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Bunker Battleplan 31: Springs of Lifewater

January 2026·Unnumbered card insert

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Armies searching for Aqua Ghyranis must plan around paired objectives that are initially inactive and only partly become available when an unpredictable geyser erupts. An underdog ability strengthens attacks around a contested target, while the scoring and tie-break rules reward both control and completed battle tactics over the five-round game.

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Battleplan 31 February 2026 card label General’s Handbook 2025–26 Aqua Ghyranis Paired objectives Underdog

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RulesWD 520 · pp. 36–47

Space Marine Operations: Thousand Sons

The cooperative mini-game gains a Chaos enemy roster and four operations inspired by Space Marine 2. Teleporting reinforcements, high-rend attacks and sorcery require different responses from the earlier Tyranid encounters, while each mission supplies its own map, spawning instructions, deadline and degrees of victory.

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RulesWD 520 · pp. 37–47

Thousand Sons: Enemy Groups and Cards

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RulesWD 520 · pp. 38–39

Vox Liberatis

The Marines must destroy the totems suppressing an astropathic relay while Chaos reinforcements arrive continuously. Working on an objective also attracts teleporting enemies, so progress creates its own danger; the final result distinguishes a clean extraction of the task from one achieved through casualties and revives.

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