RE: [Epic] marine chapters (was: Orks with LandRaiders)

From: MCLAUGHLIN, RICHARD A. CPT <MCLAUGHLINR_at_...>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 15:17:05 +0200

<snip my old stuff>
<snip ADA Stuff>
<snip Drop Pod story>
<snip Tragic Attack Bike Story - obviously an anomaly>
  
MadMac explains:
>> I use 2 LR and 2 WG Term stands in every detachment to replicate the
>> wolfguard leaders dispersed through the army. Now I find out two LR
>> per detachment is cheesy, especially when I add Atk Bikes (Help me Obi
>> Wan, I've gone to the dark side).

Looney wonders:
> Well, if it was 1 LR and 2 WG that would be OK, and with in the spirit
> of your army. You are running an army that is tribal, not TO&E type
> army, so doing this is not a bad thing. 2 LR is not all that bad. I
> don't have Codex:Space Puppies handy, but I think AB is, well, not
> really in the Space Wolves. I could be wrong here, but isn't only Blood
> Claws bike riders? Or do you mix Long Fangs, Gray Hunters and Blood
> Claws in a single detachment? What ever.

MadMac's Epic40K Wolves:
How I got there. Remember I come from years of 40K and 6 months of
Epic.
Terminators (especially character terminators) dominate the 40K
battlefield.
When we started Epic40K I noticed that a LR could carry 10 Term while in
40K
it could carry 5. I also thought that the unmodified save "stunk" to
much
like the character cheese that drove me away from 40K and Warhammer
Fantasy.

The other players quickly jumped at my suggestion that terminators take
up
2 transport slots. Probably because I play marines, it didn't hurt
them.

The Attack Bike. WD 210 lists AB in the SPT Section of the Space Wolf
Detachment for 12pts. How could anyone live without it. And since you
asked,
My Great Company Sabretooth:

Supreme Commander w Jumpack

Team Sabre: CMD - WL in LR
                                        PK
Main Force - WG Term (HvWpn) in LR Support - Attack Bike (3)
                        WG Term (HvWpn) in LR
Attack Bike (2)
                        Grey Hunter(2) in Rhino
                        Grey Hunter(2) in Rhino
                        Blood Claw Bike(3)
                  
Team Cyclone: CMD - WL in LR
                                   PK
Main Force - WG Term (HvWpn) in LR Support - Attack Bike (3)
                        WG Term (HvWpn) in LR LR
                        Blood Claw Bike(3)
     LR

My Epic40K Army is built around these two combined
arms teams. The WG Term can soak up a lot of damage.
LR 'Nuff said'. The Inf & Bikes hold their own in
H to H. IMHO the AB is the best "all around" vehicle
in my army. Fast, cheap, and FP.

Add Team Renegade: 10 Blood Claws w JP delivered by
        Team IronHawk: Thunderhawks (2) and Marauders (3)
        or Drop Pods (luv em). Free up Team IronHawk for Ground attack.

MadMac
Received on Mon Sep 08 1997 - 13:17:05 UTC