Now it's time to use your fully assembled (and partially painted) Imperial Guardsmen to play some Warhammer 40,000. This is a really simple scenario that you can play with a friend to introduce the game and get a feel for the flow of play.

The battle-hardened Guardsmen of Cadia advance upon an enemy position.

FORCES
This scenario uses the contents of the Cadian Shock Troops boxed set (20 models). Each player controls ten Cadian Guardsmen armed with lasguns.

OVERVIEW
As part of a training exercise, the battalion commander has decided to pit his troops against one another in a friendly-fire exercise. Your squad has been selected as one of those who will participate in the exercise.

SCENARIO SPECIAL RULES
Use the Loose Formation and To the Death! special rules.

Loose Formation. Since the scenario is a small combat action, models do not need to follow the Squad Coherency rules. Each model can move wherever it wants!

To the Death! All those involved know death well and do not fear it. You may ignore any and all Morale rules during the game.

SETUP
1) Place an appropriate number of ruins, buildings, and other terrain on a 2' x 2' table or area. If you don't have any painted terrain, feel free to use common items as proxies (eg, that soda can sure looks like a storage tank to me).

2) Roll a D6. The player with the higher roll chooses a table edge and places a single model anywhere along that edge. The other player then places a model along the opposite table edge. Alternate placing models until all models are in place.

3) Roll a D6. The player with the higher roll chooses who takes the 1st turn.

MISSION OBJECTIVE
Annihilate the enemy! The last man standing is the winner.

RESERVES
At the start of a player's 6th turn and each subsequent turn, roll a D6. A roll of 5+ means that a Guardsman armed with a lasgun has arrived as a reinforcement (drawn from casualties from combat in earlier turns). This model may immediately move into play from anywhere along that player's edge of the table.

GAME LENGTH
The game lasts until the Mission Objective has been met.

LINE OF RETREAT
There is no retreat!

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