discussion

Looks like there won't be a post today, as I have work to do. As long as I'm out, how about speaking out about what's on your mind, with 6th here in nine days?

Daemon Elites- which is the best?

There's been a lot of debate on the blog as of late of which is the best choice for the heavily contested Daemon Elite slot. With a bunch of mathhammer, I am going to solve the problem.

Consider this an addition to the Elites review.
Beasts of Nurgle are out.

"doesn't anyone love me?"

We'll use closely points-equivalent squads of each-

210pts, 7 Fiends. 

205pts, 5 Flamers with Bolt. 210 pts,

200pts, 5Bloodcrushers.

New rumors! How do these affect Daemons?

There's a whole new batch over at Natfka, and I would advise reading them first.

Holy crap. First off, massive buffs to flying MC's, and some nice tweaks to MC's in general. Bloodthirsters and winged DP's are looking much more attractive now.

HQ's can be scoring, if you choose the right attribute. Last turn objective grab with a Chariot? yes please!

The Daemon's Lair- Black Crusade

I won't talk about 6th edition or what I think of it: there are plenty of other, more experienced people talking about it. Instead, I'll be discussing Black Crusade, a 40k RPG by Fantasy Flight Games. I'm doing it now, as I missed friday |:(

"Hm, the main character's inner conflict is intriguing, a shame the author didn't expand on it more."

What the rumors mean for Daemons

First off, I am going over all the rumors I've heard of, no matter how unlikely they are. There's a bunch of new ones over at Natfka, so you might want to look at those.

We'll start with Allies. This will bump Daemons, and every army except poor, poor Tyranids. There's several things Daemons would want from Chaos Marines- melta, Heavy weapons in general, and transports. (Note that bloodcrushers are infantry. This means you can put 8 in a rhino they steal from another unit) 

Good options look like Havocs, Sorcerers for psychic powers that Daemons lack and may need, depending on how 6th psychic powers pan out, and... anything that strikes your fancy.

Depending on how the allies chart pans out, it looks like they can get stuff from Tau. Broadsides, yay!

Discussion?

This close to 6th, I'm reluctant to give any advice that will be outdated in 10 days.

regardless... anything on your guys' mind? Speak up, silent majority?

A Different Sort of Foe: Mono-Tzeentch

This is the Mono-Tzeentch list I talked about in the last post.
This is the easiest mono-god list I've ever written, mostly as it falls right into my "stick anti-tank anywhere" philosophy.

2000pt list after the break.