Warhammer 40,000

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This article is a conversion project for Warhammer 40k, which needs no introduction.

Contents 1 Forces 1.1 The Imperium 1.2 Chaos 1.3 Xenos 2 Why? 3 Fluff 4 Rules 4.1 Stats 4.2 Army Composition 4.3 Units 4.4 Vehicals

Forces

The Imperium

• Space Marines
• Imperial Guard
• Witch Hunters
• Daemonhunters

Chaos

• Chaos Space Marines

Xenos

• Orks
• Eldar
• Tau
• Tyranids
• Necrons

Why?

• Why write conversion rules for Warhammer 40K to work with Warmachine/Hordes rules?
  • To improve upon the original.
  • To use 40k figures in crossover battles.
  • As a fun design project.
• A helpful link to the Development Center to view theory behind stats and faction design.

Fluff

In the grim darkness of the 41st millenium, blah blah.

• The Imperium
• Chaos
• Psychers
• The Warp

• Technology of the 41st Millenium vs technology of the Iron Kingdoms

Rules

Stats

Warmachine/Hordes Stats:

• SPD - In WM, average SPD is 6, with 5 or 4 for slow things and 7 or 8 for fast things. Most infantry and troopers would then be SPD 6, with bulky orheavy things having SPD 5, and Fleet of Foot or Fast attack things having SPD 7 or even 8.
• STR
• MAT
• RAT
• DEF
• ARM
• CMD
• FOC
• FURY
• THR
• POW
• RNG
• ROF
• AOE
• Damage
• VP
• FA

40K Stats

• Movement
• Strength
• Weapon Skill
• Attacks
• Initiative
• Balistic Skill
• Toughness
• Wounds
• Armor Save
• Leadership
• Weapon Strength
• Weapon Type

Army Composition

• HQ is equivalent to warcaster/warlock- One per 500 pts, field allowance based off of number of HQ Models. May or may not have spells, may or may not have a 'battlegroup'.
• Units of troops- Most units will be 'Leader and 5 troops, with up to 4 additional troopers'. Elites could be 6-man units of fixed size. Some units may have models which are on medium or large-based models. Some units may be 3-5 man, especially medium sized or powerful models.
• Unit attachments- for 40k troop choices that have optional wargear, this can be represented by unit attachments.

Units

• Unit Leaders- if the 40K version has an optional sergeant or leader, that model is the Unit Leader. If not, a fluff re-write is used to have one model to be the leader.
• Unit Size- Units may have no more than 10 members + unit attachments.

Vehicals

Special rules will need to be developed for vehicals. Some basic ideas would be:

• Facing- Front, left side, right side, back
• Movement- Cannot run, may only move in a straight line then turn, may trample over troopers a la Tank Shock.
• Systems- Has a damage grid like a warjack. As systems are lost, loses weapons, movement. When suffering critical hits, may cause crew to be stunned or explode.