Escelation Campaign advice saught.

[vogon]

Hi guys,

I have a local escalation campaign coming up.

Starting off at 500pts and increasing by 100 per week until we get to around 1500pts (at least that’s the plan)

The rules are you must obey the normal FOC and whatever warlord you select (including wargear and upgrades) will be the warlord for the entire campaign. I know at least one guy is going with Dark Angels and Belial so he can have terminators as troops (and therefore start the campaign with a unit).

Any thoughts on what I should take? I have a good selection of stuff but I don’t have any of the really big stuff.

For the first game I was thinking along the lines of:-
Hive Tyrant Twin linked devourers and Scything Talons (this will be fixed for the entire campaign)
5 Genestealers with Broodlord and Adrenal Glands
3 Tyranid warriors with 2x Boneswords and devourers
12 Termagents

What are your thoughts?

Cheers

Vogon

[Deleted]

The "whatever warlord you start with at 500, you're stuck with" is pretty harsh for Tyranids I would atleast give your Tyrant dual Devourers, if not Wings or AS. Pretty ridiculous at 500 but their ridiculous warlord rule kinda forces you. I'd fill the rest with 3 Warriors and as many Termagants as possible. Personally, I'd swap the Devourers for Deathspitters and drop the Boneswords for games at 500.

Tyrant w/2xDev, Wings, HC 285
3 Warriors Ds, BS 110
21 Termagants

^ That's what I'd do, gives you plenty of bodies and won't handicap you with a lame Tyrant later on. I wouldn't worry to horribly about the guy starting with Terminators. He won't have many at 500 and you will have lots more dice to roll, not to mention the fact that he will lose horribly in most missions at 500 considering his objective taking power will be garbage wih one expensive unit rolling around. Let him take one, you take the others and win haha.

[Jabberwocky]

You could start with a Prime then add another HQ later.

I'd go straight in with a flyrant or Swarmlord though and minimal troops, bulking them out later.

[vogon]

Thanks to you both.

Neither of my Tyrant models have wings (both are old school models one 2nd edition and one 3rd edition model) but I'll have a look at converting one of them though I may not have time.

I'll have another look at what I have in my collection. I know I have a ton of Termagents, what are the current thoughts on spinefists? I have unit of them (12 I think) from the 3rd edition codex which haven't been used in a while.

Cheers

Vogon

[Deleted]

Spinefist Gaunts are garbage It's either Fleshborers or Devourers nowdays.