The Long Night

THE SHORT VERSION

Pete Haines’s Terminator force, led by Marneus Calgar, races to secure a disabled Necron Monolith before dawn. Mat Ward uses two unusually equipped Lords, Flayed Ones and Tomb Spyders rather than relying on a Resurrection Orb, while the arrival of both armies’ reserves dictates a rapidly changing fight around the still-functioning portal.

Calgar holds the entrance alone through the dangerous middle turns, denying fresh Warriors a convenient arrival point. Late Terminator and Librarian reinforcements destroy the Pariah threat and help secure an Ultramarines victory; the reviews credit armour and timing but identify Mat’s initial deployment and distribution of wargear as opportunities missed.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 304, pp. 36–45.

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