Re: [Epic] Guard tactics

From: Sean Smith <seans_at_...>
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:18:09 +1300

On Fri 06 Jun, Richard Dewsbery wrote:
> > Hmmmm.... What is supposed to be the vast majority of the Imperium's armed
> > might, and to be used "like a sledgehammer" to quote the fluff, and the
> > unanimous verdict of the players is that you should never include any of
> > them in your army. There's just *got* to be something wrong here!
>
> I saw the IG in action last week. The infantry died like dogs when they
> advanced on march orders in the open (that was a dumb move). A sizeable
> detachment of Leman Russ tanks on the other hand went through twice
> their value in orks like a dose of salts. Moral - even though they may
> not have the raw FP of a land raider, against infantry or lighter
> vehicles who have no AT of their own, they rule. AT doesn't really help
> vs infantry targets, after all, particularly when BMs are taken into
> account.
>
> Now I may not have number-crunched to arrive at this observation, but
> that's the way it happened on the table.

Fair point Richard, I will amend my article to include your comment.

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