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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2005 15:46:42 GMT -5
My friend is getting an imperial guard army, and he says that he can get a conscript platoon or an iron fist squad for every infantry platoon at no cost to the force organization chart (example: He has 5 infantry platoons, and he says he can also field 5 conscript platoons without filling a troop choice).
Is this true, or is he just misunderstanding the codex?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2005 17:16:11 GMT -5
He´s misunderstanding the Codex as far as I remember.
He must take an Infantry Platoon for every Armoured Fist Squad and Conscript Platoon but they still use up a Troops slot.
So, one Infantry Platoon, one Armoured Fist Squad and their Chimera and a Conscript Platoon is three Troop Choices.
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Post by Woz on Feb 27, 2005 21:18:11 GMT -5
Maybe he's mixing PLATOONS with SQUADS
Each infantry Platoon consists of
A command squad (5 men)
and 2 to 5 Infantry squads (10 men in each squad)
So he could have an Infantry Platoon with 25 to 55 men in it. This will take up 1 force org slot.
For each Infantry Platoon he has he can take 1 AF squad (10 men) and/or 1 conscript squad (20 - 50 men) but these do use up slots on the Force org chart.
So he could use his troop slots like this
1- Infantry platoon (25 - 55 men)
2- AF squad (10 men)
3- Conscript squad (20 - 50 men)
4- Infantry platoon (25 - 55 men)
5- AF squad (10 men)
6- Conscript squad (20 - 50 men)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2005 9:27:34 GMT -5
Thank you for answering my question. It hasn't been very fun playin against him when he technically has 12 to 18 troop choices (6 infantry platoons, 6 conscript platoons and 6 armored fists. Not good!)
Anyway, thanks again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2005 15:47:35 GMT -5
Hehe, atleast he uses lots of Troops..! My mates seems to take the minimum of Troops and max of the snazzy support units... The fun thing is, more Troops would be better for them but they haven´t got that yet...  |
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Sept 22, 2007 15:13:10 GMT -5
The expression of utter terror and stunned disbelief as you put over two hundred men (once three hundred) onto the battlefield from any opponent is the most beautiful thing imaginable.
(wipes away tear).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2007 20:25:05 GMT -5
Hmmm I read it as 1 platoon means 1 conscripts or 1 armoured fist squad. So in my head it went:
1 platoon
conscripts
1 platoon
armoured fist
I'll need to stop lending my codex out to people to entice them into getting guard so I can look at these things
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Oct 4, 2007 13:27:31 GMT -5
1 platoon refers only to infantry platoons. You can only have one conscripts platoon and one AF squad per infantry platoon on the field.
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Post by Turtleboy(AWOL) on Oct 5, 2007 4:20:25 GMT -5
correct. 1 infantry platoon per conscript platoon. in a separate sentence altoghether: 1 infantry platoon per armored fist squad. so rolling thunder is correct in paraphrasing that it's 1 infantry platoon per conscript platoon and/or armored fist squad.
this topic was last posted in well over 2 years ago before being ressurected. I'd be fine if we took fossilizing threads and let them lie unless there was a really insightful comment to be made that revolutionized the thread and made it a truly worthy candidate for resurrection.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2007 7:59:06 GMT -5
rolling thunder....anything to say about this?
let me try revolutionizing this thread.
I have a question. In a mechanised army. If one has 2 full platoons which equals to 10 squads and 2 command platoons, this means that every squad has to take a chimera...does that include the command platoon as well or do they just go on foot?
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Oct 5, 2007 12:15:40 GMT -5
I'm sorry, I was new to the forum, utterly bored and not the least bit drunk when I posted on this dead 'un. But we might as well try revolutionising this thread, as I have nowt better to do.
I would assume that the command squad have to have their own chimera, although you could (as I read the codex) add a six/seven man remnants squad to fill the additonal spaces, as they are actially part of the same force selection.
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Post by Commissar on Oct 5, 2007 13:21:55 GMT -5
Yeah, that is a major screw up.
lol.
Funny though.
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Post by Turtleboy(AWOL) on Oct 5, 2007 17:56:01 GMT -5
it's no major screw up - this is a forum, a bunch of bits and bytes existing on an endless rolling ocean of bits and bytes. putting a few bits in the wrong place is not an earthshattering, world-ending catastrophy  I wouldn't say anything at all except for that I've noticed more and more ancient threads being dug up lately for not much of a reason so I figured I'd make mention about letting the old threads lie unless there was something of real value to add to it that would really bring on-topic conversation back into a thread. that being said - if you have 2 platoons of 25 dudes, that's 6 chimerae. 2 for the command squads and 4 for the infantry squads. if you add a remnant squad that's another chimera. if you want to add armored fist squads or conscript platoons, you may now add a total of 2 of each. hope that helps  |
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Post by Commissar on Oct 7, 2007 13:15:29 GMT -5
Yeah I know, sorry.
LoL.
IT IS WORLD SHATTERING!!!
Anywho.
Mobile infantry are tough to pull off, alot of time, money and sometimes they can be a mess in city fight...*cough* Stalingrad *cough*...
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Post by Cadian 117 on Oct 8, 2007 22:56:07 GMT -5
lol the funnes thing about doing that is the look of utter terror on your enemies face when it takes you an hour to shoot......
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Post by Commissar on Oct 9, 2007 16:11:39 GMT -5
Yeah I know eh.
Either that or just a look of total boredom...
"you done yet?"
*Rolls like 5000 dice...kills 5*
"Nope!"
*Rolls 5000 more*
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I wouldn't say anything at all except for that I've noticed more and more ancient threads being dug up lately for not much of a reason so I figured I'd make mention about letting the old threads lie unless there was something of real value to add to it that would really bring on-topic conversation back into a thread.
