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| == The Basics ==
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| The Dark Vengeance box is GW's new scheme to get new players in.
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| Basically, the idea you can just buy this one box, some paint, and be a 40k player - without forcing newcomers to choose an army, buy a codex, pick units...
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| It's also a very good deal for people who just want lots of units, as one of the main barriers to entering 40k is general cost of entry (or re-entry in my case) into the game.
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| The box contains a very basic rulebook, another smaller one that explains the basic rules in a very simple and easy to learn way, two flexible rulers, some dice, and two small armies ([[Dark Angels]] vs [[Chaos Space Marines]]). This is the box that made [[Crimson Slaughter]] a thing, and the battle is meant to represent a conflict between these two armies focusing around the gem of fire (referenced in their respective codexes, in Warzone:Pandorax and in a few BL books).
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| == Model-wise, the box contains ==
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| '''Chaos side:'''
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| 20x cultists (10 shooty cultists - champion with shotgun, heavy stubber and 10 melee cultists);
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| 6x chosen (champion with power mace, unit has 1*2 lightning claws, 1*power axe, 1*power fist);
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| 1x Hellbrute (with a multi-melta and CC weapon);
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| 1x chaos lord (with plasma pistol and power sword);
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| '''Dark Angels side:'''
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| 10x Tactical Marines (sergeant with plasma pistol, unit has 1* plasma cannon, 1* plasma gun)
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| 5x Terminators (1*chainfist, 1* assault cannon);
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| 3x Bikes (1*plasma gun);
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| 1x Librarian (basic loadout with force sword);
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| 1x Company master (with power sword and combi-plasma);
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| Note that basically all of these models are very good quality and look badass (especially the chosen and chaos lord), although their actual performance can be terrible (again, [[Derp|especially the chosen and chaos lord]]). They are therefore very often used for conversions.
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| Confirmed players often convert the DA into [[Fallen Angels]], or swap one half of their army with someone else, to get one good army instead of two starter armies.
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| == Issues ==
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| Inside the box, the two armies are very unequal, both in points and list.
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| This was done on purpose, so that the DA player always wins: when a newcomer enter a GW store and asks to try out the game, the staff inside will generally just take out a ready painted and assembled Dark Vengeance box, and give him the "good guys" (ie, DA).
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| As the DA basically always win, this will leave the noob with a happy feeling of victory and make him more inclined to buy stuff!
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