Testers wanted: Marine v. 'nids campaign

I would definitely be interested!

As I am at work at the moment, I only had time to glance the article, but it does look good. I will read a bit more when I'm at home this evening.

One thing I noticed, is that the scientists have ini4 in the first scenario.It probably doesn't matter, as the enemy consists only of stealers and lictors, but a normal human should really not have a stat higher than 3.

That said; Lictors and Stealers. You're winning points here, man.

What size table is this meant to be played on? Standard size or something smaller? Do you have a table for what the XP is used for?

Yeah, the adamantium clipboards made me laugh when I read that.

I'll see if I can get a friend of mine to play these scenario(s) in the weekend.

But it looks pretty cool so far.

I don't think I'll have any opportunities to test these scenarios, but here are my comments:

Scenario 1: Planetfall
Army Composition:
Space Marines:
You should either specify that units are taken from Codex: Dark Angels, or use the generic names for units from Codex: Space Marines. A "Company Master" is the equivalent of a "Captain," and shouldn't be confused with a "Chapter Master."
Special Rules:
Lurkers:
The Genestealers are very unusual in that they assault in the enemy turn. It looks like you intended for them to be placed in base contact with the Space Marine unit when they are deployed. Since they do not make a charge move, you need to specify whether or not they gain a bonus attack from charging and if they are affected by the (presumably) difficult terrain.
Shadow Vanguard:
When you say that "the Lictors require no reserve roll to come into play," do you mean that the Tyranid player chooses whether to pass or fail the reserve roll, or that the the Tyranid player chooses before the game what turn they arrive from reserves?
Setup:
A Genestealer Brood can share a terrain piece with a biosample, but can one terrain piece contain more than one biosample and/or more than one Genestealer Brood, or should the Tyranid player re-roll those results?
Victory and Scoring:
It's a little ambiguous what the conditions are for a Space Marine squad to deliver a biosample to a scientist. After a Space Marine squad moves into a terrain piece containing a biosample, they have it in their possession. So a scientist collects it by moving within some distance of the Space Marine squad? Can the sample still be collected from the terrain piece after the Space Marines have it? What happens if the Space Marine unit is destroyed while it has the sample? Can a unit hold more than one biosample? Does the Company Master count for the purposes of delivering biosamples?
Other:
I would change the "Special Guests" rule and make the scientists Independent Characters. Allow an exception that they can leave their unit while it is locked in close combat, as per the rules for Hit & Run (he is assumed to automatically pass the initiative check). This also provides the conditions for delivering objectives (a scientist collects a biosample by joining the Space Marine unit which has one).
Also as a note, the "Bonus" scenario rewards are mutually exclusive with the opponent's "RPG" scenario rewards.


Scenario 1a: Pest Control
Special Rules:
Bug Hunt:
In other words, they have Heavy Flamers.
“They're coming outta the damn walls!”:
Are the Genestealers and Lictors independent, or do they arrive as a unit?
Setup:
It sounds like the hive does not cover the whole board. If not, how much of the board should it take up and how many places should the Space Marines be able to enter it?
If the hive is supposed to be underground, is it intentional that the Hive Guard can shoot through the walls with Indirect Fire?


Scenario 1b: Sabotage
Special Rules:
Searchlights:
The "Unit Type: Artillery" of the searchlight seems to imply that they can be moved by the Scouts as if they were gun models in an Artillery unit. Was this intentional? Similarly, did you intend for the objectives (which are "Infantry") to be mobile?
Dead of Night:
Cover saves can't be improved over 2+, so it doesn't matter if Stealth or Shrouded apply.
Setup:
You might want to specify how large the table should be. Moving the searchlights D6" in a random direction, the Tyranid player may be able to win without having any units illuminated, even on a moderately-sized board. I would allow the controlling player to choose the direction when a "hit" is rolled for scatter.