Episode 73

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19th Mar 2026

500 Worlds! How to Play BOARDING ACTIONS and the VESPATOR FRONT campaign | 40k

Continuing with our coverage of the 500 Worlds - Titus supplement, Jonny is here to discuss Boarding Actions, as well as the new 'Dread Incursions' supplement. He covers exactly how this game mode differs from regular Warhammer 40,000 and how to play it.

Joshy follows this up with an overview of the 500 Worlds campaign system, 'War for the Vespator Front', covering the various steps of setting up your campaign, how alliances of players form and operate, as well as how exactly that relates to playing games of Warhammer 40,000.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Into and show notes

4:44 Boarding Actions: rules, changes, and additions

11:04 Boarding Actions: detachments and missions

19:38 Boarding Actions: the gaming board

24:42 DREAD INCURSIONS - a Boarding Actions supplement

32:05 Boarding Actions stories

38:22 The War on the Vespator Front CAMPAIGN SYSTEM

46:16 Vespator Front: The Campaign Phase - what happens between games

55:39 Playing the Vespator Front: alliance infrastructure, campaign events, theaters of war, and gameplay missions

01:14:57 Closing thoughts

TTP Field Manual is brought to you by Joshy and Jonny, best friends and tabletop gaming fans from the local group Trust the Process Hobbies. Die-hard fans of tabletop gaming, we use this podcast as a platform to share our ramblings about the hobby (though we cannot shut up about Warhammer).

By day, Joshy is a therapist; by night, an RPG aficionado raised on Final Fantasy and years of crafting his own Dungeons & Dragons worlds. Jonny, a technician, spends his downtime conquering more video games than Joshy can keep track of.

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About your hosts

Joshua Bryant

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By day, Joshy is a therapist; by night, he's an RPG aficionado who grew up on (not-so) Final Fantasies and crafting his own Dungeons & Dragons worlds.

Josh loves sci-fantasy, and so is quite at home with Warhammer! He plays Necrons, Adepta Sororitas, and Aeldari. His playstyle is reserved and cagey, preferring to outmaneuver his opponents before delivering the killing blow. His painting approach is a blend of fast painting styles and technical effects. He's the resident lore expert and wishes he could apply his encyclopaedic brain to other areas of life.

Jonathan Langtree

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Jonny, a technician, spends his downtime conquering more video games than Joshy can keep track of.

Jonny is a big fan of magic in his games and putting together vicious combos. He's the de facto Champion of Chaos when it comes to Warhammer, playing Chaos Knights, Thousand Sons, and Chaos Space Marines. He loves synergistic army lists and is always putting together new ideas. His painting approach is classic 'Eavy Metal.