The 500 Point Army List Challenge!

[Commander Vimes]

Imperial Guard

Company Command Squad
3x Melta, 1x Flamer
Chimera, hull heavy bolter

Veterans
2x Melta 1x Flamer
Chimera, hull heavy bolter

Veterans
2x Plasma, 1x Flamer
Chimera, hull heavy bolter

Hydra, hull heavy bolter

Hydra, hull heavy bolter

500 on the dot

That's 12 Multi-laser shots, 15 Heavy Bolter Shots, and 8 twin-linked Autocannon Shots hammering you from turn 1. Foot slogging infantry aren't going to make it across the board, and there's a enough shots to torrent ranged enemies in cover without difficulty. Light vehicles are going to be blasted apart by turn 2. Heavy vehicles and fast Feel no Pain troops are the only weaknesses. Strategy against both is to spread out. Hydras in corners to get side armor shots against predators and hammerheads. Chimeras stick to cover until they can hit heavy stuff with melta. Against a Land Raider the Command Squad can suicide, because the raider will have almost no support.

Scariest thing would be BA jump packs with a priest, but you're not going to fit more than 20 guys into a list with a HQ and a jump priest. So the Guard again spread out and hammer the jumpers from range until Melta and Plasma can try to finish off a weakened squad.

I don't think there's much this won't roll.

Edit: On an unrelated note; I don't know how the angry face at the top got there, and I can't figure out how to get rid of it.

[mcfarlane50]

Here's my thoughts... for what it's worth.

Commissar Yarrick 185pts

PCS 30pts
- Infantry Squad w/ vox & flamer 60pts
- Infantry Squad w/ vox & flamer 60pts

PCS 30pts
- Infantry Squad w/ vox & flamer 60pts
- Infantry Squad w/ vox & flamer 60pts

and a ummm, hmmm. 485pts right there. A Platoon Commander has a power fist for 15pts?

Basis for winning a game.
A) Swarm the enemy
B) Hide and wait for them to get close then lasgun them to death, (maybe?)
C) Refer to plans A or B

No way is this gonna work but you never know.

[paddyboyo]

This is cheap on $$$, the new DE army box plus a HQ:

HQ: Archon with agonizer, ghostplate armor and clone field (or shadowfield), and drugs
Troop One: Kabalite Warriors x10 with blaster and dark lance
Troop Two: Wyches x7, haywire grenades, hekatrix with agonizer
Fast Attack: 3x Reaver Jetbikes with blaster
Transport: Raider with dark lance

On the nose

[paddyboyo]

HQ: Coteaz

Troops: 3x Warrior Acolytes (bolters); Razorback (with psybolt ammo)
Troops: 3x Warrior Acolytes (bolters); Razorback (with psybolt ammo)
Troops: 3x Warrior Acolytes (bolters); Razorback (with psybolt ammo)
Troops: 3x Warrior Acolytes (bolters); Razorback (with psybolt ammo)
(these are signature units)

NDK or psybolt dread (for the splashy visual unit)

[Anggul]

a set of rules for a good 500pts 'skirmish' game:

Only requirement is 1 troops choice
Nothing with more than 2 wounds
Nothing with better than 3+ armour save
Nothing with a total armour value of 34+


This is how my friends and I play it and it's great fun, (it's pretty much the old combat patrol rules, only with 500pts instead of 400pts, we find it works better). Try it some time


Eldar:
10 Dire Avengers, exarch with dual avenger shuriken catapults

8x Fire Dragons, exarch with firepike

5x Dark Reapers, exarch with tempest launcher and crack shot

[Grif Stone]

I actually prefer 500 point games using the standard F.O.C. Which is what inspired me to register and post here.

Imperial Guard

HQ. - CCS, 4x Plasma Guns, Krak Grenades.
- Chimera, Multi-Laser, Heavy Bolter.
Troops - Veteran Squad, 3x Meltaguns, Autocannon.
- Chimera, Multi-Laser, Heavy Bolter.
Troops - Veteran Squad, 3x Meltaguns, Autocannon
- Chimera, Multi-Laser, Heavy Bolter.

500 points on the money

The first few rounds the objective is to clear out light AV or MC targets with the Autocannons, using Multi-Lasers as a last ditch. If Autocannons succeed, the Chimera's will begin to pour shots into infantry to thin enemy numbers. 3rd turn everyone will move towards objectives, or repeat turns 1+2 in the case of Annihilation. Anything with front armor > 12 will be engaged by the CCS in assault to make use of krak grenades vs. rear av.

[Teespaddler]

HQ warboss & power claw = 85
Gretchen X 10 + Grotherd = 40
troop Ork boys x 10 = 60
troop Ork boys x 10 = 60

Killa Kans x 3 x 35 = 105
1 x Big shoota = +15
1 x rokkits = +20
1 x scorcha = +5

1 deff dredd with shoota & scorcha (allow Killa Kan armour as DD armour is a bit illegal)
& all the boys get stikbombs (1pt each)
OR
2 more killa kans (wiv shooty stuff bolted on)

tactics Line em up and charge (well hide behind surviving kans) its fun to see the other side getting worried. may not win against a diciplined fire line but will take a lot of ground. last game was fought in their last 12 inches of table. they kept shooting and retreating!!!!!

Iconic (red paint jobs) Loads ov boys, simple charge and stuff...

[Teespaddler]

Heres my sons armee!!

Warboss powerclaw = 85

orkboys x 10 = 60
1 x Big shoota +5

Orkboys x 10 = 60
1 big shoota+ 5

Nobs x 5 = 100
Big choppas +25

Trukk = 35
big shoota (free)
armour plates +10
Wrecking Ball +10 (worth it for a +9 strength hit)
Boarding plank +5 (see the get off rules) just before the trukk rams summat

Warbikers x 3 = 45
1 x Power claw = 25
choppa slugga = std
twin linked Dacca

Tactic = Bikes, and Nobs withwarboss in Trukk Then Charge!!!! Get the power claws and big choppas into any armour ASAP......

To stop them kill the trukk Immobilise it............ then hope for lucky dice...

[Ironwolf]

I did 2 blood angels lists 1st one I like like but prolly end up getting shoot off the board and the 2nd a bit more survivable not very different. Tactics are Move forward and turn things into bloody smears I only have 1 win condition too wipe out rule pg.90

1st
HQ
Reclusiarch
-Infernus pistol
-melta bombs

Elites
Furioso dreadnought
-2x Blood talons

Troops
Death Company
5 men
-5 w/ BP&CCW

Death company dreadnought
-2x Blood talons

2nd list

HQ
Librarian
-w Shield & Unleash rage

Elites
Furioso Dreadnought
-2x Blood talons

Troops
Death Company
5 men
-5 w/ BP&CCW
Rhino

Death company dreadnought
-2x Blood talons

[Panxer]

500pt Tau Empire

HQ(98pts)
Commander (98pts), Burst Cannon (8pts), Cyclic Ion Blaster (15pts), Hard-Wired Multi-Tracker (5pts), Shas'el (50pts), Shield Generator (20pts)

Elites (50pts)
XV8 'Crisis' Battlesuit Team (50pts), Shas'ui (50pts), Burst Cannon (8pts), Missile Pod (12pts), Multi-Tracker (5pts)

Troops (192pts)
Fire Warrior Team (115pts), 10x Pulse Rifle, 10x Shas'la (100pts), Shas'ui (15pts), Bonding Knife (5pts)
Kroot Carnivore Squad (77pts), 11x Kroot (77pts)

Heavy Support + (160pts)
2x Sniper Drone Team (160pts)