It sounds like you are also in favour of the IG being the backbone of any
force with the other Imp Lists forming a support role.
You seem to have a handle on it and these tend to work for one offs (is that
hwo you use them?) but, how do they handle a campaign setup or am I assuming
that you have really huge battles when you tend to run smaller campaigns.
Darryl H
>From: Albert Farr� Benet <cibernyam_at_...>
>I agree in part with you.
>
>We have the following house rules:
>
>1. The limit of SM armies in Battle is 10000 pts. Although a full SM
>Chapter is worth more than 10000 pts no commander will be fool enough to
>send everybody and forget about reserves or covering units to protect the
>back of the army. This "protecting" units are not present in the game field
>as they play no role.
>
>2. Only in very special circumstances two SM chapters fight together. So we
>don't allow more than one company card of other chapters. That's ONLY ONE
>company, so playing Blood Angels and purchasing RavenWing forbid's the use
>of DeathWing, Space Wolves or any other SM army.
>
>3. IG can be purchased without limit, following the normal rules (IG
>support (and Special) cards must go with IG company cards). Note that this
>allows SM to take part in 10000+ pts games. It's quite clear that in big
>battles SM should fulfill an assault (&Surgical strike) role supported with
>IG artillery and other units while in smaller fights they can easily stand
>on their own
>
>4. Tech Guard (& Titan Legions) cannot be more than 25% of the total army
>strength.
>
>Exceptionally this can be (over and under)limited due to campaign fluff
>(two chapters together, etc...)
>
>We don't normally allow Titan legions on their own but as half TL and half
>IG
>
>Albert
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jyrki.saari_at_...
> To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:06 AM
> Subject: RE: [NetEpic ML] Combining Empire forces
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ext Darryl Hilbig [mailto:darrylhilbig_at_...]
> > Sent: 26. November 2001 20:24
> > To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [NetEpic ML] Combining Empire forces
> >
> >
> > IMO (I'm to shy to be humble)the following restrictions
> > should apply to
> > combined Imperial Forces (or even their Chaos Equivalents:
> >
> > SPACE MARINES:
> > Are an elite formation and as such should be limited to 25%
> > to 33% of a
> > total force in a battle or campaign.
> > They are supposed to be used for those tough jobs like
> > Beachheads, Deep
> > Strike Assaults, vanguard on a relief force etc.
> > I see them as being similar to (in Military Forces parlance)
> > the Special
> > Forces in modern armies e.g. Green Berets, SAS, Red Berets,
> > Commandoes,
> > Spetznaz, Republican Guard etc to name a few. These units
> > are relatively
> > few in number compared to the rest of the Defence Forces of
> > the armies they
> > belong to.
> >
> [snip]
>
> The problem with Space Marines is that they are not true special forces
>in the sense SAS, SEALs and Spetznaz are. Rather, they're a cross between
>special forces and a rapid deployment force, usually forming the first wave
>of reinforcements. The marines have been used in normal military operations
>many times during Imperial history in a way no true special forces would
>ever have been. Black Templars, for example, are constgantly "liberating"
>planets completely on their own without any support from the regular armed
>forces (IG and Navy).
>
> If Imperium has any true special forces it's the Grey Knights and Mentor
>Legion.
>
> Jyrki Saari
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