Chaos Cult Crushing the NOVA Open with Derek Apsche

In this week's episode Nick interviews Derek Apsche, Derek is fresh off the back of a first place victory at the NOVA Open with his Max Cultist Chaos army! They go into all of the details for how it works and how Derek came up with it here!

In part two of the show, available to our patrons deep dive into all of Derek's games with play by play tactics and strategies from the man himself!

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1. Chaos Space Marines 2. Strike Force (2000 points) 3. Chaos Cult 4. CHARACTERS 5. Cypher (90 points) 6. • 1x Cypher’s bolt pistol 7. 1x Cypher’s plasma pistol 8. Dark Apostle (95 points) 9. • 1x Dark Apostle 10. • 1x Accursed crozius 11. 1x Bolt pistol 12. • Enhancement: Amulet of Tainted Vigour 13. • 2x Dark Disciple 14. • 2x Close combat weapon 15. Dark Commune (80 points) 16. • 1x Cult Demagogue 17. • Warlord 18. • 1x Autopistol 19. 1x Commune stave 20. • Enhancement: Incendiary Goad 21. • 1x Mindwitch 22. • 1x Close combat weapon 23. 1x Warp Curse 24. • 1x Iconarch 25. • 1x Autopistol 26. 1x Chaos Icon 27. 1x Close combat weapon 28. • 2x Blessed Blade 29. • 2x Commune blade 30. Dark Commune (75 points) 31. • 1x Cult Demagogue 32. • 1x Autopistol 33. 1x Commune stave 34. • Enhancement: Warped Foresight 35. • 1x Mindwitch 36. • 1x Close combat weapon 37. 1x Warp Curse 38. • 1x Iconarch 39. • 1x Autopistol 40. 1x Chaos Icon 41. 1x Close combat weapon 42. • 2x Blessed Blade 43. • 2x Commune blade 44. Fabius Bile (85 points) 45. • 1x Fabius Bile 46. • 1x Chirurgeon 47. 1x Rod of Torment 48. 1x Xyclos Needler 49. • 1x Surgeon Acolyte 50. • 1x Surgeon Acolyte’s tools 51. BATTLELINE 52. Cultist Mob (50 points) 53. • 1x Cultist Champion 54. • 1x Autopistol 55. 1x Brutal assault weapon 56. • 9x Chaos Cultist 57. • 9x Autopistol 58. 9x Brutal assault weapon 59. Cultist Mob (50 points) 60. • 1x Cultist Champion 61. • 1x Bolt pistol 62. 1x Brutal assault weapon 63. • 9x Chaos Cultist 64. • 9x Autopistol 65. 9x Brutal assault weapon 66. Cultist Mob (50 points) 67. • 1x Cultist Champion 68. • 1x Autopistol 69. 1x Brutal assault weapon 70. • 9x Chaos Cultist 71. • 9x Autopistol 72. 9x Brutal assault weapon 73. Cultist Mob (50 points) 74. • 1x Cultist Champion 75. • 1x Autopistol 76. 1x Brutal assault weapon 77. • 9x Chaos Cultist 78. • 9x Autopistol 79. 9x Brutal assault weapon 80. Cultist Mob (50 points) 81. • 1x Cultist Champion 82. • 1x Autopistol 83. 1x Brutal assault weapon 84. • 9x Chaos Cultist 85. • 9x Autopistol 86. 9x Brutal assault weapon 87. Traitor Guardsmen Squad (70 points) 88. • 1x Traitor Sergeant 89. • 1x Corrupted pistol 90. 1x Power weapon 91. • 9x Traitor Guardsmen 92. • 9x Close combat weapon 93. 1x Flamer 94. 6x Lasgun 95. 1x Meltagun 96. 1x Plasma gun 97. Traitor Guardsmen Squad (70 points) 98. • 1x Traitor Sergeant 99. • 1x Corrupted pistol 100. 1x Power weapon 101. • 9x Traitor Guardsmen 102. • 9x Close combat weapon 103. 1x Flamer 104. 6x Lasgun 105. 1x Meltagun 106. 1x Plasma gun 107. Traitor Guardsmen Squad (70 points) 108. • 1x Traitor Sergeant 109. • 1x Corrupted pistol 110. 1x Power weapon 111. • 9x Traitor Guardsmen 112. • 9x Close combat weapon 113. 1x Flamer 114. 6x Lasgun 115. 1x Meltagun 116. 1x Plasma gun 117. Traitor Guardsmen Squad (70 points) 118. • 1x Traitor Sergeant 119. • 1x Corrupted pistol 120. 1x Power weapon 121. • 9x Traitor Guardsmen 122. • 9x Close combat weapon 123. 1x Flamer 124. 6x Lasgun 125. 1x Meltagun 126. 1x Plasma gun 127. Traitor Guardsmen Squad (70 points) 128. • 1x Traitor Sergeant 129. • 1x Corrupted pistol 130. 1x Power weapon 131. • 9x Traitor Guardsmen 132. • 9x Close combat weapon 133. 1x Flamer 134. 6x Lasgun 135. 1x Meltagun 136. 1x Plasma gun 137. Traitor Guardsmen Squad (70 points) 138. • 1x Traitor Sergeant 139. • 1x Corrupted pistol 140. 1x Power weapon 141. • 9x Traitor Guardsmen 142. • 9x Close combat weapon 143. 1x Flamer 144. 6x Lasgun 145. 1x Meltagun 146. 1x Plasma gun 147. DEDICATED TRANSPORTS 148. Chaos Rhino (75 points) 149. • 1x Armoured tracks 150. 1x Combi-bolter 151. 1x Combi-weapon 152. 1x Havoc launcher 153. OTHER DATASHEETS 154. Accursed Cultists (180 points) 155. • 10x Mutant 156. • 10x Blasphemous appendages 157. • 6x Torment 158. • 6x Hideous mutations 159. Accursed Cultists (180 points) 160. • 10x Mutant 161. • 10x Blasphemous appendages 162. • 6x Torment 163. • 6x Hideous mutations 164. Accursed Cultists (180 points) 165. • 10x Mutant 166. • 10x Blasphemous appendages 167. • 6x Torment 168. • 6x Hideous mutations 169. ALLIED UNITS 170. Beasts of Nurgle (70 points) 171. • 1x Putrid appendages 172. Daemonettes (100 points) 173. • 1x Alluress 174. • 1x Slashing claws 175. • 9x Daemonette 176. • 1x Daemonic Icon 177. 1x Instrument of Chaos 178. 9x Slashing claws 179. Nurglings (40 points) 180. • 3x Nurgling Swarm 181. • 3x Diseased claws and teeth 182. Seekers (80 points) 183. • 1x Heartseeker 184. • 1x Lashing tongue 185. 1x Slashing claws 186. • 4x Seeker 187. • 1x Daemonic Icon 188. 1x Instrument of Chaos 189. 4x Lashing tongue 190. 4x Slashing claws