts ’ variable because of these restr tions, they:may select
Thi Set¥up is ideal for campaigns invOlvihg-.m? to -‘ r "y uncontrolledllocation on the map, includi g '
four players. Each player has a territory that co‘nsi s l I specral lecations
of several locations scattered throughout the Cltysca - * ,
(as shown on the right). To decide which player startse\'5trategic Goal: Regroup and Consolidate
in which'location,__'each player rolls 3D6 (re-rolling any ,
ties). The players then take it in turns, starting with the
player that rolled the highest and ending withthe player
that rolled the lowest, to select one location to be part of
their territory. ,

Once all players have one location, each then selectsii: “

1he‘i’r’sec0nd10cati0n in the same manner.(1’lse the'saine
player order), and then their third and soon, until each
player controls four locations ifthere are three or mote.
players, orsix locations ifthere are two players. '

When sé‘lectmga location during set—up, players caat

s’ele -' locations that are controlled by other players,
' ns that are adjacent (including diagonally)
torafiy of their own other locations, or are special
locations (see opposite). If any player has no locations
 THE CAMPAIGN ROUND
After the playershave generated their Cityscape and GLORY PHINTS ‘ ‘ ‘‘ . . .:
determined their starting territories, the first campaign Atthe start of the Action pha ach player s‘tar'tsWtIh
round begins. Each campaign round consists of the O glory points. After each battle has been fOught. ea‘jc‘h ,
following two phases: player rece‘nfes a‘number ofglory’points, which Showr
how well they aredoing in the current round of the '
1.Actionphas¢ ‘ campaign; Glory points-*areiawarded as follows:

Result
Assumingthat each player can play~aggame aweek, we Won a hattl’ei ‘
recommend each round lasts one week? but you can Drew 'a battle
extend of Shorten this to suit ygfif’gamingigroup’sneeds: _ Lost a battle
The players then gather for the Strategy phase, and then Enemy.Warl "dislam
the next round begins, until thetampaign ends.~ Conceded ‘a battle

At theten‘d ofIthe campaign, the player with the most
'caInpaigu points'15 the Winter. In the event of a draw,
At the end ofthe Action‘i'p‘h‘ase; each3p1ayerv totals that?
glory points.' Whoever has the highest total mufhave "
an advantage In the ensuing Strategy phase. At the end
of the Strategy phase, each playeris glorypoints total '7
reset to 0.

S'fi , THE STRATEGY PH

THE ACTiéNiPHA Cities of
During flle' Action Phase, the players play . . gather around the Cityscape and resolve the _
Death gamesmrith each other. There Is no limiton the: f ' ‘ Strategy pha :Infil‘e Strategy e theplayergfi
thesezsteps .V _ .‘ ,

.. ' 1,-Deternijné’l‘nitiative
' . 2.7EarIfCanIpaignEoints
3. Earnlstrate’gy Points
‘ Beforeeach 4. Spend Strategy Points-
front. the-f “5‘. Seize Territory ‘ p ;
'6 Generate Random Event“ ' - |—
. Assault
Hold
Reconnona'e ends and the ext campaign round begms
Advance
Reinforce .~ '
1. DETERMINE INITIATIVE
the players must
jitent phase. The
player who earned the most glory points during the ,

be asSurned in such cases that your arlord was slain ' I

during the battle)
 2. EARN CAMPAIGN POINTS 7 Any strategy points that are unspent at the end oftins
Duringthis phase, players earn campaign points in
the following ways: totalling their locations combined
Resource Value and completing Strategic Goals. 1
LocatiOn Resource
Each player adds up the Resource Values (the upper 1
number on each location card) of'a‘ll" the loehiions. ’
they currently control. Each player‘e’grnsla number of
Contain: points equal to flIeir'totialé‘
Strategic Goals
Each pl‘a 'enchecks to see ifthey 11‘ V“ '1 chieved the
Strategic Goal for the campaign; 11 be found'in
the toper'ight of the Cityscapeni (depends on
the set—up used for this campai i hplayei" that has
achieved the Strategic Goal earns the coiresponding
number of campaign points. , , Once each player has done this, each player then
they currently control. Each player earns 'a‘ number of ’i
strategy pointsequal to their total: these can be spent in
’lthe next step. 1
are currently :iriplay.’ and are insidetheslots onthe _
Cityscape inapf‘
,. . i‘R'ésource-card'
has anaesogciatedtost; when a p" I urehasesth‘e card, ,
they reduce their strategy points tot accordingly and
place the card into one of their slots on the Cityscape
map. Ifthey do not have enough strategy points, they
cannot purchase that catd'in the current phase, and
must chooSe another or pass.
Once all th players have either passed or purchased a ' '
every player has purchased three-Strategic Resource
cards in the current phase. W11en this is done, place the“
remaining Strategic Resource cards back 111 the box until .
thei11ext Strategic phase _v
Note- that if a playerpurchasesn ‘card,1t-mlll‘he _ '
of the Action phase of the next campaign round.
step can be carried over into subsequent rounds of I
7" the campaign.
cation Upgrades
me Strategic Resource cards can upgrade a ljhiiafiéfi,
11 the Cityscape map; Ifa'ny- players have such cards, ,
' 1 {hey place the appropriatemarker onto the location as
described on the card, inlpiijative'order. A location
, can only belupgraded once dun'ng the campaignmn‘d ‘
the effects last for the duration of the campaign. Once a
' location has been upgraded ‘cairnot be upgraded With
“ different upgrade, but it can _ ,eRazed.
1:5 SnizE TERRITORY V g, .
‘ In Initiatiye order, each player captures a single location.
' captures a second location, but this time in Reverse
rive order. This means that the player with the
st Initiative will get “ oSe the first and last ‘ ' t
cation captured durin se. Whenever: a; player
captures a new location, they p ace their army marker: .'
' o , “that location, replacrngr any already there. V
location they already control (including diagonally). If
that location is currently controlled by another player, 1..
-' cul'i'erit campaign round. Special locations that are .7
7 controlled by another player can only be captured using
. the Assault Stronghold StrategicResource card, and
each can only be captured once in each Strategy phase.
If a player cannot capture aloca’fion,.that opportunity is
lost and the step continues as normal
IRoutedV . ‘
, If, after the Seize Territory step, a player has zero . . ’ '7 §
locations, they have been routed from the City. They: :
immediately lose 3 campaign points. Then, at the end of
this step, they must establish a new territory. To do so,
the player that has been routed seizes any one location
6 the Cityscape map. Ifthére are any locations on the ,
cape map thatar'e uncontrolled, it must I: ' I A
tion.fQTt11erwise, it cambeany 10621110117611,
' Cityscape map apartsfroni speeial locations.
" 6 GENERATE’RANDoM EVENT
The player with the highest Initiative shuffles the V
- Random Events deck and‘draWs one. This event replaces
. th current one on the ape map — swap the car
’ , _ckinto the Random Eve 3 . . I
‘d k and the new card into the now—empty Rando
' Event slot on the Cityscape . .When this is don .
place the Random Events deck back in the box until the
next Strategy phase.
 SPEfllfll llllllllllllll MIEEIIIN _. _ ,
SAINT s BASILICANUM
It is said that those who pray to the Emperor within a basilicanum beating the name of anlmperialSamt
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receive a divine blessing- Over thermillennia, many heroestof the Imperium mayvis1t such a structure: 1 '_ ,
and kneel before its innermost altar? includingtSpace Marine ChapterMasters and members. of the
Holy Ordos.

"flier;Mission Statuary should alsobe‘ placed in or nearthe, 'Defefidfer’s ‘ ' e V

Play this mission when a player assaults the Saints
Basilicanum using the Assault Stronghold card. The
J ‘ rsvmjust pla the Decapitation mission (pg 87), with
the-rules changes listed below. The player that currently
controls the Saints Basilicanum must be the Defender.
D‘epomen-t Map
‘Use the deployment map on the right instead ofthat on
page 87.
deployment zone». 1'118 remainder of theabattlefield . ' ‘ ‘ . -
should ‘be setup using the ‘delinejs'on;*page'6*1.rAf1
eiiain‘ple’ of a‘Saint’s Basilitanumisshomii below.
Holy Sanctum
The Defender automatically gets the first turn in this“
passiMolrale tests while they are entirely on or within
ruins-wholly within the Defender’s deployment zone; 1

The Battlefield Divine Protection

A Saint’s Basilicanum isrepresented-h aularge Thefi'Defender can reg-roll one-failed saVing throw m e ,
basilicanum dominating the centre ofthe battlefield. f01: an attack that targets their Warlord o_ e pe 'fle, ,
Y0111- most impressive ruins should be set up wholly so Icing as the, :Warlord is en ;
Within the Defender 5 deployment zone, ideally'in
close proximity to each other to give the:illusion of a
once far-larger structure. Several pieces otlmpe‘i‘ia’l
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PROMETHIUM REACTOR COMPLEX
A promethium reactor complex is a sprawling-fuel network, often the primary source of ponier» to an
entire hive. It is the mechanical heart from which much-needed energy is pumped,- servicing'th'e needs‘o'f
millions. Such a resource is vital to its defenders, and their enemy will st0p atnothing to demoy it.

The Mission Industrial Smog .,

Play this missiOn when a’ player assaults the Targets are ohscured evenifthey are completely visible
Premethium Reactor COmplex using The Assault to the firing model ‘01: have the Fl'yer‘B’ ttlefield Roleé
Strongholdcard. :Thevplayers must play the Total
Reactor Meltdown
The Defender, rolls 21“]56: , “i‘rnea‘n': hjeetziirje marker? '
Promethium Reactor Complex must 7 e the Defe ef. is de'Strojied by the Demiohtxohs Stratagem, and each
time a terrain feature containing the strongpoint
Deployment Map becames dangerous terrain (as the result of for exarriple,
'. ‘ deployment map (an-thegrigh ' steed ofthatm the Wrecker or Siege Shell Stratagem) On a 6, each unit
page '* ‘ "of-that- objecuV'e marker or terrainfeature 7 ‘
s1iflfet§D3m0rtal wounds.
’TheB'at'tlefield
A Promethium Reactor Complex is'aheavily
industrialised zone. The battlefield should be set- 11}
usin the guidelines 5,31} ge 61, hut‘yonvshould 0
Sector Mechanicus ucture's (including Haemotr
Reactors, Galvanic Servohaulers, Thermic Plasma
Regulators and Therrnic Plasma Conduits) and fuel
Munitorum Armoured Containers and other

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 SPElNAl lllllllllllN MISSINN ,
SNIPER’S ALLEY
Once a famous, heaving thoroughfare within the hire, this brOad avenue i ' .
. w ,, .
‘
Sometimes, so many marksmen stalk the buildings overlooking the street that a (I walk'1n the open is
tantamount to suicide. Like an urban canyon, the tall ruins on either side of. the road grant superior firing ' -' '1
positions and unmatched lines of sight to those secreted 1n the heights.‘

The‘ -MiSSi011 be set up in the central thofoughfare at" 'pa; 3 littered

.Play'this; mission when‘agplayer’a‘ssaults:Sniperls Alley obstacles. Ari example ,. " ‘l‘
using the Assam . trongho’ld card. Thegplayersmu‘st ‘
play the Thunde ' R1111 mission (pg.86), withihe rules -‘AfleY'0f Death 3
changes listed below. The player that currently controls Youcan reeroll hit rolls of l rfor’shooting/attacks V '_ V
thatiarget units ove'riwhich thefiring Infidel limit?! _.- . . ;_
Sniper7s Alley must be the Defender.
. height advantage. , , 4 ' L
.DeploymentMap. ' . " . '. a . . ‘ , I . 17:;
Use the deployment InaP 9n the. ‘ l ., l" 'Masten‘ MarksmenC ' ‘ - l l .1 ' ‘ ' : 'I vi,-
’ page 86:

’Ihe Battlefield
Sniper’s Alley is characterised by theilarg‘ethoroughfare
running across th length of the battlefield and the
' rows of tall bujl '
ruins“; should be 51
deployment’zbn ., .
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 SI‘EIIIAI lIIIIIIlIIIN MIEEIIIIII
AEGIS CITY-SHIELD GENERATOR
Many hives are protected from orbital bombardment by an Aegis City—shield — a powerful force'fieldthat
surrounds the entire city; It takes an entire sector to supply the energy that fuels the enormous shield?
The defender knowsthis Zone,;with its vital banigsof generators, must he held at all cost. FOr'thehttae‘lcer, ‘ ‘
there can be no objective morecoveted than ‘theAegisCity-shi‘eld‘ Generator.

ThetMission ~ Haemotrope Reactors)."Ihe remainder offlieihattlefield'

Playéthis mission when a Tayer assaults the Aegis City— should be set up using the guidelines on page 61. '7
shield Generator using theAssault Stronghold card. The An example of the Aegis City—-shield Generator 1s
playe 5 must play the Grand Assault mission (pg 85), shown below.
W1 , e rules changes listed below. The player that
currentlycontrols the Aegis City—shield Generator must Voidhield‘i
he Defender, and they cannot take any Fortific_,. V. j" ”The Void 3hiel
wholly within 12" ofthis terrain feature receive a 4+
i Deployment Map , ' invulnerab‘le saveagainst attacks made 111 theShooting
Use the deployment map on thei'jn
ri’ghti'instead ofthat? 1' phase (unless the firing Inodel is also wholly Within , "
page 85. 12" of the same terrain feature). This 13 improved
to 2+ against attacks made by units with the lyer
The Battlefield Battlefield Role 1
The Aegis CitY-éhiéld G VitalAsseté
Vast mid shield (projeétmratjtheheart oi" the district.
Place a Void Shield Generatbr Wholly within the The Defender sets up only. three ob"
Defender’s deployment zone, and connect it via fuel
pipes and/or Thermi‘c Plasma Conduits to at least two
' ‘jbu11dings (we suggest using ruins or Sector power bulldmgs The Plant the Flag ride (95.
used 111 this misSion. ‘
 Attacker’s Deployment Zone

Attacker’s Battlefield Edge

Ar~l\
 SFElllfll llllllllllllll MISEIIIN
ORBITAL SHUTTLEPORT
Although this orbital shuttleport is but one‘of many throughout the hive,»it is situated inl’a’strateg’ically V
vital location. Those standing,guard over this facility seek to hold onto accritical linkito'assets stationed in
orbit, whilst the invader seeks to sever it in an efl'ort to bleed the defenders’ forces dry.

The Mission ‘ A Automated weapon Emplac'ements

Playthis mission when'a playeriassaults theOrbital
Shhttleport using ' Assault Stronghold card The
6 Relief Force mission (pg 84), with
‘ , ted below. 111 layer th ”t - ' ‘rently-
i hols the Orbital Shutfleport , the the Defender,
and they cannot take any Fortifications.
At the end of éachof the Defender’s Shooting @hases,
each Icarus weapon platform will shoot the c ‘s'est V
visible enemy unit in range that can FL]? (if the _ ,
none, they will ‘
un1t;in’range).'131ey have a Ballisuc Skill of 6+, but add 2.
to hit rolls against targets that can FL—Y.

DePIQYment Map Each Icarus we 9 :1 platform is equipped withrone

a. e deployment map'bm ., the weapons mthe‘ table bfeloW‘lTheYJCanbie
pagesat targeted and destroyed by the Attacker’s units; each has
a Toughness of 7, 4 Wounds and a 3+ Save They do not
"DIeBattlefield gain a bonus to their saVing throw for being in eoVer, b'
A—n Orbital-Shuttlepoxt'is recognisable for anuhiber of " and are treated as having the VEHICLE keyword.
landing pads at the centire o‘ffliebattle’field; 'andsarrti—air
emplacements trained ,on'the'skyline. Place atleast one
landing pad whollywithin thelDefender’s deployment WEAI'IIN PIllIFIlES
zone..The temaiudenofthe battlefield should be at
up-vusing the guidelineson page-61. After this: one,
Icarus lascannon
théiDefender can then place up to two Icaruswefapon
platforms on therhattl’efield for each landing padVAn
example ofan Orbital Shuttléptfi-t isshown’below

Landing Pads
Each landing pad follows the rules for ruins; The Vital
Building must be alanding padrAny of théDefendei-s
units that canfiF’LY Gan, when they arrive frotfi’Reserve,
p Wholly on top ofa. landing pad (fip"""
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 FEEIAlflflMIflN
FORTIFIED PALACE
Whether a hive is ruled by a cold—blooded Viceroy, a bickering hierocracy, or is even the seat of the ’ ‘~
planetary governor themselves, the structure employed as their centre of government"is inevitably a giand
and imposing affair. Such edifices are highly sought-after by warring factions, both for their symbolism of‘
dominance and the fact that they are some of the most defensible buildings in the entire city.

The Mission deployment zOnes The remainder ofthe batil’e'field’; _ f ~

The players mu‘st play Th
82), W1 therules:
that currently controls the Fortified li’alace must be
the Defender. . Palace Defences
Up to half the Defenders units can be set up during
Deployment Map 7 ,
Use the deployment mapron the . 1 _, ts cannot beset 11p; ..
page 82 y or end a move in this zone, and a Defenders 11111t can , ’1
V ‘escape so long as 2111 of its 111o3 are able to elldihen' = —
The Bafdefield maize:entirely witbin this zone;
The Fortified Palace is griowering edifiee that*lo9111959111111 v1 , ' x V. . 751'‘4 ,.w
'
the battlefield. Your tallest ruins sho111 7 "be set up wholly ESCQI't to Safety *' i ‘ i ,' , '7 1,
within the palace zone, ideally covering the entire The Defender’5 Warlord must start the battle 1" ' ’ ' ~' 7 7 '
width ofthe battlefield. Asingle large ruin should then ofthe ruins in their deploym
be placed. 111 the Defenderh deployment zone,an _ _ escapes, double th Pow 1
remaihderf‘shofild'bgset up wholly mthin thegA . ker's deternn’ning the 1111311 115 V1
2111021 [1019.111
TAKING STREETS OF DEATH FURTHER
Once you have played a Streets of Death campaign or two, you will be a seasoned‘veteran of urban:
warfare. Now is the time to try out a truly epic campaign, either by building upon and tweaking therules' -
in this book, or by incorporating rules from otheryWarhammer’ 40,000 expansions and supplements.

These pages:provide you with ideas and inspiration for
how to: takeyour Streets of Death campaigns beYorid
the rules 131‘: area in-this book TheY are intended for
' ‘ campaigners, and some make reference to
other Warhamr’n‘er 40,000 expansions and supplements.
CREATING YOUR OWN .
SPECIAL. LocATIONs‘L '
Perhaps thereasiest and simplest‘way to pers‘onalisea‘
Streets ofDeath campaign is to create a bespoke special
location from the terrain in your ovm collection. Simply
set up the boardto create an evocative battlefield, then
come up with asuitable name for thelocation and a.
backstory foritl— this will help'you ascribe a nnssiontg
the location, and inform any special rules you wishit'o
apply to that mission. You can either adapt one oftlie
missions in’this book, or create an entirely new One.
Once you have done so, takeoneofthe spare. Special
Location cards included in this box and assign o , ) .
lo‘ca’tiO‘n a Re "ume Value and Stiategie Value . .
suggest keeping the combined total of these two Valtés
to 5, but You should always feel free to modify this
tobest suit the narrative ofyourfcampaign and the
location’s role within it. . I :\
Having gone to all that effort would he a sham ‘
that card was not one that wasdi-‘awn when generating
your city. To avoid this, ifyour card was not drawnzrdl
two D6, one after the other; the first dice rolled selects-a
row on the map and the second a column.Replace the
card‘ where that rowvand column meet with the sp ; al ‘.
location You just created.

of Death i‘u'les to, give Yourxgaihin group: 7'

diflFerent campaign experience. ..

Abandoned and Uncharted

When generating the Cityscape- map, place the Location
cards face down instead of faceup, and onlY flip a;
‘card over Ghee a player centre at location. From
that point on, the location remains ‘visible on the
Cityscape map.

Race to Victory
Instead fretting a fixed durationfor the cam ‘ '
7 " oat For example, instead ofthe player w
accumulated the most campaign points at the end ofa
certain time period being declared the victor, the first
player to reach 30 campaign points Wins The campaign
points goal that you set will de mine how long .
campaign runs, and can be adyusted to suit Your needs.

Historical CitYsc‘ape
Instead ofrandomly generati’n'gyour.Cityscape let the
. players choose where each Location card is placed;
in order to build a city thatb ' sluts Your 1121'"
or in order to better recreate a depicted in a
_ favourite Black Library novel orpiece ofWarhammer ‘ V
40,000 background.
WARHAMMER 40,000: KILL TEAM
Games of Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team are ideally
suited 'to‘b‘oth‘ campaignsand, when set in 3 Sector
Mechanicus or Ministorum- Shrine killzone, the close .
confines 0furban combat. ‘ linear campaigns. If you and your opponents in:
IfyoirWantvto incorporate Kill Team games into your
Streets ofDeath campaign. we suggest the players: 5'
Simply agree first, when arranging theirgames in the
Action phase, whether to play a Kill Team game .01: a
Cities ofDeath game [fthe players agree "to play'a Kill
Team game, then g era‘te a mission using the rules in
th ' ampa'igri: The Winner of each game of KillnTeain
‘ Vern earns ‘33 glorypoints as normal, or 1 glorypoint for
a draw or loss. No glory points are earned for taking the
opposing player’s Leader out of action.
Alternatively, you could play both a Kill Team game and f . Such a campaign works best with two teams; the 1
‘3 CitiQS, Qf’ljeath game in each Action phase + game’fif : a
Kill Team are much quicker to play, after all. 5 7
£111 either case, we suggest that Strategic Resource cards" ; , Death campaign, for which we recommend using the
thatWOuld otherwise have an effect during the Action
phase do not’aflrect games of Kill Team — not onlyfwere
:the' Strategic Resource card's included in thisbox‘ngtj =
Written for genres of‘Kill Team, but we assume that
such precious resources must be channelled towards
th' my’s main forces. However, if you are feeling
ably ’ rous you could simply devise your o‘W11 'set of
Kill ; am Strategic Resources, and use these alongside
the other Strategic Resource cards.
PLANETARY ONSLAUGHT CAMPAIGN
Ifyou have a copy of Chapter Approved 2017 you will
already know that you can play the Planetstrike and
Stronghold Assault missions within that book as sim e 7 ,
'
for a truly epic campaign, you can play through these
linear campaigns before launching into a Streets of
Death campaign, fighting a legendary series ofbattles
to" decide the fate of an entire world. In such a contest, ,
the, Planetstrike campaign is simply the first phase-either
war, where the invader lands their forces on the plan‘ ,.
while the defender tries to repel them. The Secondphase
‘ ampaign comprises the Stronghold Assault 5
Siege War missions, where the attacker must break
through the defenders fortifications to access their
7' The subsequent phase is represented by a Streets
ofDeath campaign, in which the fate of the planet will
be decided.
inyaders and the defenders, who retain their roles in
each phaseThe victor of phase two (the Stronghold:
Assault campaign) starts phase three (the Streets of
' Under Siege set—up on page 41) with ten additional ‘
strategylpoints. Alternatively, each team could start
phase three With one additional strategy point forv'ea'ch
gametheywon during stages one and two.
Th winner ofphase three is then crowned the 0v
flITIES llf HEATH
In the nightmare of the far future, armies battle one another to annihilatiOn
amid the shattered ruins of vast corpse strewn cities. The rules in this
section allow both players to recreate:the brutal, close-confines nature of
urban Warfare.

USING CITIES OF DEATH I Matched Play Missions

CitiesofDe'ath is an expansion that
allowsyou to incorporaterbr‘utal urban
warfare into your games ofWarhammer'
40,000. These rules supplement the core
rules with additional abilities, Warlord
Traits .411d5tratagem‘srat better-"reflect
the tactics deployed by armies when
wagingvsuch battles.
CITIES, oF DEAIH MlssroN‘is,
If youwish to play a Cities ‘of Death
battle, you should first Select a mission.
This book includes‘pp‘en play missions, _
narrative play missionsandmatched ,
play missions. ' ’ mission youvwil‘l play. Thenagree
Open Play Missions
Three opeupla‘y misswns and ideas for-
games ofyour own creatiOn can be found
onfpages.94-95.
Six matched play missionsic‘an. be'found
on pages 88-93. In- these missions, players
have therc’hoice to play the’mission
using therEternal War objectives, or the
Maelstrom of War objecti’Ve's. In the
former; both players haverfli'e same; pre-
rset'objecltiye at the start Of’the mission;
in the latter, players willirandomly
determinea- set of Tactical iectiVes
to achieve‘throughout'the battle (Cities
to play one ofthese missions, first cheese
one from the table below. Alternatively, I
. ‘you can roll to {randomly select which
' “Whether“:jmuwill use the Eternal War
. or Mae‘IStiom of War objectives for that
mission (ifthe players disagree, roll (iii
and the winner chooses).

Narrative“ Play Missions

Six narrative play missionsfcan be found
on pages‘I‘BZ-87. In these} missions, one"
_, I Biresweep (pg 38)
1 High Ground (pg 89)

these missions use Some of the narrative , omination (pg 90)

play mission rules (pgéSz'). :axmmm Attrition (pg 91)
If yo sh to play one: these missions; :
first- C nose one from- e table below.
Alternatively, you can roll to randomly ‘
select which mission you will play.

i The Gauntlet (pg 82)

Total Devastation (pg 83)
 DEATH BATTLEFIELDS
In a Cities of Death mission, the battlefields are
characterised by the increased density ofthe terrain
As-such unless the mission you are playing instructs
' yo fliei'wise, we IeCommendihawing at least 3—4
terrain featur 'tin each 2' by 2 area, at least half
' ofwhich (rounding np)'sho.uld be ruins or Sector
espective of the size of your 7 Note that ifyou are playing one of the mate"
'clude at: least 6 ruins or Sector.
Player B Battlefi
Objective Markers
Many missions nse objective markers :- these represent
sitesroftactical; and strategic import:that‘both sides are
attempting: to secure. The objecti markers included in
the Urban Conquestbox are perf for this purpose, or
yeti san- use others from your collection:
Ifyo Earle ,playingra missionthat uses Tactiéaliéétives
(pg76)? you'vvillneedi‘s Jettive'markersgthat:ate ‘
individually numbered 1 through 6} ’
A player controls-an; objective marker if they havemore
‘ , ’tliini3" tofit‘fhan' their opponent ‘d‘d'es.'When
measiiringdistances involving objective markers, always
measure to and from the centre of the marker.
The streeis and areas between the ruins and Sector
Mechanicus structures shéuld be liberally littered
with obstacles, barricades, wre "age and other
detritusaso that troops have seine shelter .
from one buildingto: ‘
missions in this book, the deployment
Id
In.
CITIES OF DEATH WARLORDS-
Ifyou are playing a Cities of Death mission, you can use
the following Warlord Traits when choosing your army;
‘ [13 Willllllflll lllllll
Cityfight Specialist: Ifyour army is Battle- '
forged, you receive 3 additional Command
Points. These can only be spent to use Ci ' ‘
Death Stratagems (pg- 70-75). '
‘ "Conqueror of Worlds: Ifthis IWarlo
1 ’a‘-’ similar ability, then the objective mark
is controlled by the player who has the
models within range of it as normal.
‘ Urban Warrior: ThisiWarlord treats;
‘ co’Ver it is entirely on or within, or that
receiving the benefit of Cover from, as I;
cover (pg 64). In addition, enemy uni
not receive the benefitto their savin
CITIES OF DEATH ABILITIES
Cities of Death missions use the following
additional rules:

ObScured Targets
In urban environments, troops can make use ’0f the
dense terrain as they advan into position to obscure
them team the enemy’s sights.

Afte uhave chosen a unitto shoot with and you'have

chosenthetarget unit, or units for the attacks, you must
determine if any ofthe targets are obscured.

indmdual model is obscure , ; -ess all parts ofIt that From this angle, this unit of Aggressors is obscured —
fire facing the firing model are visible from the point every model in the unit is at least partially obscured by
the ruin they are occupying.
ofView of the firing model (a VEHICLE or MONSTER
is instead obscured unless 50% or more of the model
facing-the firing model 18 visible from the point ofView
of the firing model). Ifuusure, stoop down and get
La‘ leek from behind the ‘ noting model to see if any
partof it is obscured. For thepurposo‘es of determining
whether or not a model is. obscured, a model Caustic
through other models in itSfiQWIl unit and otherimodels
iii the target unit. Models with the Flyer Battlefield Role
are neVer obscured, even ifless than 50% of the model is
visible to the firing model.

“Subtr ' tifrom hit rolls 0 attacks with rangeEl

weap . 's if the target is obscured.

Netethat it is possible fora target unit to be obscured

fromthe point ofview ofsome models in afirin’g’l unit
and-not from others. In such cases, only the model‘s’to
the target unitisoblseured sufiér the penalty to
trolls. When these Guardian Defenders choose their targets,
the Flash Gitz are not obscured to any of them — every
model in the Guardian unit can see at least one of the
Flash Gitz without any obstruction.

‘od‘els buses or «
l‘sibahnersi _, I
weapons orparticulerhl
includegll limbs.

. at— in other words, Ifthere

‘ to:Whether a target is ob. ledbr' not, then count it,
tisgbscured; If both playeir'srtdke this’approach the
gcgnie‘willflow r'n‘oi'e smbéthzy and will 'be much
morersatisj‘jling.
This Repulsor is not considered to be obscured, as it is a ,
vehicle and more than 50% of the model is visible to the
firing unit from this angle.
Lucky Hit
Sometimes, despite making best use of available COVer
and all eiforts to conceal your position, a stray‘slfot or
ricochet will nonetheless find its mark. l»
A hit roll of 6 always hits the target“ sweetneéf any
modifiers that may apply.
Streets and Roads g structureandiitshoots at at thatis either‘at
Forces can move "1&1“l across Streetsand roads; But .
dolingso often leaves them exposed to enemy fire,
After you have created the battlefield, the players should?
agree what areas count as streets. androads. “If a model _
spends its entire Movement phase on astreet or road, its
Move characteristic is increased by 3"I until theiend‘iof: ‘ t
the phase. This has no effect on units that can ELX;
Dangerous Terrain
Many war—tom city ruins are verging on: total collapse:
and are extremely perilous to those thatshelter'
within, who may be crushed by loose masonry olrrfiall . 7
through unstable floors.
Height Advantage
In urban warfare, every soldieriirii a tall building is
a'sniper, raking fire onto thosebelow. Combating
foes with such a'height advantage is a dangerous .
proposition indeed.
A’ model gains ‘a heightadvantagewhilst it isSoCcupying
the; upper levels of a ruin or a SectotMechainic’l‘is
street leveltor Within a lower level 'of a ruin or Sector
McChflJJ-lCllS structure. To gaina height advantagesetfery
' fiiode‘l in the target unitn’i‘ust heron levels ‘that'are 3:" “or"
morezbel'ow that ofthe firing'mdd'el.
Ifa model makes an attack with a ranged weapon
against an enemy unit over which vitlhas a height
a ad 7 rage, the ArmourPenetration characteristic ofthat
weapon is imprwe‘d by 1 (cg. APO becomes AP—l, AP—l
becOmes.AP—2, and so on).

Some terrain is classed as dangerous terrain. Each

time a model Advances or charges. through dangerous
terrain, roll a D6; on a 1, that‘model’s unit suifers a
mortal wound. '
Soft Cover and Hard Cover
In the close confines ofbuildirig—tohuildiiig’warfare,
cover is the key to survival - but not all cover offers,
the same degree ofrprotection.
In a Cities of Death mission, terrain featuresare classed
as either soft cover or hard cover. After'you=have created
the battlefield,- playersLshOuldiagree‘what’Lterrain features
cover instead of 1.’ If a model has an ability likerthis, you
only add the bonus to itssaving throw when it receives
ethe'benefit of soft cover; "If such a model is receiving
the benefit of hard cover, you instead add an additional
'onus to its saving throws, regardless of the actual
number listed'in its ability Inzthe example. above
Would mean you add’3 to the saving throws :macljezfoI
the unit when it benefits from hardcover. .,

fall- into which class (see the guidelinesbelow). Then;

instead ofusingitherulesfor'cover as described in the
cor‘e‘rul‘e .u'sefittrefollowing rules:
‘If'ia unit is entirely on or Within any terrainféamreor'it
is receiving the benefit of cover from‘a terrain feature, .
add '1 ‘to its models’ saving throws against shooting
attacks ifthe terrain feature is classed as softcover,
or add 2 if the terrain feature is classed afrd cover.
InV'ulnerable saves are unaffected, Units gain no benefit»
from c0‘ver’ in the Fight phase.
Improving the Benefits of Cover:
Some models have abilities that improveithe bonus a
model receives torits saving throw when it is receiVin’g
the benefit of COVer, e.g. ‘add 2 to saving'throv’vsmade
for models in, this‘unitiwhen they receive the benefit of =
IgnOring the Benefits ofCover
So , eapons and models have abilities that ignore
efit a target mig 7 therwise receive to its saying
flitWS from being“in cover; e.g. units attacked
weapon do not gain. any? bonus to their Saving throws for
beingin cover or “enemy units do not receive the benefit
to their saving throws fur being in cover against attacks
made by this model.’ Ifa model has an ability likethi‘s,
or is booting a weapon that has an ability like this, it
in 7 «es no diflfere‘nc'e-whether the target is rece1" , '
benefit of soft or hard cov‘er - it gains no bonus
ignore the bonus a targetmight otherwise have
to its'v‘saving throws; it does not ignore any pen

Agreeingo , ver‘ , S if
The following table provides guidance asto whether ate 7 7 is soft ct or hard Cover. If a terrain
feature does not appear on the table below, players should agree after creating their battlefield whether it 15
classed as soft or hard cover.

‘ sun [mum mum 1mm _. 1

. Deathworld Forest (including Eldritch - Sector Mé'chanicus structures (including Haemotrope
Ruins, Grapple Weeds, Shardwrack Spines Reactors, Galvanic Servohaulers, Ihermic Plasma
d Bay; ed Venomgorse) ’ - ‘. Regulator and Ibermicglasma
NARRATIVE PLAY
MISSION SPECIAL RULES
Most narrative play missions use one or more additional
special rules to better represent the difl'erent tactics and
strategies :used by Attackers and Defenders. Some of the
more iii-depth mission special rules are collected below
and referenced by the missions that appear later.
Concealed Deployment
In some battles, caminanders have had time to.
conceal the positions oftheir forces from their enemy.
If‘a mission? uses Concealed Deployment, the Defender
Wlll need a: set-upmarkerfor‘ each unit in their army-
that ‘iheyrintenii to: start thefhatfle deployedgonthe
battlefield. You do not need any markers for units that ' '
will Start the battle embarked on a TRANSPORT, only a
marker for the transport itself. Each marker needs to be
distinct (for example, by having a diflerent number) so
it can correspond *to“‘a specific unit. The Defender must
write downwhich unit each marker represents and keep
this information secret from their opponent.
When the Defenderdeploys their army, they set up‘the
markers instead of their models. Once the Defender has
set up all their markers, the Attacker deploys all their
forces. Once this has been done, the Defender then
reveals which marker corresponds to which unit, setting
up the appropriate models as they do so. The first model
in each unit must be'placed exactly where the unit’s Set-
up marker Was placed, and the entire unit mustberset
up Wholly within the player’s own deployment zone.
DaWn Raid
Cunniiigcommanders may attack under cover of
darkness to Bettereonc'eal their advance fromthe foe.
Ifyour mission uses Dawn Raid, both players must
subtract 1 from alihit rolls made in the Shooting phase
during the first battle round ofthe-game.
Preliminary Bombardment
In a majoroffensive, the attacker‘will often launch a
heavy bombardment prior to the main attack;
Ifyour mission uses Preliminary Bombardment, then at ' the Attacker 5 Movement phases, roll a dice for e
the start of the:first battle round, but before the first turn their destroyed units, adding 2 to the result ifthat unit
begins, theAtta‘cker should roll a dice for each enemy .
unit that is on thegbattlefield (do not roll for units that
areleinbarked inside TnAnsponrs). On a roll of 6, that
unit has beenhit by a Preliminary Bombardment; that
unit suffers D6 mortal "Wounds. INFANTRYunits that
are hit by a Preliminary Bombardment can choose to go
to ground before the damage is determined— ifthey do,
they Only sufler; D3 mortal wounds, but cannot take any
Random Battle Length
War is rarely predictable, and the time available to
achieve your objectives is never certain. ‘ ,
Ifyour mission uses Random Battle Length, at the end i
of battle round 5, the player'who had the first turn must
roll a D6. On a roll of 3+, the game continues, otherWiSe
the game is over. At the end ofbattle round 6, the player
who had the second turn must roll a D6. This time the
game continues on a roll of 4+, otherwise the game is
over. The battle automatically ends at the end ofbattle
round 7, .or when one army hasslain all of it‘s‘.j,fc’);’2’sg
Reserves
Reserves are forces which are not directly present at I
the start of battle, but are available as. reinforcements
if a mission usas Reserves, it Will detailin'rhidh units in
your arniy start the game 'inReserve — these‘u‘nits are
not deployed with the rest ofyour army.
The mission will usually state when the units placed
in Reserve arrive on the battlefield — this is typically at ,
the end of a particular Movement phase. Ifthe mission
does not specify when units arrive; roll for each'u’nit
at the end ofyour second Movement phase (and at the
end of each of your Movement phases thereafter) — this
is called a Reserve roll. On a 3+, the unit being rolled ,
for arrives from Reserve. Note that if a unit placed to“ .
Reserve'is embarked within a TRANSPORT, they
arrive when their transport does, not separately (if 3'
rolling, make a single roll for the transport and the units
embarked in it). 7
The mission will explain how and where to set up units
when they arrive from Reserve. . W. ‘ ’ 7 ,
Sustained Assault
Occasionally, an army will possess overwhelmmg
superiority in numbers.
If your mission uses Sustained Assault, any ofthe
Attacker’s units that aredestroyed'eanibe’brou 4 7'
into play later in‘ the battle, to represent the"
limitless supply of reinforcements. At the end
has the Troops Battlefield Role. On a 4+, immediately
set up that unit within 6" of a battlefield edge“; the
mission will specify whic-h. '
The Attacker‘can also, at the end of anyoftheir turns,
remove any of their units from the battlefield that have
a quarter or less of their starting number of models (or,
in the case of single—model units, a quarter or less '
starting number ofwounds). This unit then count
having been destroyed for all purposes, and so canbe
brought back into play later as described above. I
BATIlEHElI] TERRAIN' ~ I + 7
In this section you will find updates for existing battlefield terrain rules, along withruIea for more
7
recenfly released terrain features. Where relevant, these rules replace those 1n the Warhammer 40,000
rulebook, and are for use in any Warhammer 40,000 game, not Just Cities of Death gain s.- t '

RUINS ‘ 4 ‘
’Ihe galaxy ls litteréd with the - '
remains of once-proud cities.

Only INFANTRY; BEAsTs, SWARMS

and units tha; ' can]? Y9 311126; set
up o'r‘efi'd‘the' » mm? on the'uppér ‘
floors of ruins (any unit can do so
on the ground floor). .'

INFANTRY are assumed to be able

to scale walls and traverse through ' ‘

windows, doors an ttals readily.

These models _7 vefme move .
through the flomsandwalls'of a 7 "1
ruin Mdthout'fiiith 7 impediment.

INFANTRY units thatareentirely

on or within a ruin receive the '

obscured from the pomtlofnew of

the shooting model,

IMPERIAL STATUARY
The herbes of the Im $3;l are
immortalisedfi

its models within 3"

Statuary, the, arget unit
CRATERS
Many worlds; bear the scars of
heavy, sustained bombardment.

INFANTRY units that are entirely

within a crater receive the benefit
of cover.

‘Models are slowed wk 11‘ charging

BARRICADES .
Makeéhift‘barricades make
excellent,defensivepositions.

When a model-target’s an enemy

INFANTRY'unit that has all of its
models within 1" ofa barricade,
the target unit reeeives the benefit
of cover if the Shooting model is
closér‘to the barricade than it'is to
the target andthe target is"at least
partially'obscuie‘dmfiom the point
ofviewof theshooting'mod’el. In
addition,- enemy unitscan Fight
across a barricade, even though the
phySiCal distance 15 Sometimes more

TITANIC models areno sléwed

by obstacles. V
SECTOR .

A
A
MECHANICUS’
Sector-sMechanicus are Mommas .‘.
sightthroughout the galaxjgsth ix. :' ..
gantries and girders thrumm.” , I
with automated industry. ‘ ,,

Sector Mechanicus structures

follow all the rules for ruins with
the following difference: ‘f

Unless they can FLY, INFANTRX, .

BEASTSHaI'ld SWARMS must scale , V. ,.
ladders, girders or walls toafs‘éend
or descend between the different '
levels of.a‘Sector Mechanicu‘s _
structure. INFANTRY: arenals’o' f:
assumed to be able to traverse:
around girders, buttress eswéiid
hanging chains, and so move- '
through them without impediment;

THERMIC PLASMA
CONDUITS
These conduitschannel‘r
hot plasma and make for
dangerous cover. ,— "

Thermic Plasma Conduitéfoll ’ " V

all .therrules fof 'Barricadés
also have ‘the Hazardous Cover '
ability (see Haemotroge Reactors)

Hamdous CoveriTR‘o D6 each: 7

time you make a saving throw of
7+ (such as a roll of 6, plus 1 for
THERMIC PLASMA
REGULATORS
These ancient machines thrum
with lethal plasma energy.

Thermic Plasma Regulators follow

all the rules for Sector Meghanicus
structufes; bnt'thei: also have

GALVANIC. . , .
SERVOHAULERS:
'l]1ese hydrauIiiaGhin§§
litter the industrial zones of
the Imperium.

When a model targets an enemy

INFANTRY unit that has all of its
models mthin 3" of a'Galvahic
SeIVOhauler, the target unit receives
the benefit ofcover ifthersho‘oting
model is closer'tq the Galvanic
Servohauler than it is to the target
and the target is Latleast'PartiaflY
obscured fromrthe point- ofView of
the shaming model.

MUNITQRIIM I?
ARMOURED
CONTAINERS
These vast steelcontain'eivs

shoots instead of mm; any oftheir

own Weapons. Storm'holte‘r‘s‘are
Rapid Fire 2 weagons, with a Range
of24", aStnengthfofa, AP 0 and
Damage 1:.
Ifyou are playing a Cities of Death mission, yo’
following Stratagems.
 Tlllllllllll [IBJEIITIVES
War within the close confines of a city can be chaotic and unpredictable. Commanders must
adapt to the evolving flow-ofbattle'In an instant, and focus their army on achieving those objeetlv
opportunity that can turngthe tide of the battle'In, their favour.

IEy'Ou are playing a Cities ofDeath matched play ACHIEVING TACTICAL OBJECTIVES ‘
mission; you will'have the .optiOn to use Maelstrom of' At the end of everytum (yours and your opponents),
Wérobjectives. Ifxyou do, then you and your opponent you must check, to see ifyou have achieved any ofyour
must use; Cities of Death Tactical Objectives. active Tactical Objectives — the descriptions will tell you
how and when they are achieved and how many victory
. points are scored for achieving them. If you can achieve
G 'nnnArING TAGTIQAL OBJECTIVES a Tactical Objective at the end of a turn, you must
Thep1n11ssion will tell you howma‘ny Tactical Objectives immediately score'theivictory points for it — you cannot
to generate at the start ofyour turn. choose not to do so.1Players can achieve anynumber of
their Tactical Objectives in the same turn.
To generate :1 Tactical ObjectiVe,‘ roll two dice, one after
file other: the first dice represents tens, and the second
represents digits, giving you a result between 11 and
' 66. Consult the Cities of Death Tactical Objectives on
thefollowingpages and write down the corresponding
Tactical Objective. Note that unless the missionpstates
otherwise, the results are not secret; each playefishould
beable to see what Tacfical Objectives the other has.

Nhtéifl'latLWhilSt thereare seVeralLTactical Obj’ectiVes

with the‘5same name; they, areall uniquely numbered.
When generating Tactic Obj; 7 fives, keep a noteof
1] mbers you rolled during the game — Ifyou roll
the same numbered Tactical Objective during the:same
game, "roll again until a difeirent number Is generated.

Ifyou oWn a”deck of Cities of Death Tactical Objective

on can instead generate your Tactical Obj _ ctives
- mg the deck and drawing the top card The DISCARDING TACTICAL OBJECTIVES,
1 car. , s you have drawn should be kept face up, ps your Once a‘Tactic‘aliective has been achieved
opponent can see which Tactical Objectives you have ‘ ' discarded. After the-achieved Tactical Objecnves (if
generated, unless the missionyou are playing instructs any) have been discarded, the player whose turn his can
you otherwise. 1 select one of theirremainiug active Tactical Objectives
and choose to discard it— this scores no victory points.
Tactical ObjectiVes that haveibie'en'generated are saidto? Discarded- Tactical Objectives cease being active and
beractive until they are» either? achieved or discarded. you cannot generate or achieve these objective ‘
remainder of the game. '
1 'Eactionaspecific TaCtvi’ial Objectives
Many c’odexes contain’l'actipcal Objectives that-are;
specific to a Faction and are used if your warlordis '
fromthe appropriate Facn'o'n. Normally, these replace i
the Capture and Control objectives In the Warhammer
.40,000 rulebook (numbers I1; 16). In a Cities ofDeath
miséion, you can choose whether or not to use Factio —’
specific Tactical Objectives ~ simply let your. opponent
knoW before the battle Which set of Tactical @bjeéti
you will use. Ifyou choose-to use Faction--spe‘cific‘
Tactical Objectives for a mission, they instead replace?"
the Capture and Control objectives In this book
HIKE All“! H

{2'3
H
that are even more hostile and hazardous to the combatants than uSual. These can be used’in add ton to,
or instead of, any other Battlezone rules.

Battlezone: Industrial Worlds

Some rules presented in Battlezone: Industrial worlds:
{printed'first in Chapter Appnjved 2017) also feature
as part of the-rules found .in this book‘(for\examplies
flte'rules 'fbr Height Advantage on page‘63’)‘. As a
re ultzifyou are. using Bat-league: Industrial Wbrldsin: ..
tonjtmction with Cities ofDeath, the rules publis’hed‘iri
this book take precedence.

yet 011 o 7 . :
players roll a‘Dé. Ifthe tco duestion are resolve
 IIITIES IIE I]EATH NARRATIVE PlAY
THE IiAIINTlET
The defender’s forces have beencut off and surrounded. Rather than stay and fight, they deade 1
Out in the dead of night before the defender can tighten the noose. The opposing s1 em‘tist tryto prevent
them slipping away underthe cover of darkness.

THEAAMIES EIIIET TIIIIN

'7 ‘ s must first decide who will be the Attacker
. bathe DefendeeBo‘t’h players then select
rge'd army. Neither armycan-include "any Attacker has the firstitu-rns
_ 11's. This mission works especially well when
' " cesshavearoughly equal PoWer Level, or when
ckerls PoWer Level is‘ slightly higher than the IIAWIT mm
er’s. "This: mission works best with gr‘ound--based This mission uSesthef‘DfiWfi‘Rai‘ ”
, armies that contain few, if any, units that can FLY

THE EATTlEEIElII
Create a battlefield usmggthe deployment map below
and then set upterrain- as described on page 61.
IIEI’IIIYMEHT
After‘terrain has been set up, the Attacker sets up
theirramiy and then the Defender sets up their army.
A player’s models'must be set up wholly within their
deployment zone, and the Attacker must set up as
equal a number ofumts as possible 111 each of their two
deployment zones.
IllIT IIEEAIIII EIIIIIIIIIIIAIIEII
The Defender cannot use any abilitiesyor Stratagerns
‘ that allow their units to be set up Ohthe battlefield and
' reinforcements later.
EEIIAPE ITIIIITE
labelled‘Escape Route so long as all Y , ‘
move off the board in the same phas 7y units that do
so have escapedthe ambush— they emovedfrom
the battlefield and take no further part'in the battle
BATTLE lEIIIlTII
The players should use the Random Battle ngth roles
(pg 65) to determine how long the battle lfist's ' ’
IIIIITIIIIT IIIINIIITIIIIIS'
At the end of the battle,aadd uputhePowerflatings of
all the Defender’s escapedunits» ('s'eeEsc'apezRoute,
above) and compare this to the’PoweI Level oftheir
army (count the entire unit’s Power‘Rating, even ifonly
a sin'gle model-eséaped).llf the combined PoWe-r'Rafihg
‘ofthe escaped units is one thirdo‘rl‘nfiore ofthearrhy’s'
Povlrer LeVel, the Defender Wins a major VictoryAny
other result is a major victory for the Attacker,

Attacker’s Deployment Zone

ainoa‘a'du‘asgr

'Defende'f’s Deploymentone 1 ’
 RITIES IIE IIEATH NARRATIVE PlAY
TIITAl REIIASTATIIIN
A single city ruin is be111g used as a safe house and strongpoint for the defender’s senior leaders: The ‘

accomplish their
1 .
1

THE ARIIIIIEE ‘ 1 > FIRST TlIRIII

,2;

The Players must" st decide whowfll be‘the Attacker The players roll OE and the ’
l__ —...La

and who Willbe the Defender Both filay‘er's then select first turn. -
a Battle—forged army. The Defender’s a‘rniy can include 1
1.2: .

up to one Fo ' ‘ atio'n andth‘e Attackers army cannot ,

include any Fortifications This misswngworks especially STRIIIIITFIIINT
2.13.; Av

well when both forces have a roughly equal Power Level . The Defender has 6 addition A
or wh‘ n the Att ckers Power'Level is slightly higher 1
- 1.1.1.51.

than the Defenders

Stratageins, the Defender must secretly pick one
i
objective markers to denote their strongPoin’t.
THE RATTlEEIEEIl
Create a battlefield using the deployment map below
3 and then set up terrain as described on page 61. After HAZE ANII RIIIII .
:1
terrain has been set up, the Defender must set up 6 The Attacker cannotuse any Key 13111111511351:e

1 objective markers Each must be set up on or within a

diffe‘ient ruin or Sector Mechanicus structure.
in this mission, however, they canrnse EIJE§1Dem0llfiOfi5
Stratagem (pg 72) for [free (i.e. it castsiOCsg' . 5
3
I IIEPlIIYMEIIT '. ' “ :
After terrain has been set up! the Defender sets up-
BATTLE lEIIIiTH
The players should use the Random Battle L ’n‘ ’ ‘
,
«;:__.L

their? army using the Concealed Deployment rules (pg 65) to determine how long the battle lasts
(pg 65) and then'theAttacker sets up'their“army.'A
player’s 13:10delsmust be set up wholly withintheir
deployment zone; IIIRTIIRV RIINIIITIIIIIS
If, at the end ofthe battle, the Demolitions Strata‘gem L
has been used on the Defender’s strongpoint, or‘th‘e ; "
PRELIMINARY RIIIIIIRARIIIIIIEIIT‘ 1 terrain feature containing the strongpoint has beadine '
Once both sides have been set up, the Attacker launches v“ fiangerous terrain (as the result of, for example, the ‘2
a Preliminary Bombardment (pg 365): I ‘ Wrecker or Siege Shell Stratagem‘) the Attacker ,
major victory. Any other result is a majorVict
the Defender.
 IIIIIES llE llEIIIH NARRATIVE I'lIIY
RELIEF EIIIIIIE
A unit occupying a vital building has been cut off and isolated. They haveheld out for days against several
waves of attackers, but now'the odds stacked against them seem insurmountable. A relief force hassbeen
sent to secure the building and save the garrison before the enemy 'oyerwheh'ns their position.

TIIE, IIIIIIIIIEE EIIISI IIIIIII

The players must first decide who will be the Attacker
and‘who will be'the Defende, Bqth playe'rsthen select
a Battle-forged» army. "The Defenderh army can include
up‘to. onefFortification (butnot’a BUILDING) and the
Attackers ‘armynannot includes’anylljortifications. This
missionworks especially‘well when both forces have
a rongh‘ly equal Power Levelgorwhenthe Attacker’s
Power Level is slightlyhighef than the Defender’s.‘
The Attacker has thefirst turn,
IIElIEE ‘EIIIIIIES?
When the D'efendet‘s units Iarrive*¥roni“Re'SEfves}. they
are set 'up whollywi,‘ ,, .6" 'df the‘D ender?s battlefield
edge (units mayvvstill'ruse‘any abilities they may have that
allow them to .arr-iiveiélseWhei-eysuchas ‘TeleportJStrikeU.

IIIE BATTIEEIEIII IIIIIIl IIIIIIIIIIIE .

Create a battlefield usifiggighefleployment map below
and then set up terrain as describedon page 61. Ensure
thatthere is at least one ruins or Sector Mechanicus
structure wholly within.,12" ofthe centre of the
battlefield to b‘e'the VitalBuilding. The streets and roads
around this building should gontain plenty ofbarricades
androbstacl'esto representthis' uildingfs outerdefences.
After terfiainfhasheen set 7 ' [the Defendersets‘lup jl
objective marker oni‘or‘i _ g theVitalBuildmg
lIEPlIWIIIEIIIT
After terrain has’been setup, the Defender sets up one
or two INFANTRY units from their army‘entirely' on or
in the Vital Building. Ifthe Defender’s‘army includes
a Fortification, they set this In) within 6" of the Vital
Building. The remainder. ofthe Defendei’s army starts in
Reseives (pg 65). The Attacker then sets .‘Ilp their army
Wholly within their deployment zone.
The Defender has 2 additional Command Points in i
this mission. These must he uSed .on Key Building
Stratagems (pg 74-75) and both must be used on-
the Vltal Building objecfive marker (note that, in
an exceptionto. the normal rules, the Vital Building
objective matkezi ' upgraded with two different
Key Building Stratag, ins _. “
BIITIlE lENIiIII
The players should use the Random Battle Length rules
(pg 65) to determine how long the battle lasts.
IIIIIIIIIIY IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE’ .
At the end of theibfattle, the: Attacker wins a major
victory if they conttol the Vital Building objective
Tinarker. Anybther result is a major ;vi’ctoryfc§)r
the Defender.

Attacker’s Deployment Zone

 THTIEE [IE llEATH NAHHATIVE PlAY
flHANI] ASSAlllT
After Weeks, months or even years of brutal urban conflict, the opportunity has arisen for one army to:
strike a decisive blow, either to push the invaders out of their city or alternatively to crush the: last vestiges
of resistance.
THE AHMIES
The players must’first decide who Will be. the Attacker
and who will be the Defender. Both players then select
a Battle—forged army. The Defender’s, army can include
up to one Fortification and the Attackers army cannot .
includeany Fortifications; This missionrmorks especially
well when both forces have a roughly equalo‘wer Level;
or when the Attacker’s Power Leilel is slightly higher
than the Defender’s. I
THE HATTlEElElll
Create a battlefieldusing the deployment map elow
and then setup terrain as described on page61.After
terrain has been set up, the Defender must set up 6' *
objective markers in their deployment zone; Each
must be set up” on or within a different ruin or Sector
Mechanicus structure.
llEFlllTMEHT
After terrain has been set up, the Defender sets up their
entire army, and then the Attacker sets up their entire
army. A player’s models must be set up wholly Within
their deployment zone.
PRELIMINARY HIIMEAIIIJMENTI7
Once both sides have been set up, the Attaéker launches
a Preliminary Bombardment (pg 65)..
ETITET THHH "
The Defender has the'fi'rs’t- turn;
’PlAHT THE ElATi
Once the Attackers army controls an objective mar
it remains under their control for the remaind 7 ,
game, even if the unit that wascontrolling it moves
away or is destroyed, and the Defender can nevertregam
control of it. Note that whilst the Attacker continues‘to
control the objective marker, the-unit itself doesnot.
SUSTAINEIT ASSAIIlT ,
The Attacker uses the Sustained Assault rules (pg165)
Each time one of the Attacker 3, replacement units,
arrives, roll a D6: on a 1—5, setup the unit Sothat'
it is wholly within 6" ofthe Attack‘er’s battlefield-
edge On a 6‘, set up theunit wholly within 6" of any
‘ battlefield edge.
BATTLE lEHliTH .
The players should use the Random Battle Length rules
(pg 65) to determine how longthe battle lasts. . .
Amman unnnmuus
3' A: the end oft-he battle, the-Attacker .winsam
victory if they control all'th’e objectiVe markers on 7
the battlefield. Any other result 13 a major victory for
the Defender.
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The attacker aims to demoralise the defenders by way ofan imposing incursion along the city’s mam
thoroughfare. However, jfthe defenders prove uncowedthey may be able to mount a counter-attack, perhaps
striking a critical blow to flieattacker’s strength.
IHE AHMIEE
The players must first decide who will be die-Attacker
and’who will be the Defender. Both players then select
a Battle-forged army. Neither army can include any
Fortifications. This mission works especially well when.
‘bothforces have a roughly equal Power Level, or when
the Attacker’s Power Level is slightly higher‘than the.»
Defend’er’s. This mission works best with ground-baSed
'armiesthat contain few, if any; units that can ELY.
* After choosing their army, the Attacker must select 1 3
of their units to be Thunder Run uni-ts: these units are
‘ attemptingto advance down the city’s thoroughfare».
Thunder Run units cannot movefinto ruins or Sector
Mechanicus structures for any reason. * Any Thunder Run unit can move off the battlefie " ,
, IllE EllIIlEEIElII
Create a battlefield using the deployin'ent map below
and then set up terrain as described on page 6T.
Ensure that the two short edges ofthe battlefield are
connected by a Street or road that is is sparsely;littered
with obstacles. ‘ V , 7‘
llEPlllVMENI
‘ After terrain has been set up, the Defender sets 15 their
- ' army using the Concealed Deployment rules pg
and then the Attacker sets up their arm A pl "
’ models must be set up wholly within .e
‘zone. Thund'er Run units must be set upon street;
in roads;
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The Attacker cannot use any abilities or Stratagems
that allow their Thunder Run units to be set up offthe
battlefield and arrive as reinforcements later. Thunder
.Run units cannot embark onto Tkansnonrs.
Elli-SI THEN
After both sides have deployed the Defender rolls- a D62
. the-- st turn, otherwise the:
on a6“ the Defender has
Attacker has the first‘t‘u‘r‘n.. ‘ '
VIEIIIHV IlllllIE
edge labelled ‘Victory Route’ so long as; all of its models
can move off the board in the same phase: Any units
that do so havesuccessfully completed their Thunder
Run —‘th'ey‘are removed from the’battlefi'el‘d and takeno:
I further part in‘the battle.
,, EA‘IIlE lENEIH
. The players should use the Random Battle Length rules
{pg 65) to determine how long the hattkla , .S.
VIEIIIIIY EEI‘IEIIIIINS
‘ ‘ At the .end of the battle, the Attacker wins a» » , a'br
: *victory if any of their Thunder R‘u‘n unit o' pl'e
Thunder Run Any other result'is a major victory for the
Defender.
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 [TITIES ITF ITEATH NITRITATIVE PLAY
flEflAPITATIIIN
A small, fast-moving attack force has infiltrated deep within hostile territory. Their mission is'to deStroy'flie
enemy command structure and swiftly exfiltrate the battlefield, severing the head of the opposing arrhyand
leaving their foes réehng‘in confusion.

THE MTMIEE TIME“ STRIKE ‘ I . I .'

The playersmustifirst decide Who will be the Attacker
and who will be the Defender.330th players then select ' chooses whether or not the D
Fortifications Th1 1551011 works espec1ally well When
the Defender-s Fewer Level-15 at least twice that of
the Attacker. V ‘" ’ TflllliET SIEHTEIT}
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Create a battlefietdusmgihe deploymentirnapibelow
and then set up terrajnras described on Pagefil.
llEPlTIYMENT
After‘terrai'n hasheen set 11p,,.the Defender sets up their ‘
Warlord and up to one third oftheir remaining units
using the rules for Concealed Deployment (pg 65).
The remainder’ofithe‘Defender’s army starts in Reserve
(pg 65). The-Attacker then sets up their army wholly
Within their deployment zone.
FIRST TIITTN
After both sides have deployed, the Defender rolls a D6:
on a 6 the Defender has the first turn, otherwise the
Attacker has the first tam.
At the start of the first battle tom ' “e ' " ’‘ ‘
be used in the battle. , ‘ "
In this mission, the Attacker can use: it eM erSmpers
Stratagern (pg 72) for free (i.e it cost ‘
:IlEl-TWEII ITEINFIIITTTEMENTE _
The Defender must subtract ltfromall REserverolls ‘
they make in this mission When the Defende ~
arrive from Reserves, they are set up wholly";
any battlefield edge (units may still use any abili 7 they
may have that allow thematé arrive elsewhere! uch as
‘Teleport Strike’). ""
HATTlE lENliTH
The players should use the Random Battle 7" en
(pg 65) to determine how longth'e' battle‘las V
VIETITITY ITITNITITITINE .» 7
At the end of the battle; if the Defenders Warlordfhéis 1' " ‘
been destroyed, the Attacker wins a majOr VictoryziAny ,
other result is a major victory'forthe Defender. 1" 7 .‘ J

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On these pages you will find three examples of open play Cities of Death
missions — Secure the City, Military Escort and Blood in the Square — that you
can use to start waging urban warfare right away. You will also find a few ideas
below to spark your imagination for other open play Battles; you should feel
free touseitli‘ese hookstas the basis of”your Cit‘ie‘s oieath'battles, or’s‘imply
create ones of your own.

The defenders have erected a void An escape Pod'has crash landed

shield to protect their city from in this city. Locate and recover the
‘borribardfiient; the attackers I'fiust dignitary inside before the enemy
disable it. captures-them.

A convoy ofmilitary transports must — ' A beleaguered army must hold out

travél’ml’éughihe ro‘ads of‘anhosfile iritheshattered'ruins ofa citytthat

City, survivingrheavy fire to'reachr is being Shelled, longenough for:
Woundedtroops. reinfore‘ernent's to relieve them.

This quarter ‘o'fzthe'citjz housesar
manufactorum. Both armies must
attempt to capture this building intaet;
Invaders 'areattempting to‘ flatten", ‘e-r
city, razinggevery structure in their;
wayone 1 ,_ ‘ '
stop them Whflst there is stilla
to save; 7
This citylhousesaholyrshriineg which
musfirot‘fall’into enemyih‘ands; t“
Protect igatany cost. ' ‘ An elitetforcenow arrives to cruSli
- Two rival snipers race to find: the best
position _ mm which to eliminate
cotmterpartm a claustrophobic battle
through the ruins of a fallen hivecity.
A‘sp'yis sheltering in a building?
within hostile territory Their allr
mustattemgt to extract them before
patrq is Ellséoirer them.
The efie‘m ' have fortified misapssmdn,
7 and 1 , ashel'd‘out far many weeks}
' the resistance.

infestedWJ hmutants‘, alien‘s or

‘cultzistsr. They bo11 to the surface!
threatening to overwhelm
the defenders.
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[llllflK REFERENBE
CITIES OF DEATH
The rules on this page have been summarised for ease of reference. For the fullversion‘s ofthese tunes
pages 62—64. In the case of any rules discrepancy, the full rule takes precedence.
ObScared Targets
After yon‘have chosen a; unit toi'sh‘oot-l with andsjthe
targefi(s), you must detefmine if any loflthe targets
are obscured.
A target unit is obsoure‘d if everyimodel in 'it'is obscured
from th‘erploint of View ofthe. firingmodel. A model is
obscured unless all parts of it that are facing the firing
model are Visible from the point ofView of the firing
model (a VEHICLE or MONSTER is instead obscured
unless 50% or more ofthe model facing the firing model
is visible from the point ofView of the firing model).
A model can see throughother models in its .own‘uiiit
and other'models 1n the target unit'Models withthe
Flyer Battlefieldl‘eLare never obscured, even ifles'sv
than 50% oftbemodelis visible to the firingmodel.
Subtractkl fgom hit rolls for attacks with ranged
weaponsithe target is obscured.
In a firing unit, only the models to whom the t‘a’Ig'e‘ti unit
is obscured suffer the penalty to their hit rolls.
Lucky Hit
A hit roll of 6 always hits the target, irrespective of any
modifiers that may apply ' in cover, or is shoOting a Weapon that has an ability I. I
Streets and Roads , receiving the benefit of soft or hard cover- it gains no
If a model-spends its entire MoVem‘e’ntphaséie‘ii arstreet
or road, itsM’ove charac’teriStic isincte‘asedhy "until:
the endéofrthe phase. This has nofeiffectton uniIs that
can FLY;
Dangerous Terrain
Each time a'inodel Advancesror charges thrhugh ’’
dangerous terrain, roll a D6;- on a. 1, that model’s unit
suffers a mortal wound.
Height Advantage
A model gains a height advantage whilstit is occupying .
the upper levels of a ruin or a Sector Mechanicus
structure and it shoots at a unit that-is either "at
street level or within'a‘ lower level ofa min orJS‘e'c'tOI‘
Mechanicus structure. To gain a heightadvantage,.ze‘izer'y " _
model in the target unitmust be onl‘eviel's'that are-3mm?
more below that of the 'fii‘iri'gimod‘el; '
'Ifa model makes an attack-with a ranged weapdn
against aneneiny unit over Which it haszaheight
advantage; the ArmonrrPe" ' 'ation characteristic of"
weapon isimproved‘by 1;
Soft and Hard Cover
Ifa‘un t is entirely on or within any terrain feature .7 _
is reCeIVing the benefit of cover from a terrain feature
add 1 to its models’ saving throws against shooting
attacks if the terrain feature 15 classed as soft cover,
,oI add 2 if the terrain feature 15 classed as hard coVer.
" Invulnerable saves are unafected Units gain no benefit
from cover in the Fight phase.
Iprovmg'fh‘e Benefits ofCove-11'
Ifa model hasan abilityfliat improvest‘he bonus it.
Ieceives to its. saving throw when it is reeeiving the
benefit of cover, you only add the bonus to its saving: . .
throw when it receives thebenefit of softcover; If snehz.
a Ino del is‘ I'ecéiving the benefit of hard cover, you I ., .
instead add an additional +1 bonus to its saving throWs, l- .
regardless of the actual number listed in its ability.
Ignoring the Benefits :oficover
LIf‘a model has an} ability that ignores the benefit a target
might otherwise receive to its saving throws from being ,7
like this, it makes no difference whether the target is
‘ bonus to its saving throws. Note, however, that such.
abilities only ignore theb a target might otherwise ‘ '
haVe gained to its Saving throws; it does not ignore ;"
penalty incurred to the firer’s hit rolls as a. result of the
target being obscured.
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STREETS OF DEATH
The information below summarises the Streets of Death campaign round, and includes a key forfl're
different markers on your marker sheets. For the full Streets of Death rules, see pages 38-55;

Campaign Round Summary Location Upgrade Markers

1. Action Phase ‘ Comms Augm'stA‘ location

The players fight oneor more Cities of Death battles, withthis upgradehas +1" (
using the.matrix on-page 37 to pick each mission.‘ Strategic Value. I “
Players receive- glory points depending on the results: , ‘.
eachigame‘ won earns 3*points,; each game drawn or- lost ' ‘ ' ‘1 ' "
earn-s Lpointi each senemyWarlord'slain earns lppoint.

Fortified Location: The

controlling player rolls a D6 each
time an enemy player attempts to '
seize this location: on a 1-3 that
' locationis seized as norrr’ial; on a
2- Strategy Phase ‘ 4-6 the location is not'seized'and
Determine Initiative: The player with the most glory remains under your-Cantrell; '
pointsfhas the highest inifiatve, the player with the
second greatest number of glory'points has the second Razed: When ‘a location is Razed,
highest initiafive, and so on. . place a Razed marker on that "1; ’ ‘
location, and remove the army
Earn CampaiSn Points: Add up the Resource Values of marker if there is one, No player
each location you control (the top number)— you earn can control that'locationfqr the
this many campaign pdints. Then check whether players remainder ofthe campaign:
have achieved the Campaign’s Strategic Goal.

Earn StrategyPoints: Add up the‘StrategicValues of

each loaation you control (the bottom number) you
earn this many strategypoints.

Spend Strategy Points: In initiative order, players take it

in turn to purchase Strategic Resource cards 115mg their
strategy poi;1ts,1repeating thisuntil each player has up to
three cards '4 add these to the campaign map.

Seize Territory: In initiative order, players‘ta‘ke it

in tur‘n't’ 7 captnrea location 7 locations can only‘be'
captured fromnanother player ifyou won a game, against
them in the Action phase. Special locationsgwhi‘ch are
controlled can only be captured if the capturing player
won a battle against the controlling player using the
Assault Stronghold Strategic Resource card in that
round. After this, players takeit in turn to capture’a
second'locan‘on, butthis-time in reverse initiative order.

Rand’OmCEiv’ents: Replace the Random Event card with a

new-ofnextmd begirranew Aciu'on phase; ’ '
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