Imperial Armour Vol 3, 2nd Ed "The Tauros Campaign" Part 3

This book updates the rules for all of Forge World’s Tau units. This is the bit I’m really looking forward to, as I’ve used FW units in the past (UK tournaments are increasingly allowing FW) and they really boosted the Cadre. In particular Tetras and Hammer Head plasma cannon turrets were very strong.

So I’ll run through the units in the traditional way – HQ, Elites, Troops, Fast Attack and Heavy and see what they can do. I’ll focus on how things have changed.

Imperial Armour Vol 3, 2nd Ed "The Tauros Campaign" Part 2

The Tauros Campaign is a series of 12 linked Missions, which takes the players through the campaign described in the book. It starts with the Avenging Sons assault on the Governors Palace, and finishes with Tau forces harassing the imperial retreat. The missions are not entirely balanced, but they'll be a blast to play.

Imperial Armour 3, Second Edition "The Tauros Campaign

I got my copy last week and spend the weekend reading it. I’m going to split the review into 3 parts – the “story”, the campaign, and then the rules. The first 2 parts will be shorter than the third! This is a reprint of the original book. I don't have the original book, so for those that do the first 2 parts of the review might be pretty pointless. 

 

Firstly, I should say I’m not a great fluff guy. It’s interesting and all, but it’s not what really interests me inthe hobby. I enjoy the painting, the modelling and the gaming far more. I’ve read some of the Black Library stuff - it’s interesting, and it passes the time, but it doesn’t really “grip” me. Having said that, I do quite like narrative gaming, and I was looking forward to reading the campaign.

So with that in mind – how was the story? Well I quite liked it really!

Oh – BTW – “Spoiler Alert”!