Warhammer 40.000 Chaos Gate



Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate is a computer game set in the gothic science fiction backdrop of the Games Workshop game system Warhammer 40,000. In it players take command of a number of squads of Ultramarines under the leadership of Captain Kruger. They are pitted against the armies of the Chaos Lord Zymran, who commands the traitor marines of the Word Bearers and their demonic allies. In the Warhammer 40,000 background, the Ultramarines and Word Bearers are ancient enemies from when they fought during the Horus Heresy.

Gameplay
The game is turn-based and takes part on a gridded playing screen. Each turn an Ultramarine can take a certain number of actions, according to how many Action Points he has. Actions include moving, throwing a grenade, and firing a weapon. The Chaos AI then takes its turn in the same way. Ultramarine players command a number of squads, vehicles and characters from the Space Marines Codex.

Chaos Gate features several RPG-like elements. The same Space Marines are used in each mission, and they can gain experience and better statistics as they take part in more missions. Dead Marines are never replaced, so this adds a new level of difficulty to the game.

Chaos Gate was made when Warhammer 40,000 was still in 2nd edition, so it uses a lot of weapons and other rules that have since been removed from the tabletop game (such as different weapon names and psychic powers).

Platforms

Chaos Gate is currently only available for Microsoft Windows, originally for Windows 95/Windows 98. Chaos Gate was developed by Random Games and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). In its latest release by Hasbro Games, Chaos Gate was bundled with Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000, set in Games Workshop's Epic 40,000 game system that pitted the forces of Humanity against marauding Orks.

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