New Primary Detachments and Mission Packs

I think this is what everyone wanted from day zero: a return of the drop pod assault army, and various other styles of play that used to be encoded directly in first and second edition through Master of the Legion and Rites of War. Warhammer Community released today two developments for third edition: a new set of missions, and a new set of primary detachments.

The Primary Detachments consist of:
 - Pride of the Legion (lots of terminators and veterans who gain line by replacing vanguard);
 - Fury of the Ancients (lots of dreadnoughts);
 - Sky-Hunter Phalanx (with direct inclusions for specific White Scars fast jets);
 - Armoured Spearhead (for tank heads);
 - Orbital Drop Assault (which is what a lot of people have missed).

For the Orbital Drop Assault, it is important to note that it is not recommended for regular play. I can just about see why, but there's a good argument for "why not" as well. There's a new drop chart come in to play which offsets the worst of the tactics, and for the main part it will work out just fine I think. The designers do note that a future supplement may provide missions in which these drop pod assaults are dealt with better. For the time being though, this is great.

The new missions pack is similar solid and provides a range of missions, boards, and objectives for players to compete for. There's nothing tremendously original (don't go in expecting the original Black Book series or anything), but they are good enough. 

Overall then, a great pair of additions to third edition!