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This is a BIG one! In this Death or Glory mission the Ultramarines must defend their base in a final stand against 4000 points of Tyranids who look to destroy and devour all that stand in their way.

JT built a custom board that represents a fortified Ultramarine base. The battlefield is completed with scatter terrain from Gamemat.eu. 

Brent from our first Apocalypse game is back to try and run over the Ultramarines. The mission parameters are simple. If the Tyranids destroy every single Ultramarine they win. If Tak can somehow weather the storm and a single Ultramarine survives then the boys in blue power armour will win.

The ability for us at Play On to create impressive battlefields and battles is very much due to everyone here on Patreon. We couldn't have done this without you and knowing you are waiting to see what is next helps drive us. Thank you!

PS: Which thumbnail excites you more? The scene thumbnail or our standard versus thumbnail (pictured below). Inquiring minds want to know.

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4000 POINTS! Tyranids vs Ultramarines Death or Glory Battle Report

This is a BIG one! A world protected by the Ultramarines is being invaded by a massive Hive Fleet and only one base stands between the Tyranids and total annihilation. Tak is back with his Ultramarines and must defend the base. Brent and his Tyranids look to destroy and devour all that stand in the way.

Comments

Jordy

Vs’s thumb nail. You can’t really see the tyranids in the scene one.

Peter Gronfeldt

Scene one is nicer… vs one a bit messy…

Torbern Klason

Alright! Nice to see Tak. He is very TACtical :-D I really love watching these episodes

Bartosz Kudyba

Scene thumbnail looks better but as Jordy said there are almost no Nids visible there

Álvaro Frutos Gutiérrez

I agree with Bartosz. As per aspect the scene is nicer. But the VS is more appropriate

Tobias Norling

Awesome. (I like the scene thumbnail is cooler, it does lack any properly visible nids though.)

ChimichangaJones

I dig the Versus personally. Both armies in your face, I wonder if you could blend both. Like same background but with head to head close iOS. Almost feels like a UFC ad (in a good way).

Matthew

Personally I love both, but from other channels what always set play on apart from other battle reports on YouTube was the cinematic snapshot so I vote scene. Also that battle report was AWESOME! Love to see nids munching :)

jordan Keeps

its probably just me, when the games are this big it would be awesome to have a longer video to see more :)

Tomliginyu

Loved it guys, it was fantastic.

Tyler

Scene thumbnail

JoeyP91

Fantastic job on this one. Was thrilled to see an Astraeus on the field. As for Thumbnails; the Scene thumbnail is more visually appealing. But the VS thumbnail is more suited to the video itself.

Tom Lavery

I like the versus thumbnail

Skert

Great job! I think i'm on team "scene thumbnail" but only by a hair *Also: some very solidly funny editor's notes from Tak lol

Skert

Unsure if intentional but potential tiny typo at 17:16, seeing a "Holdy steady" instead of "Hold steady" in the not field that pops up.

Tyler

Yes! So stoked you guys brought out the Astraeus. That was epic.

Martin Koehn

Great episode! I'd love to see more battles at this scale.

Sami Dib

Verses thumbnail I rlly like, plus this was such a great game! Even though it was a pyrrhic victory, I think the nids will eventually take the planet. NOW its time to call the GUARD!!!

Grady McCormick

That was nuts. I love these types of battles. I actually like the vs thumbnail because it gives a inkling of what each army's possibly going to consist of

Daedricanid

You guys just keep getting better. This is why I love the content. It's just gets more and more beautiful with the addition of destroyed tanks on the field, blown out bunkers, the great defensive positioning... I would love to see more massive assaults on defensive positions like this again. P.S. I vote for scene thumbnail with a better shot so you can see the nids.

Jeron Diovis

Losing all the static defence in one turn was so painful to watch. At that point I thought Tak won't make it. Also great music editing, really makes tension.

Judd Mercer

Great battle! The only suggestion I'd have is that the very end felt a tad rushed. I had to rewind to catch the score again.

Vulkansbanhammer

Tak.....did you let Steve touch your dice? What the actual F.

Collin McDonald

That was a crazy awesome battle you guys!

matthew perrin

This was exactly the sort of game that makes your content so special. I think it’s everyone’s hobby dream to play such an incredibly big scaled game with the narrative and the excitement and buzz from a group of pals enjoying it. I’ll have to show this one to the girlfriend again because if this doesn’t convince her how incredible this hobby is and why she should start I don’t know what else will 😂.

Roger Crisostomo

Please do a video on how the board was built

Linton Harrison

Absolutely fantastic game, Brent and Tak are both great players and opponents, and this illustrated that perfectly.

Jimmy Williams

Scene thumbnail looks great. Loved the video and “the house rules” you added in. Great stuff but seemed to end rather quickly. Overall, awesome work! Good to see Brent back.

Richard Fortuna

It seemed a little unbalanced to require the Nids completely TABLE a dug-in Ultramarines force in 5 turns, but MAN what a visual. That being said, the visuals and the spectacle were out of this world! You guys have got THE BEST battle reports, hands down!

Sleazy.P

Great stuff guys. The production, the vibe, the great opponents are all top notch. That big of a game in 45 mins, and without losing anything in quality is amazing.

Thertra

That was very cool to watch!

Felix Wun

Such a great Idea. love it!

Mari Nada

That was wicked!

lukas gustavson

I became a Patreon simply because the nids finally arrived!! Amazing epicness!!

Endermaximum

"Are you spending 2 command points on one aggressor?" ".... Yeah"

Danny Cross

I don’t think I’m wrong in stating that this is the best battle report I’ve ever watched. It was so gripping right from the start! Ultramarine fanboy that I am was so happy to see all the amazingly painted models :) just epic please keep it coming.

James

Prefer the vs thumbnail. Give a better sense of what the stakes are than just the shot of the Ultramarines.

Matthew Stolnis

Absolutely amazing content, guys. Blown away by the production value of your videos, and once again, inspiring me to do more terrain based battles at home as well.

Joshua Rivers

There's no better way for calgar to die than to a thorassic spine maw. Love it. Fantastic battep maybe my fave!

Torbern Klason

Can you post the army lists? It was a great game but I had a bit of problem to catch all the units in the space marine army. The battle was GREAT

Luke Archer

great job guys! Well done on getting such an epic battle in the format! Agree with a couple of comments regarding the ending feeling rushed - not sure if it has something to do with the quick edit to the handshake and no commentary before? VS thumbnail for me. Keep up the amazing work!

Nathan DePumpo

This is GREAT! Hopefully gonna see some blood angels soon!

Niko Miller

The table looks fantastic. Great job as usual

Tom Francis

Tak your painting of the ultramarines is amazing, from memory you airbrush them? If you ever feel the urge to do a painting guide I am totally down to watch that! Highlighting vehicles that well is hard :( And i have a whole guard battalion and a sicaran omega waiting for me!