Re: [Epic] [Epic 40k] Ideal 2000 point Armies

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 22:25:23 -0700

Sean Smith wrote:
>
> On Thu 05 Mar, COOK MATTHEW JOHN wrote:
> > On 4 Mar 98 at 19:26, Sean Smith wrote:
> >
> > > It would be interesting to see different list members
> > > ideal 2000 point army lists.
> >
> > Do you mean ideal as in if we had the minatures or ideal as in
> > whats the best forces we feel we could put togethor with our own
> > minis.
>
> By 'ideal' I mean the best army you can design, assuming
> you have unlimited access to minatures
>
> > Also any restrictions on anything?
>
> No restrictions
>
> > What scenarios rules?
>
> based on the assumption that you could be playing any of the
> six scenerios on pages 87 to 97 of the battle book, but
> you don't know which scenerios in advance.
>
> > Is it for a campaign?
>
> No, but assume that you be fighting several battles, each time
> facing a different army in a different scenerio.
>
> > Do you mean the force most likely to win with or without cheese or
> > flavourfull? Ie in SM/TL would have lots of Madboyz, as many as
> > possible but not for how good they were just for fun!
> >
>
> I think the fact that you don't what type of army and scenerio you
> will be playing will limit cheese, so I say full flavour.
>
> > > It would also be interesting
> > > if player wrote about the strength and weakness of their
> > > ideal army and best way to use the various detachments in
> > > their ideal army.
> >
> > Hard to do this without playtesting it and if you are talking with
> > minis you havent actually got that makes this a bit impractical.
> >
>
> However it does inform newbies what minis they should consider
> buying and why.
>
> > > This would help inform list members of the
> > > different styles of play. I will design ideal army myself,
> > > and post it to the list tomorrow.
> >
> > I will be interested in the results just want some ground rules first
> > so everyone goes allong same ideas.
> > Will be most interesting if we get many from the same armies to see
> > if similar styles or different.
> >
>
> Well I hope my reply to you provides list members with enough ground
> rules and I have already suggested a standard format.
>
> > > If other people are interested posting an ideal army to the
> > > list I suggest they use the format below, because it will make
> > > it easier compare the different player ideal armies of the same
> > > race. All ideal army should be designed assuming that they
> > > could be facing an army of any of the other races and using any
> > > of the second set of six scenerios in the battle book.
> >
> > Opps missed that line strike my comment on scenarios.
>
> ---
> Sean Smith
>
> Seans_at_...
>
> ---Wow, six replies now and that was just to get the rules straight!

Thane
Received on Thu Mar 05 1998 - 05:25:23 UTC