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A closer look at the Imperial Guard.

It's all the same each time I go out for a game. I say hello to my opponent, introduce myself and grab my army case. While my opponent deploys his Marine force on the table I begin piling out my Guard force. ''Egad!'' My opponent cries out in terror, pointing a finger at my deployed army. ''How many troops choices do you have deployed there! And that much heavy support!'' I scratch my head and look at my 1 HQ, 2 Troops force. 'You have at least ten infantry squads deployed and three HQ squads! Not to mention nine heavy weapon squads!'' I roll my eyes inwardly at the remark. ''Somebody is either really cheesy or doesn't know the rules!'' At this point I wish I could make my opponent shrink and swat him away with a cricket bat.

Playing Guard is a joy. Sure, you get to hear about how weak the basic trooper is and can't get things done. But when the Guard wins, it's a good day. It's nice to see an enemy swarmed by two massive platoons only to hear the opponent say that I outnumbered him. The Guard isn't all tanks and lowly infantry you know, for most people, the platoon structure is a confusing idea. ("No, you see, this mob of 55 men is my first troops choice.") The Guard can be confusing at first, much like a nasty mind trick that makes you go home and rethink your life.

Let's have a look at the HQ first. Where the Space Marines have a mighty hero or leader that can purchase a command squad, where the Tau have a suit clad commander with bodyguard options and the Orks have the biggest Ork leading them with bigger Orks who are not as big as the boss but still are big enough to be with the boss, the Imperial Guard commander is accompanied by a squad of four normal Guardsmen. These can be upgraded to veterans with special powers such as stitcher (medic), signal dude (vox operator), super signal dude (master vox operator), rag on a stick swinger (banner bearer) or a specialist (We have the special weapons that make things go boom!). Accompanying the HQ squad is the command platoon, which are five squads of heavy and special weapons that can help out in the battle. These can be mortar squads (LOS! Who needs that?), fire support squads, anti-tank squads, special weapon squads (snipers, tank hunters or suicide bombers) and a sentinel squadron. That's quite, the mouthful for a single HQ choice right? But it gets better! (Or worse, depending on who's on the receiving end) A commander can be accompanied by Advisors. Back then, it was just a hangman (Commissar). But now you can also get a nutter (Priest, preferably with large eviscerator and frothing mouth) and the bolt magnet (Sanctioned Psyker, complete with tingling spider sense).

Now we take a gander at the Infantry Platoon that forms the primary troops choice of the Imperial Guard. It's much like a command platoon, only here there is a command section led by a lowly junior officer and there are between 2 and 5 infantry squads attached to this. While the command squad has almost the same options as the HQ squad along with the same advisors, we'll look at the basic Infantry squad. Ten men can't do much with just lasguns. So we add in three of four more squads and clog those into the ranks of the enemy. (How's THAT for superior genes "mister No! Not the face!") The Infantry platoon can be lethal when outfitted with the right gear and pointy stuff. The only good opponent is one that respects you and your army. (Right, a dead opponent is also nice, but that's a bit overtop.)

After I explained my marine opponent this, he nodded his head in acknowledgement and we proceeded to roll dice and move squads. That's when the next problem came to light. 'Hey, what do you mean, your Guardsmen have a 4+ armour save!' Blast! And I haven't even started on the Doctrines yet!

Not as much an explanation as it's a half parody - half truth to the current state of playing. I have taken the marine player as newbie example, so marine players, don't be offended.

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