White Dwarf - Issue 12 by Games Workshop

Author:Games Workshop
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: 40000, citadel miniatures, white dwarf, warhammer, games workshop, hobby
Published: 2014-04-14T16:00:00+00:00

FORWARD, FOR THE EMPEROR!

Simon Grant is part of the dedicated team that create the rules for our Codexes. He’s got a keen eye for dastardly tactics, and cunning ruses on the tabletop.

“I’ve learned to fear all-infantry armies recently,” says Simon Grant, when asked what he thought the additions to the Imperial Guard presaged. “It’s not uncommon for my Space Wolves to face a horde of 200 or more Cadian Shock Troopers, and the ratio of heavy and special weapons is daunting.

“Many people like to refer to the lowly Guardsman as a ‘meat-shield’ or ‘cannon-fodder’ but I maintain that with sufficient numbers they can conquer any odds,” Simon says. “When you take an army built up entirely (or mostly) of infantry, your priorities shift slightly, and the focus of your tactics must be about using the right units for the right task, and maintaining iron discipline with your Command Squads. If you keep your formation close enough to your Company and Platoon Commanders, Voice of Command will have your warriors firing more shots (and the difference between 20 shots and 30 per turn can be very telling across the course of a game), or it can give your heavy weapon teams Tank Hunter or Monster Hunter or maybe even remove cover saves. The horror I have felt as a Colonel ordered the Tempestus Scions aiming at my Grey Hunters to ‘Fire on My Target!’ stays with me now – no cover saves against an AP3 volley? Yuck.

“The only downside to an all-infantry army is that it takes a certain mentality to pull it off,” Simon adds. “I think most hobbyists like to imagine their individual models all have the potential to be heroes, but when you are sending in waves of Guardsmen with the understanding that they are going to die painfully, heroism goes out of the window. If it helps, the background is full of characters with the attitude it takes to get the job done under those situations. Colonel Schaeffer never hesitated to send men to their deaths, however meaningless they appeared, and Colonel Chenkov of Valhalla forged his career on the ‘drown ’em in bodies’ doctrine.”

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