The Deathworld army list can be used in two ways. First, you can use it to add units of Deathworld Veterans to a standard Imperial Guard force. These additions represent detachments from a Deathworld Veteran army that has been at war for a considerable period of time and has been moved from one warzone to another. These detachments are being combined with elements of other Imperial Guard regiments along the way.

Second, the list can be used to field a "pure" Deathworld army to represent a force that has been recruited more recently. It is a relatively lightly armed force that uses its skills in jungle warfare to balance its lack of big guns or tanks.

While Deathworld troopers are better than the average Imperial Guardsmen, their greatest strength lies in their ability to move through jungles unhindered, laying booby traps and ambushes to confound their foes. Deathworld troops can use the dense terrain of the jungle to cover them as they strike and then fade back into the terrain before the enemy can muster a response.

Visually, a Deathworld Veterans army is great for players who like a hard-bitten elite force made up of rugged individuals. For the more advanced hobbyist, there are lots of opportunities for creating different camouflage schemes and converting miniatures as part of the Deathworld Veterans force.

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"Those fern-forests cover eight million square leagues and they're rife with blood worms, horn-ticks, forest wolves, and enough terminal poxes and plagues to rot a man from the inside out in days. If we want to rid ourselves of the Greenskin scum occupying the forest highlands, there is only one force in the galaxy that can assure us of victory. We need the best jungle fighters in the Imperium – we need the jungle fighters of Catachan."

The Deathworld Veterans army list has been designed for fights in jungle terrain. It has a number of advantages over other armies in such terrain. These advantages have been taken into account in the points values charged for the models in the army. In particular, you will find that the cost of flamers and heavy flamers is very high. This jungle focus doesn’t stop the Catachans fighting in normal terrain (after all, sometimes they do have to leave the jungle!), but you will find they are at a disadvantage when they do so.

The rules for Warhammer 40,000 battles in jungle terrain are included below. Due to the special rules and conditions that apply, you should let any opponents know in advance that the jungle rules will be used and let them read through the rules so they know what to expect. If you don’t, then the battle should be fought on normal terrain.

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