The Imperial Guard

[Vikki Stardust]

BrookM

They told me to get a bigger p***s, so I bought a Deathstrike.

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[Hoxtalicious]

Vikki Stardust

BrookM

They told me to get a bigger p***s, so I bought a Deathstrike.

FTFY emotion_awesome

I guess I'll have to make it belong to D-battery now.  

[Vikki Stardust]

BrookM

Vikki Stardust

BrookM

They told me to get a bigger p***s, so I bought a Deathstrike.

FTFY emotion_awesome

I guess I'll have to make it belong to D-battery now.

"Bombardier, it is time to give them the D." emotion_dowant  

[DarkElf27]

Played a semi-Apocalypse game today with a two-tank battery of Wyverns, and my GOD did they dominate! They easily quintupled their points by blasting two 30-Boy Ork squads off objectives, as well as a Scout squad, two Elysian squads, and forcing another Elysian squad to fall back. Definitely need to invest in either some clear plastic to trace templates onto, or a linked set of templates because it's at least a 3-man job to fire one of these batteries; one to hold the templates, one to count the hits, and one to count the shots.  

[Hoxtalicious]

Got my copy of Imperial Armour 4 yesterday and spent some time reading it. It's certainly not a list meant for competitive play, but rather heavy on fluff and well, for people who want to field Imperial Guard as spec-ops guys.

Some of the highlights that will make people upset:
- D99 veterans are all WS4 and I4.
- Everybody has preferred enemy (Tyranids) that can be swapped for any other xenos army when picking the warlord trait.
- Everybody is Stubborn.
- All vehicles except for the sentry batteries are BS4 (and WS4 Sentinels)!
- Special weapon squads are dropped in favour of flavoured OVERKILL squads now:
1. Decimation squads are made up of snipers and spotters (Up to four snipers and up to four spotters strong), who can take spotting scopes that extend sniper rifle range to 60" and give the unit Night Vision.
2. Extermination squads are 5-10 strong squads made up of a sergeant and flamers. The veterans in this squad all carry flamers, or swap them for grenade launchers for free.
3. Executioner squads are 5-10 strong and come with shotguns, though any veteran may exchange this for either a meltagun or plasma gun for the usual price. They're also monster hunters.
- BS4 Vulture with strafing run. pirate
- Major Durra has WS5, I5, a heavy chainsword and is an HQ upgrade of 35 pts.

Some of the things people will enjoy a lot:
- Other stats are still squish, plus everybody has a 5+ save.
- If you take the D99 warlord trait you must also pick one of three disadvantages(if not shooting, always run towards the enemy / when running or assaulting, roll two dice and pick the lowest / whenever you pass a Ld or charge the enemy take a strength check and if failed remove a model with no save allowed)
- Valkyries can no longer carry Tauros or Sentinels sadly, only the Skytalon can now.
- No tanks, no platoons, no Scions
- No Voice of Command
- No Lords of War

Now to start tinkering with this list and find an opponent who doesn't see FW as abuse or a legal reason to play dirty.