Good to hear that.  

What about +2 for Engage actions, then? Is it too powerful? I think Tyranids needs it right now.

For spawning, my idea was allowing after each rally. This would mean hold and marshall as well.

Impressive battle report, armies and board.

I agree with most of your analysis of Tyranids. Having Hormagaunts, Termagants, etc count towards Combat Resolution is a killer for Nids- even if they launch the assault, chances are their opponent will have the advantage in kills. And in the likely chance they're assaulted by the enemy first...well, pain.

How powerful would it be for the Expendable rule to include Combat Resolution- i.e. ignore Brood deaths?
I think it may be necessary, especially since the odds of Nids launching the assault are so slim.

The second point, that Nids are slow. Compared to other infantry, they swarm rapidly across the board...except all other infantry have the option to buy transports, so in practice everyone else can be faster.
A doubling Nid unit gets 40/30cm, a doubling Marine or IG mech unit gets 65cm...
Coupled with Nids needing to get within 20-15cm where Marines and IG can afford to stay at 45cm and shoot, it hurts doubly.

As for the game, could you have made more use of the buildings? 4+ cover saves in defence as the Marines engage.

Excellent report and nice armies. Thanks.

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Terrific report Hojyn! I'd like to offer advice on tactics, but sadly my recent wins have been based on sneaky objective grabbing rather overwhelming devouring...

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Well, I tried to but I had too many 'nids and not enough buildings.  

And for some reason, Flogus kept on shooting at those units outside the buildings...  

I thought about something along those lines too: Tyranids ignore BMs when passing action tests.

But a simple +2 to Engage/rally would probably be better. Both your suggestion and mine allow the 'nids to ignore part of the basic rules, which may be perceived as unfair by your opponent.



Thanks.   Yes, I re-read your reports after writing mine and I noticed that you'd used faster units (Harridan) and "sneakier" units (Stealers). As has been remarked, my army was probably a bit low on activations.

Nice report and nice armies. From where did you get your blastmarkers?

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Nice report, very enjoyable to read.  

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Expendable cannot be grot rule. It would be too good. One might consider that terma/horma might get 6+ save in assault, which could remove 1 or 2 deaths from resolution? Also problem with fixed bonuses to assault (like Inspiring) is that it doesn't encourage to larger swarms, which I think the list should encourage for. Never mind that Tyranids aren't really "Inspired" that much

How about giving Nids additional outnumbering bonuses beyond +2 for more than double? Would that help anything?

[non-cumulative]
+1 for outnumbering enemy formation
+2 for outnumbering twice or more
+3 for outnumbering thrice or more (Nids only)
+4 for outnumbering four times or more (Nids only)

Also maybe Nids could calculate their outnumbering modifiers BEFORE engagement rather than after?

It's a possibility, but with the inevitable massacre of dozens of Gaunts, Nid infantry swarms often don't outnumber (or by very little) the enemy anyway.


A compromise for me would be that Hormagaunt/Termagants don't count towards Combat Res. So other Brood stuff, Carnies, Dactylis, etc still matters.

This makes the Gaunts literally expendable, dispensed as casually as other armies dispense bullets.

Call it the 'Without Number' rule. The Nid's always have more, so don't care about losing them.

It's a possibility, but with the inevitable massacre of dozens of Gaunts, Nid infantry swarms often don't outnumber (or by very little) the enemy anyway.