Why did Cadia fall?

M41, when Abaddon the Despoiler finally launched his 13th Black Crusade, the greatest Chaos assault on the Imperium since the Horus Heresy, the Forces of Chaos managed to make landfall upon Cadia itself and occupy large swathes of the planet despite ferocious Imperial resistance. …

What are Warhammer points?

If you’re not entirely familiar with Warhammer 40K, the “points” system is used to balance battles. As an example, you might agree to fight an opponent with a 600-point cap on your respective armies.

What are command points Warhammer 40K?

Command Points are a strategic currency that you can now spend how you want – you might decide that its worth spending a couple of CP to have an army of nothing but tanks, terminators or bikers – alternatively you might decide you want to stick to a balanced force to save these CP to use them on other things during the …

What is the point of detachments 40k?

In Warhammer 40,000, the term ‘Detachments’ refers to the rules on how to build a ‘battle-forged’ army – that is, one that’s properly structured and rules-legal for balanced play in most of the game’s formats.

Can you have multiple detachments 40k?

The maximum number of Detachments a player can include in their army is limited based on the points value of the game being played; between 1,001 and 2,000 points, players are limited to 3 Detachments.

What are stratagems?

1a : an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy. b : a cleverly contrived trick or scheme for gaining an end. 2 : skill in ruses or trickery.

Can auxiliary detachments use stratagems?

The majority of codexes will prohibit Auxiliary Support Detachments from unlocking stratagems. However, you can USE stratagems on any unit that is legal to use the stratagem on, regardless of what detachment they are in.

Can you mix factions in Warhammer 40k?

You absolutely can in fact, you can mix any armies you want as long as you don’t want to be battle forged or be use command points to leverage stratagems/buffs/canticles/auras or whatever else helps maximize your army strengths.