On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Christian Taylor wrote:
> In case no one else has said so, thanks for all of the details you've been
> sharing with the group. As someone who is actually kind of excited about
> how E40k will play, I've found it all very illuminating. I just hope they
> haven't done a half-assed effort of writing up the rules, rule ambiguity
> being one of GW's weak points (IMHO).
well, you're welcome... As you can tell from the tone of my posts I've
played a couple (5-6) games of E40k, and I like it. My main reason for
posting what I know is a lot of people are scared of E40k given GW's
reputation (well deserved IMO). I just wanted to get some facts out so
poeple don't give it a miss based on just rumors.
> You wouldn't be able to give an example of builing a detachment, and/or
> how the unit costs work to do so?
No problem, since I'm an Imperial Guard player I'll do an example of that.
SO I go to the Armies book and look under Imperial.
We've got IG infantry, Armor, Artillery, and SHV Company... I'll start
with Infantry.
1st I need to choose a command (HQ) The only option for IG Inf is up to 3
command squads represented by one IG unit (stand). Each one costs 32
points. I'll choose 2.
UPgrades for the HQ include a Captain (Hero), Primaris Psyker (Psyker) and
the option to mount the squad in a Chimera. I intend to make the det.
mechanised so I'll upgade 1 CHimera and to add that little extra support
I'll include 1 Psyker. Total so far: 32x2 + 14 (Chimera) + 10 (Psyker) =
88pts.
Now to the main force. IG infantry gets up to 3 squads for each command
squad taken so I can get up to 6 squads. More often a detachment list
will allow you to choose up to 10 squads, but IG is a special case. The
choices are: Regular, Heavy and Rough Rider. I'll take 2 Regular at 14
points each squad (2 units / squad = 4 units) and 4 Hvy at 14 points each
(1 unit / squad = 4 units). The upgrades are the same for both types:
include a Commisar (Hero) and mount in a Chimera. I've got 8 stands so
I'll need 4 Chimeras.
Point totals for main force: 2x14 (Reg) + 4x14 (Hvy) + 4x14 (Chimeras) =
140 Points.
Finally is the Support. You can only choose as many support as you have
squads in the main force so I'm limited to 6. Choices are: Ratlings,
Ogryn, Sentinel, Support Weapon, Leman Russ, Demolisher, Griffon,
Hellhound, Hydra.
Since I'm mechanised I won't take more inf. I'll take 1 Sentinel squadron
which allows me from 1-5 Sentinels at 8 points per. I'll take 5. And for
funsies I'll take 2 Lema Russ tanks at 32 points each, to give my chimeras
some cover while transporting. I've only take 3 out of my 6 support slots
but that's plenty for this detachment.
Points for Support: 5x13 (Sentinels) + 2x32 (Leman Russ) = 129
So let's see what we've got:
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1x IG Command
1x IG Command (+Psyker)
4x IG Regulars (2 squads)
4x IG Hvy (4 squads)
5x Chimeras
5x Sentinels (1 squad)
2x Leman Russ
Points total is: 88 (Command) + 140 (Main) + 129 (Support) = 257 points.
There you go.
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