Starfall

Campaign Supplement
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 WHAT IS WARPATH:
FIREFIGHT?
Warpath: Firefight is a medium scale short) and rolling six sided dice (D6 for
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skirmish wargame set in Mantic’s science- short) to decide your warriors’ fate.
fiction universe. The players assume
the role of a battlefield commander, Each army is made up of units, which
overseeing the firefights and long-ranged can range from a hero, to an armoured
engagements fought out by their futuristic vehicle, to a squad of infantry - the latter
armies. These armies – human, alien, being the most common units in the
robot, or something in between – are game.
represented by Mantic’s range of 30mm
Each unit and army plays slightly
scale miniatures. All the action takes
differently, leading to an almost infinite
place on a table-top battlefield. It is up to
amount of tactics and strategies that can
the players to use all of their wits to make
be employed against your opponent in a
the tactical decisions required to win the
game.
game - with the help of dice to represent
the random element of war. This book contains a quick, exciting
campaign which focuses on two
Firefight is designed to represent the
Factions: the Humans of the GCPS and
fierce tactical engagements of futuristic
the insidious Veer-Myn. You can play
armed forces: defending a key choke
through the campaign using a Starter
point against the vanguard of an invading
Force for each faction, or adapt the
army, or simply killing as many of
rules to your own battles with different
the enemy as possible before they can
factions.
overwhelm your troops!

Firefight plays best with armies of What do I need to

between 20 and 70 miniatures per side,
focusing on squad-based action and
the struggles of individual soldiers in
the crucible of war, where the stakes are
desperate and every bullet counts.
get started?
First and foremost, you’ll need an
opponent - someone else to take control
of the other army and enjoy the game
with.

What’s it all You’ll also need to assemble your

about? miniatures - this is explained more
overleaf. We recommend using products
In games of Warpath: Firefight, players
from The Army Painter as they can
field armies of painted miniature
supply everything you need to build and
soldiers to fight exciting battles across
paint your miniatures. Your army doesn’t
the tabletop! Combat and abilities are
need to be painted for your first game,
represented by a unit’s statistics (‘stats’ for
however, a fully painted army is a looks

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amazing on the tabletop and is something Any other models in your set (including
to aspire to. any metal upgrade parts) must be
assembled with super glue.
You will need some six sided dice, in
two colours - about 12 of each colour is
enough. These are for rolling in the game
and are also useful for showing how
much suppression a unit takes over time.
You will also need a ruler or tape measure
that uses inches.

Finally, you will need a gaming area. This

should be a flat, square surface that is 4’
x 4’. It doesn’t need to be exactly this size,
but this is an ideal size for a standard
game. You can use some books as terrain
if you don’t have any scenery for your
table yet.
Assembling your
Miniatures
• Using hobby clippers, carefully
remove the model parts from the
frame.
• Tidy up any rough areas and mould
lines with a hobby file so that the
pieces fit snugly together.
• Glue the parts together, one at a time,
using the correct type of glue (see
below)
Painting your new
models
Once the glue is dry, you can paint your
models using water-based acrylic paints
and a small brush. You don’t have to paint
them in order to play, but it looks really
cool if you do!
We recommend the Army Painter range
of Colour Primer sprays, Warpaints, and
Quickshade Washes for painting your
Warpath models. You can find out more
at www.thearmypainter.com

• Attach the finished model to the

appropriate round base.
Important: Glue
The models in this set are made from
different materials that require the use of
different types of glue to assemble.

All models supplied on a plastic frame

can be assembled using Plastic Glue
(sometimes called polysterene cement).
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 With the invention of the McKinley Drive, humanity pushed out into the stars on a
bold voyage of discovery. What we found was not the untamed, deserted frontier that
we had expected, but rather an intricate and densely populated galaxy composed of
multitudinous civilisations, both young and ancient, which had been co-existing in an
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uneasy détente for centuries.

Thrust into this arena, humanity had to adapt quickly. Diplomacy became the second
most populous profession in the nascent human galactic empire, and we slowly
insinuated ourselves into the complex web of politics, intrigue and espionage that made
up the wider galaxy, all the while exploring and testing the boundaries of both our
endurance and the patience of others.

When that patience broke, we called upon the first most populous profession in our new
realm – the military. For as vital to Galactic Relations as negotiation, trade and politics
are, one thing remains more important still – war.

War is the force that shapes borders when diplomacy fails, settles disputes when
bargaining is of no use, and establishes credentials when credence is lost. The other
races of the galaxy tolerated us when we came to them in friendship, but they took
notice of us when we went on the warpath.

Starfall that littered the planet’s surface were

After its discovery five years ago, XH8-
211 (called Starfall by its inhabitants)
has lived up to its initial low appraisal.
Besides the ‘squatters’ occupying the
planet’s barren surface, the world has
been ignored by the GCPS at large,
seemingly having no resources or
indigenous population worthy of
corporate exploitation. Until the world-
quakes began.
Without warning, the planet was struck
by massive tectonic shifts. Great rifts and
chasms were torn into the planet’s surface
- some large enough to swallow cities.
As they weren’t official GCPS citizens,
the inhabitants’ calls for aid fell on deaf
ears. The cheap, prefabricated settlements
all but ruined by the quakes. Only the
heavily fortified areas built by smugglers
and pirates, using the planet as a staging
ground, survived the onslaught. If it
weren’t for one of the survivors having
a relative in an up-and-coming mining
corporation, Starfall would have perished
ignominy with barely a mark on GCPS
records.
The tectonic instability revealed the
presence of several highly valuable
minerals that had lain undetected below
the planet’s surface. These would be
costly to extract, but any success would
yield profits magnitudes greater than the
extraction expense. This information
was not yet available to the wider GCPS,

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conveyed only by a frightened survivor to
their distant cousin.
So it was that the Damrod Mining
Corporation put in an immediate bid for
Starfall’s exploitation and a certain Data
Analyst received a promotion and a hefty
pay increase for ‘innovative purchasing
recommendations’.
The bid was accepted without
competition and rights were transferred
over to the DMC. Private military vessels
began to land on the surface within
minutes. Before mining operations could
start, the locals would need to be dealt
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with - most would be offered employment
in the new endeavour. Those who refused
would be forced to leave at the point of
a laser rifle. Much to the GCPS marines’
surprise, none of Starfall’s inhabitants
could be found. Homes were left empty,
fortifications had been broken into, and
any supplies of note were conspicuous in
their absence.
As the military forces regrouped to leave;
satisfied that their task had completed
itself; the reports flooded in. Ambushes,
sabotage, gas attacks. The squatters
were gone, but Starfall was far from
unpopulated. The Veer-Myn had come.

It was dark in the nest. That didn’t
matter to the Veer-Myn; they had
always lived in darkness of one form
or another. As various members of
Starfall
the brood scuttled around them, two
armoured figures communicated in
their race’s complex language.
<<Vermin! Upstarts! Trespassers!
How dare they?!>> The first
progenitor’s actions were aggressive and
panicked.
<<Calm down, brother. They’re only
humans. We’ve beaten them once, we
can do it again.>> This one was much
calmer, more precise.
<<Yes, we did defeat the surface-
dwellers. This world is ours now! We
fought and bled for Mother! And
these…these…vermin think they can
take our prize?! Our freedom?!>>
The second Progenitor sighed. His
brother was getting too worked up. He
was far less easy to manipulate when he
was angry. He looked his raging brother
in the eye and spoke.
<<These interlopers are nothing
compared to our might. We will take
the others and face the humans on the
surface. Soon, we will gnaw on their
bones and return to the gratitude of
Mother.>>
The first Progenitor considered this for
a moment. He turned to the grenade
launcher mounted on his gauntlet and
adjusted the aim slightly.
<<You are right. The humans will die.
We go to the surface. We go to war.>>
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This Veer-Myn army has been built using
the contents of the Warpath Veer-Myn
Starter Force. This is a great way to start a
new army, as it include loads of core and
elite infantry to create your hordes of rats.
The GCPS might have bigger guns, but
they won’t match you for numbers.
The force is lead by the towering Brood
Mother, backed up by the brothers –
Tharn and Skrat. They are Progenitors.
Tharn is armed with a long-range Spitter
Rifle, while his more aggressive brother,
Skrat, is armed with a Chemical Grenade
Launcher. They both hide inside units
of Nightcrawlers, rather than fighting in
the open. The Brood Mother walks alone
but can call her smaller kin to protector
if need be. She is a powerful fighter and
inspires those Veer-Myn around her to
fight harder.
Each brother ’leads’ a small contingent
of ‘Crawlers – three units each, including
their own bodyguard. All of these are
upgraded with Maligni bearing heavy
weapons, designed to deal with anything
that the GCPS can field.
Beyond this, there are three units of
hulking Nightmares. Each of these brutes
bears close range weaponry; one being
fitted solely for close combat with Ravager
drills, the other two carrying heavy chem-
throwers to deal with infantry. These are
backed up by the army’s Night Terrors –
two terrifying beasts armed with a chem-
sprayer and scythes.
The Brood Unleashed
• Brood Mother • 5 Nightcrawler Stalkers
Chem Staff and Ray Gun (General) Malignus with Chem Thrower
• 5 Nightcrawlers • 2 Nightmares
Progenitor Tharn with Spitter Rifle Chem Thrower, Combat Drill and Heavy
Chem Thrower
• 5 Nightcrawlers
Malignus with Heavy Ray Gun • 2 Nightmares
Chem Thrower, Combat Drill and Heavy
• 5 Nightcrawlers Chem Thrower
Malignus with Heavy Ray Gun
• 2 Nightmare Ravagers
• 5 Nightcrawler Stalkers
Progenitor Skrat with Chemical Grenade • Night Terror
Launcher Chem Sprayer
• 5 Nightcrawler Stalkers • Night Terror
Malignus with Chem Thrower Scythes
1,073 points, 5 Command Dice

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General Kleiner took the cigar from
his mouth. Officially, narcotics in the
Damrod Private Military were banned, as
they lowered the life span (and therefore
Starfall
profitability) of soldiers. Commanders did
receive special privileges, however.
“Anything, Sergeant?” The woman he was
addressing turned to her comrade, who
was operating a communications unit. He
shook his head.
“Nothing, sir,” she replied. Kleiner
frowned. Not long ago, the radio had been
awash with reports of attacks and request
for aid: they were being hit and hit hard.
Then, almost as quickly as the signals had
started, they stopped. All that was left was
a tense silence.
Around him were the soldiers of his
personal command. There were other units
active on Starfall, but they were no longer
in direct contact. All he could rely on was
what he could see; a couple of infantry
squads, weapons teams, a Strider and
Mule. The transport couldn’t carry them
all; they would have to fight on foot.
They could contact the ships in orbit, but
Kleiner had learned over the years to trust
his instincts. Whatever was was attacking
them was still on Starfall. If they contacted
the ships, then the enemy might be able
to launch the same attacks and take them
– use the ships to leave the planet. That
could not be allowed to happen.
If he and his force could make it back to
the dropzone – an abandoned smuggler’s
hole called Devil’s Run – then they could
defend the landing routes from any attack
and, maybe, make it off-world unscathed.
He looked across to his troops.
“We’re moving out,” he barked, ”get
tactical, marines!”
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This GCPS army was built using the
GCPS Starter Force, which includes a
wide variety of units for building a strong
fighting force.
The army is led by General Kleiner, who
stands apart from the rest of his troops
with his ornate sword and laser pistol.
The core of the army is made up of a unit
of ten marines and another of ten rangers.
These two infantry units will be tasked
with claiming objectives and buildings
in battle – so both have been upgraded
with a sergeant and a comms operator. To
ensure that they keep their cool under fire
and take orders without a problem.
In order to deal with the massed infantry
of the Veer-Myn, there are no less than
four heavy weapons teams – split into two
squads of two with supporting engineers.
The mortars will work to supress the
Veer-Myn as they advance, while the
missile launchers will be great at dealing
with larger foes like the Nightmares.
Supporting these are two light vehicles
– a Mule and Strider. The Mule can be
used a transport for the marines, helping
them to seize objectives and providing
supporting fire from its autocannon.
The Strider, meanwhile, is fitted out for
close combat. Wielding a large chainsaw
and flamethrower, this is ideal for taking
on the Veer-Myn Hordes on their own
terms.
Starfall Reclamation Force
• General Kleiner • 2 Heavy Weapons Teams
Smoke Grenades, Laser Pisol and Assault Mortars and Engineer
Weapon (General)
• 2 Heavy Weapons Teams
• 10 Marines Missile Launchers and Engineer
2 Grenade Launchers, Comms Trooper,
and Sergeant with Heavy Laser Rifle. • Mule Transport
Autocannon
• 10 Rangers
Comms Trooper and Sergeant with • Strider
Grenades & Mines Urban Assault Upgrade

1,082 points, 2 Command Dice

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 Veer-Myn Miniatures Showcase
Starfall

Brood Mother Night Terror with Scythes Night Terror with Chem Sprayer

Nightmare with Chem Nightmare with Heavy Nightmare Ravager

Thrower and Combat Drill Chem Thrower

Progenitor with
Chemical Grenade
Launcher

Progenitor with
Spitter Rifle
Nightcrawlers and Stalkers

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 GCPS Miniatures Showcase

Mule Transport Urban Assault Strider

Mortar Heavy Weapons Team

Missile Launcher Heavy Weapons Team
Major General

Marine with
Grenade Launcher Marines
Marine Comms Trooper

Ranger Comms Trooper Engineer

Rangers

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 CAMPAIGN
Over the next few pages there is a simple linked narrative campaign for Warpath
Firefight. This uses the basic scenarios which can be found in your Firefight Rulebook
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and the recommended armies on pages 7 and 11. Through three exciting games, you
can battle an opponent to decide the final fate of the planet Starfall.

If you want to play though the campaign with different forces, then you only need to
swap out the recommended armies for those of your choice. We suggest forces of about
1,000 points each Perhaps a Plague incursion is trying to desperately break out of an
Enforcer blockade, or an army of Forge Fathers are honour bound to eliminate a band
of elusive Asterians. The only limit here is your imagination.

Battle 1: Ambush

As if by some silent command, the Veer-Myn appeared, surrounding the marines in a

matter of moments. Tharn smiled. The trap had been carefully set for the humans, now all
that was left was to spring it.

Use the Ambush Scenario from page 37 of the Firefight Rulebook. The GCPS forces are
the defenders and the Veer-Myn forces are the attackers.

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Battle 2: Breakthrough

Some of the humans had escaped the ambush. Skrat kicked one of his cousins for their
failure. This world would not be lost so easily. They would regroup and break the humans’
lines with fire and hatred. This world belonged to the Veer-Myn.

Use the Breakthrough Scenario from page 35 of the Firefight Rulebook. The winners of
Battle 1 are the attackers and the opposing forces are the defenders.

Battle 3: Last Stand

Kleiner felt like there should be a calm before the storm. A moment of import before the
marines started defending the dropzone. There was no such pause; his troops fought a
running battle against the aliens before taking up defensive positions and fighting to repel
yet another wave of attackers.

Use the Last Stand Scenario from page 36 of the Firefight Rulebook. The winners of
Battle 2 are the attackers and the opposing forces are the defenders.
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 Winning the
Campaign
If the GCPS player won two Battles, but
not Battle 3, then they have achieved a
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minor victory. The GCPS forces never
made it off world. But they fought back
enough to prevent the Veer-Myn from
escaping
If the GCPS player won two or more
battles, one of which was Battle 3, then
they have achieved a major victory.
The Veer-Myn’s advance was halted
and the humans were able to board the
evacuation Hornets.
If the Veer-Myn player won two battles,
but not Battle 3, then they have won a
minor victory. The GCPS’ presence on
Starfall is gone, but the Veer-Myn were
unable to use their craft to continue their
conquest…for now.
If the Veer-Myn player won two or more
battles, one of which was Battle 3, then
they have achieved a major victory. The
GCPS forces were no match for their
power, and now, armed with weaponised
starships, they are ready to spread across
the stars.
Advanced
Campaign Rules
Once you’re familiar with the Firefight
rules, you may want to add a little more
to your campaign. Here you will find a
couple of extra rules to help relive the
battle fought on Starfall. You can add
them to your games without trouble when
you are ready.
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Special Rule: World
Quakes
At the beginning of each turn, each player
rolls a dice. On a 4 + that player chooses
one of their opponent’s units. That unit
takes D3 AP3 hits (as per a shooting
attack). In addition, if you rolled a 6, you
must roll again. On a 4+ choose another
enemy unit to be hit, rolling again if you
roll a 6. Keep going until all enemy units
have been damaged, or you roll a 5 or less.
Note: these hits will cause suppression
just like any other shooting attack and
can cause a unit to become suppressed or
grounded.
Special Rule: Persistent
Casualties
After every game in the campaign, each
player keeps a track of which units were
wiped out during the battle. For each
of these units, roll a D6. On a roll of 1,
the unit may not take part in the next
battle. On a roll of 2-3, the unit begins the
next battle supressed, with a number of
suppression tokens equal to their nerve.
On a roll of 4+, the unit has recovered
and will fight in the next battle as normal.
Note that a wiped unit can take part in
battles after the next one. For example,
a unit which was wiped out in the 1st
game and rolled a 1 cannot fight in the
2nd battle, but fights in the 3rd without
penalty.
Expanding your weapons than infantry would be able to
Army - GCPS bring – such as a Heavy Burst Laser –
perfect for mowing down the teeming
The troops found the GCPS Starter Force
hordes of Veer-Myn.
are the perfect start to an army. If this
campaign has enlisted you into the armies
of the GCPS, the you’ll want to expand
Ranger Snipers
your forces with some heavy firepower
and vehicles.

Hornet

The elimination of Veer-Myn

commanders – such as progenitors or
Brood Mothers - is considered a high
priority by GCPS commanders. For this
task, they deploy Rangers armed with
Accutek LR-AWP Sniper Rifles to the
The TAD-65 Hornet Dropship is a
field. The soldiers utilise their state of the
mainstay of GCPS forces across the
art weapons to deadly effect. Add GCPS
galaxy. Armed with either a Rotary
Reserve Force Box mockup
Cannon or Laser Cannon, these sturdy
craft transport GCPS Ranger into the
thick of combat, weathering a storm of
Reserve Force
fire before lifting off to provide aerial
support

Strider with Burst

Laser

The GCPS
Reserve Force
includes all of
the above units to
add to your army and more.
It’s a great way to expand your force in
one go, or start a new, highly specialised
The ubiquitous Strider is a lumbering
army for the wars of the far future.
mech, piloted by a GCPS marine. These
towering walkers can mount much larger

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 Expanding your out of the sky, or total a Mule on the
Army – Veer-Myn ground. Some platforms instead mount
a Chemical Sprayer – a vicious anti-
The Veer-Myn Starter Force includes
infantry weapon.
hordes of all of the core troops you’ll need
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to start using the Veer-Myn in Warpath.

If this campaign has made you want to
Creepers
create your own brood, then you’ll need
to support your underlings with more
powerful (and nefarious) weapons.

Tuneller
There are those amongst the Veer-
Myn who even they will not trust. The
Creepers are thieves and saboteurs all,
relentlessly tinkering with machinery
and vehicles. These irritations are quickly
forgotten on the battlefield as enemy
equipment and communications fall into
disarray at the hands of the Creepers.
The Tunneller epitomises the Veer-Myn’s
way of war. Erupting unannounced
within the enemy’s ranks, it swiftly
Reserve Force
deploys deadly chemical weaponry that
burns the foe before they have a chance
to fight back. These machines can also act
as immense subterranean transports for
Veer-Myn infantry.

Rumbler

The Veer-Myn Reserve Force includes all

of the above units to add to your army
and more. It’s a great way to expand your
force in one go, or start a new, highly
The Veer-Myn are nothing if not
specialised army to begin your own
inventive, as the Rumbler Weapons
conquest of the stars!
Platforms show. Mounting a powerful
- if unstable - high energy laser, these
nefarious weapons can blow a Hornet

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OTHER WARPATH FACTIONS
Enforcers
The galaxy-spanning GCPS is ruled over
by the mysterious Council of Seven.
Although different corporations and
factions of humanity have their own
private militaries, the Council has their
own specialised force: the Enforcers.
Rigorously trained, armed and armoured
with the best equipment available,
and unquestioningly loyal, the
Enforcers ensure that the will
of the Council is done – both
inside and out of the GCPS.

Forge Fathers
The Forge Fathers are one of the
few races with the resources and
technology to stand against humanity.
The mighty Forge Father Star Realm
is powered by immense forge stars
and plied by indomitable ward ships,
maintaining and uneasy peace with
the GCPS. When valuable resources or
honour is at stake, however, the wrath
of the Forge Fathers is impossible to
withstand.

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 Asterians
The enigmatic Asterians have been seen across the stars
for centuries. They try not to interfere in the affairs
of other races, preferring to maintain balance above
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all. Recent events, such as humanity’s all-consuming

expansion and the Veer-Myn’s attempts to spread have
spurred them into action. In combat, the Asterians
avoid risking their own kind, instead deploying via
remote-controlled cybernetic warriors known as
Cyphers. Their technology is highly advanced and it
is only now that the lesser races are learning just how
much of a threat the Asterians can be.

Plague
On the edges of known space, alien artefacts
lay dormant on the surface on worlds ripe for
colonisation. As these devices are unearthed
and inevitably activated they release a
terrifying mutagen into any nearby life
forms These unfortunates have their DNA
rewritten, their physical forms mutated and
their minds warped beyond recognition.
They exist now only to spread the contagion
to all life in the galaxy. Despite the
best efforts of the Asterians and the
GCPS, Plague incursions are now
burning through the stars, making use
of their host species’ abandoned weapons
and vehicles to corrupt and destroy. These
Plague hosts are almost always human,
as it was humans who, in their hubris,
unleashed the Plague into the
galaxy once more.

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Kleiner wrenched his energy sword free from another of the wretched creatures. All
around him, the battle for Devil’s Run raged as storm clouds rolled overhead. There
was an squeal of pain as one of his rangers scored a kill with his rifle.

The storm clouds broke. Kleiner was the only one to look up and notice. They were
being caused by atmospheric displacement - a ship was descending. For a moment,
he was relieved that the fleet in orbit was about to provide support, until he saw the
vessel. It was too bulbous and smooth to be from the fleet and GCPS ships generally
didn’t sport tentacles. Kleiner reloaded the cartridge in his pistol and readied
himself.

This battle was nearly over, but the war was just beginning.

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Starfall

The ruined planet of Starfall is owned Inside you will find:

by the GCPS, who have dispatched
• A Narrative Campaign for
their private military to stake their
Warpath: Firefight
claim. However, they aren’t the only
ones who have a claim on this world. • Recommended Army Lists for the
The Veer-Myn have risen, conquering GCPS and the Veer-Myn
the world by force and now stand
• Background of the planet Starfall
ready to repel the would-be invaders.
The scene is set for a desperate battle • Showcase featuring miniatures
between two ruthless powers. Whose from the Mantic Studio
side will you choose?

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