Games Workshop - Kill Team: Octarius (2021 Starter Set)

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v=1628929887","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":20468347109434,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0. Still, such drawbacks are temporary; as Atom Smasher rightly notes, the Compendium is obviously a “stopgap” solution to make all factions playable in Kill Team 2. However, what the players need to keep in mind is that there are also Tactical Ploys that can be used during the battle and use the same pool of CP to play.

And, while the Compendium does actually offer a fair stack of cool-looking faction specific Strategic and Tactical Ploys, Equipment options, and more, to give your Grey Knights, Tau, or Death Guard Kill Teams flavour – I can’t help but notice there’s also an awful lot of blank space among its dozens of pages of phat datacards – each of which takes up the same half-page slot, regardless of whether it has several special rules to fit in, or none at all. First things first: the Kill Team 2nd Edition Core Book, and the Octarius supplement (both included in the Octarius box set) are a couple of the spiffiest-looking books GW has ever produced.So, to recap, the Kill team: Octarius box set comes with just about everything you could ever need to set yourself up with an Ork Kommandos or DKoK Kill Team, and a few extra bits to ensure that your games of Kill Team can happen on an interesting battlefield. Of course, as with the DKoK, the majority of the Orks can be assembled in different ways, either as Kommandoz or various specialists, so you’ll have plenty of build options to choose from – as well as plenty of spares for your bits box. In the box we also get two books – the Core Book with the main rules for playing games of Kill Team and the Octarius supplement containing lore about the Octarius system, the rules for the content in the box and some Octarius themed narrative content!

These combat gauges feature the new system’s symbols and are perfect for slotting into narrow gaps between operatives when a regular tape measure would be too cumbersome. Get straight into the game with a double-sided game mat, two decks of 27 Tactical Ops cards, and 10 dice.

It’ll just add insult to injury if and when those datacards arrive later and are sold separately, too. Next up we have a double sided playing surface – if you have picked up any of the recent 40k or AOS board sets you know what to expect here – these are really handy to have in the box meaning you can get set up and play just on a dining room table! Apart from all that funny business about the movement gauges and symbols, there’s one other major source of consternation among would-be fans of the new Kill Team, and, as is so often the case with Warhammer, it’s about rulebooks and pricing. Additional Accessories: Get straight into the game with a double-sided game mat, two decks of 27 Tactical Ops cards, and 10 dice. This book had just about everything you needed to play Kill Team in it – bar the info for two or three factions, which I have been reliably informed were released later.