;'''Battle for Armageddon''' was a strategic boardgame released by [[Games Workshop]] in 1992. Unlike the many miniatures-based games produced by GW, '''Armageddon''' was a more traditional counter and board game. It was one of four in GW's "Wargames Series", including [[Horus Heresy (Game Info)]] and [[Doom of the Eldar (Game)]], which used the same or similar principles. == Campaign ==The game represents the [[Second War for Armageddon]], between the [[Ork]] [[Waaagh!]] led by [[Warboss|Warlord]] [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka]], and the defending [[Imperial]] forces of the [[Hive World]] [[Armageddon]], [[Governor|Overlord]] [[Herman von Strab]], [[Commander]] [[Dante]] of the [[Blood Angels]], and Imperial [[Commissar Yarrick]]. Concentrating on the [[Armageddon Secundus]] region of the planet, the game is a mixture of strategy and resource management. == Expansion and Later Releases ==The game was originally released as a boxed game, while the expansion, ''Chaos Attack'' focused on the [[First War for Armageddon]] that takes place 300 years earlier. Both games were later released for [http://www.armageddon3.com/English/History/history_free.html free in pdf format] by Games Workshop to promote their [http://www.armageddon3.com/ 3rd War for Armageddon] Warhammer 40,000 campaign. The characters of Ghazghkull and Yarrick were later given rules for use in [[Warhammer 40,000]] and [[Space Marine (Game)]]. ==Game Information==
*Release Date: 1992
*Designer: [[Jervis Johnson]]
*Cover Art: [[Fangorn]]
*Art: [[Mark Gibbons]]
'''Battle for Armageddon''' was a strategic boardgame. Unlike the many Games Workshop games that use miniatures, this is a more traditional counter and board game.
The game represents the [[Second War for Armageddon]], between the invading [[Ork]]s under the leadership of the Ork Warlord [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka]] and the Imperial world of [[Armageddon]]'s defence forces under the joint command of [[Herman von Strab]], Overlord of Armageddon; [[Dante|Commander Dante]] of the [[Blood Angels]]; and Imperial Commissar [[Yarrick]]. Concentrating on the [[Armageddon Secundus]] region of the planet, the game is a mixture of strategy and resource management.
The game was originally released as a boxed game, while the expansion, ''Chaos Attack'' focused on the first war for Armageddon that takes place 300 years before Ghazghkull made his first foray into the Armageddon system.
Both games were later released for [http://www.armageddon3.com/English/History/history_free.html free in pdf format] by Games Workshop to promote their [http://www.armageddon3.com/ 3rd War for Armageddon] Warhammer 40,000 campaign.
The characters of Ghazghkull and Yarrick were later given rules for use in Warhammer 40,000 and [[Space Marine (Game)]].
The game was one of 4 in GW's "Wargames Series", which used the same or similar principles - the others including [[Horus Heresy (Game)]] and [[Doom of the Eldar (Game)]]
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