Warhammer 40K Vindicare Assassin

Today I just wanted to post a picture of my favorite 40K infantry model in my collection, the Vindicare Assassin. I haven’t got to use him much. Mainly due to working on days my gaming group does 40K. 

However, the urge to get back into the 41st millennium is intensifying. Especially with all the cool new models that GW has been cranking out.

I really want to get back into playing imperial guard. I had a huge collection but sold most of it off. I have roughly 1250 points of Militarum Tempestuous and two Catachan themed super heavies left.

I mainly play Age of Sigmar with my wife now, but an idea struck me one night.

What if I used Free Peoples hand gunners as my infantry models?? That’s genius! I can use the models for both gaming systems!

I hope to start this project after Christmas. If I do, I’ll update you guys with project posts.

For the Emperor/Sigmar...
-Ben

How to play: Skaven

Hello again, today I’ll be giving you some pointers on how to play Skaven. I am by no means an expert Skaven player. However I’ve found some units and tricks that have aided me in winning some games with my beloved rat-men.  

This post is about playing Skaven under Allegiance Chaos, not Pestilens/Skryre

As a Skaven player, you have probably noticed your armies greatest weakness is low morale. And that your troops are easy to kill. This can equal a deadly combination during the battle shock phase of the game. So their isn’t a whole lot you can about your troops frailty, but you can fix your low morale with an artifact found in the Age of Sigmar Core Rulebook.

Crown of Conquest: allows units within 6” of the bearer of the crown to not take battle shock.

This is the artifact you should take for your Skaven general. Sticking your general in a massive vermintide of rats takes forever for your opponent to chew through once you’ve made it into combat. This artifact has made my Clan Rats a nightmare for my opponent to move, instead of an easy unit to dispatch.

Giant Rats:

Giant Rats are horrible in combat, but great for holding objectives. They move 8” and are usually always ignored by my opponents.

Rat Ogres:

You should be using them. They are the closest thing we have to a heavy cavalry unit. Use in tandem with a pack master.

Pack Master:

Whips your Rat Ogres to add plus +1 to run, charge and attack rolls for Moulder units. Making your Rat Ogres hit on 3s, wound on 3s, at -1 rend and 2 damage each. Plus, 6s to hit generate extra attacks from your Rat Ogres.

Strength in Numbers:

As Joseph Stalin said: “Quanity has a quality of its own.” Drowning your opponent in bodies, now immune to battle shock because of the Crown of Conquest, is very demoralizing reality for your opponent.

As I expand my collection of all Age of Sigmar armies; I plan on doing how to’s such as this one as my knowledge of armies grows.

Until I post again,
-Ben