I'm helping out with the grunt work as well as providing my services as a referee at my friend Leons 'Hobby Event' this Sunday.
Due to the distinct possibility of an uneven number of people attending I also may have to play in the first round to even up the numbers. There's quite a lot of 'Comp' style regulations* in the tournament that prevent me using much of my 'Counts-As' units so my 'Night Reapers' will need to be 'vanilla' marines for the day. I also am uncomfortable with taking a 'rock' list as a bad match-up may result in me annihilating some poor bastard and ruining his day which is something I'd rather avoid on this occasion ;-)
* This isn't a problem as the event has been clearly advertised as such. This sort of thing only really bothers me if it's 'tacked on' as an afterthought ;-)
I have therefore picked a reasonably balanced and simple to use list which the tournament organiser was reasonably satisfied fitted all the requirements. There are no tricks, everything is as WYSIWYG as can be and it's simple to understand so anyone I play should be fairly happy. I'm obviously still going to play to win though as any other attitude would be patronising in the extreme, lol.
This is what I'll be using,
1500 Pts - Space Marines Roster - Expo 2011
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| This picture is appropriate as the list has four Missile Launchers in it and she has a Missile Launcher with four barrels...plus the girl's kinda cute... |
HQ: Space Marine Librarian (1#, 100 pts)
1 Space Marine Librarian @ 100 pts (...in Power Armour; Null Zone; The Avenger)
1 ...in Power Armour
Elite: Dreadnought (1#, 125 pts)
1 Dreadnought @ 125 pts (Twin Linked Autocannon; Twin Linked Autocannon)
Elite: Dreadnought (1#, 125 pts)
1 Dreadnought @ 125 pts (Twin Linked Autocannon; Twin Linked Autocannon)
Troops: Tactical Squad (11#, 220 pts)
9 Tactical Squad @ 220 pts (Meltagun; Missile Launcher; Rhino)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Combi-Meltagun x1)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)
Troops: Tactical Squad (11#, 220 pts)
9 Tactical Squad @ 220 pts (Meltagun; Missile Launcher; Rhino)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Combi-Meltagun x1)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)
Troops: Tactical Squad (11#, 220 pts)
9 Tactical Squad @ 220 pts (Meltagun; Missile Launcher; Rhino)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Combi-Meltagun x1)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)
Troops: Tactical Squad (11#, 220 pts)
9 Tactical Squad @ 220 pts (Meltagun; Missile Launcher; Rhino)
1 Sergeant (Bolt Pistol; Combi-Meltagun x1)
1 Rhino (Searchlight; Smoke Launchers; Storm Bolter)
Heavy Support: Predator (1#, 85 pts)
1 Predator @ 85 pts (Heavy Bolter (each side))
Heavy Support: Predator (1#, 85 pts)
1 Predator @ 85 pts (Heavy Bolter (each side))
Heavy Support: Predator (1#, 85 pts)
1 Predator @ 85 pts (Heavy Bolter (each side))
Total Roster Cost: 1485
Reasonable anti-infantry fire-power, sufficient light anti-tank and up to 4 'suicide' melta combat squads should the need arise.
All in all a nicely balanced list (imo anyway).
Thoughts and Comments are (as usual) most welcome.
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