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bob14gs
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Attention Guard Players Jul 24, 2008 5:03:15 GMT

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Post by bob14gs on Jul 24, 2008 5:03:15 GMT

A while back I had a thread about what my next army was going to be after Nids. I decided on Imperial guard and after some thinking (and the reading of several books,) I decided my regiment would be the Tanith first. However, I don't have any experience with guard so I was wondering if anyone here could help me make a list (1500 points or so) that would be relatively decent, using the Tanith Doctrines.

Thanks for your help.

(Edit): If you don't want to make a full-blown list, just give some advice on what would be useful to have in an infantry oriented guard army.

Last Edit: Jul 24, 2008 6:20:58 GMT by bob14gs

Psychichobo
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Attention Guard Players Jul 24, 2008 17:58:40 GMT

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Post by Psychichobo on Jul 24, 2008 17:58:40 GMT

I've actually got a pdf of chapter approved 2003 here, which has rules for a full-blown Gaunt's Ghosts army. There's some interesting stuff in there, but the primary things that you can do with the current guard dex are:

1: Have Gaunt in your army (obviously).

2: Camo cloaks. These are everywhere in the army list, represents the ghosts.

3: Trademark item for officers. This is a Tanith Knife, a long straight silver dagger. The chapter approved lets you have this free, but that'd be cruel.

4: Infiltrators. These guys all have this to represent their stealthiness and skill in covert operations.

Basically, the whole army style seems to be rather elite, with emphasis on snipers and camouflage. For infantry orientation I'd go with a serious amount of heavy weapon teams to compensate for the loss of vehicle firepower, with some kind of interceptors to halt or destroy waves of CC-oriented armies, like flamers, satchel charges, etc.

That's all mostly theoretical though, I've not properly played with guard, so I can't really say.

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bob14gs
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Attention Guard Players Jul 25, 2008 2:20:04 GMT

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Post by bob14gs on Jul 25, 2008 2:20:04 GMT

Well, I plan on using the doctrines given in the guard codex. Since they are a special regiment, they have more than 5. From memory, they have light infantry (infiltrate), sharpshooters, camo-capes, independent commissars, priests, and hardened fighters (+ws). Even though they get more, I would really only use light infantry and camo-capes, the others are kind of a waste