RE: [Epic] Thread on Orcs, AT & LRs [was barrage]

From: Ken Taborek <oberon_at_...>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 18:49:25 -0400 (EDT)

Ah, good. Glad to hear it. (Wiping his brow with relief)
I also field a Rough Rider Co at times, although only when my opponent
will let me pay 3x detachment cost. And I've got a few Ogryn bodyguards
for my commisars and Inquisitors. Oh, and I don't want to leave out my
knight households.
I never got a feel for any other chapters then the Ultramarines. I liked
their flavor when I first picked up epic, and never wanted to field any
other chapters units. But I feel the same about people who have one
company from the other three detailed chapters, and it's of course the
Death Company and the Ravenwing, and a Great Company. Cheeze, indeed.

--Ken Taborek oberon_at_...
"Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch for a change."- random fortune



On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Miller, Chris wrote:

>
> >Hey! I've been playing my IG army with an arty co., a Shadowsword co.,
> >and Ultramarines as all-around great troops. No one has ever accused me
> >of having a cheese army. Just because someone doesn't restrict themselves
> >to "Pure" IG with no SM, or only SM with no IG companies, doesn't mean
> >they're taking the best of everything.
> >
> >--Ken Taborek oberon_at_...
> >"Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch for a change."- random fortune
> >
> ----> No no no - it's not just mixing marines in with IG - that's not
> usually a problem.
> It's what I like to call the Imperial All-Star Team. If your IG is ONLY
> superheavies
> and arty with nary a tac trooper to be found, and your marines are all
> termies, landraiders and T-hawks, then it starts to look a little
> funny...
> As Francois said earlier, it's the "Best of Everything" that gets
> annoying. With
> the Imperials, a "stiffening force" of marines backing up or leading the
> charge
> amidst numerous IG should be pretty common. I can even live with
> multiple marine
> chapters unless it's "OK the Ravenwing, the Death Company, and some
> Blood
> Claws are on my left flank..."
> Let it be mentioned also that I do have an IG arty co, sup-hvy co,
> blood angels
> (no Death Co though) Wolves, UM's (the majority of my marines), DA's and
> Howling
> Griffons (because being a masochist that's what I did my 40K army in
> back when
> the compendium came out, and I just gotta have 'em in Epic too, right?)
> I used to use Beastmen & Ogryn to protect my IG heavy Co and Arty co,
> along
> with some RR's and Bikes. Not sure what I'll do under the newer rules...
> As new people may not have enough mini's to throw out a one force only
> army, they are exempt, but for IG I figure we're mostly 2nd ed vets with
> a decent
> selection so limited mini's ain't really an excuse. People who only take
> the icing
> and leave the cake are the problem.
> Maybe a better definition of one of the Seven Signs of Chize would be:
> Any Imperial army lacking tac marines or IG tac stands is suspect.
> I would also apply this standard to any Eldar army lacking guardians...
>
> Chris Miller
> (BTW: Chize <that's "cheeeeeeze", or, alternately"wolf guard
> terminators"> is
> the soon-to-be-born 5th power of Chaos. Do your part. Fight Chize.)
> >
>
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