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Enemies of the Imperium Tactica: Necrons

When fighting necrons there are several things to keep in mind. the most important is to understand their rules. They have quite a few that can be troubling, Weapons systems - Necrons have two types of weapons for their infantry. Gauss and Tesla. Gauss is a strength 5 24" rapid fire weapon, but when shooting at vehicles on the roll of a six, the vehicle takes a glancing hit. This means that at short range vehicles can get really beat up. Tesla is strength 6 and on a roll to hit of six, the weapon gets an extra chance to hit. Making it extremely powerful versus infantry, but it too has very short range of 24". Necrons are undead space skeletons so naturally when you shoot them they can get back up. Enter the We'll be back rule. On a 5+ any model killed with this rule can be returned to the unit it was taken from. However often an overlord (an indepent Ch. for necrons) will be equipped with a "Resurrection orb", changing this to a 4+ and increasing the durabi...

Tactics of the Deathwing pt 2

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Tactics of the Deathwing, part 2 Fresh off a recent touney in which I had some success with the Deathwing I will try to speak for a bit about what works in a Deathwing style list. Given the schizophrenic nature of my other tactica post I will try to be a bit more focused. Terminators especially the dark angel variety are expensive. They cost about 3x the cost of a tactical squad, they are only 2x as durable, and have about equal firepower. They can deep strike, but where they truly excel is assault. you need to be able to use those powerfists. terminators need to be used for assault. Therefore you need to use them aggressively. terminators assaulting gives you 2 advantages. 1 is that you avoid being shot, 2 is that your save of 2+ will be more likely to help since invariably there are far fewer weapons that have AP 2 in assault, especially when you can use your sergent's powersword to kite him in a challenge. In a Deathwing list this is further complicated by ...

The Gordium Campaign: Balance of Power vs. Space Marines with GK Allies

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 " Report Brother Polybius" "Master of the Watch, after our defeat in the feudal plains, Kaldor Draigo claimed the two cogitators.  It appears that Draigo suspects the cogitators may contain some kind of information but he is wary of moving them since he wants the glory of bringing ruin on our Chapter by himself, and believes us incapacitated after our defeat. He has moved the cogitators to what he believes is a secure facility here on Gordium. Unfortunately for him Lord Inquisitor Torequemada Coteaz has called him away to quell an incident elsewhere, while the inquisitor makes his way to this system to see to this matter personally." "Do we know what they suspect at this point?" "I am unsure sir, but it appears that Draigo has left the cogitators in the hands of the 5th Co. of Dragoon Marines led by Cpt Horatio Pericles. The cogitators have not left the planet and have been kept at a secure facilty under his command. It appears...

The Gordium Campaign: Balance of Power vs Grey Knights with Blood Angel Allies

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Game 1 vs. Grey Knights with Blood Angel Allies Note: Skip italics to avoid fluff. I fear i missed a few pics, but here's the first game in completion.