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The problem is that GW is terribly uncreative with names and very bad at Latin. “Primaris” is clearly meant to be a doggerel latin attempt at ‘prīmārius,’ which means “one of the first rank, chief, excellent, principal,” that sort of thing. It’s the root for words like prime, premier, premium, and what have you. Trouble is, it looks way more like ‘prīmāriīs,’ which is the plural dative feminine declination. This from the same people that brought you the “No giRLs aLlow3D!” hyper-masculine super-soldiers... Named after an ancient Semitic goddess of sexuality, fertility, and womanhood. Probably because someone confused “Astartes” with “Astra.” “Adeptī Astra” would make far more sense, but no... Anyhow, while I totally agree the Primaris Marines do desperately need a “Primaris Rhino,” the Rhino Primaris is not the Rhino the Primaris need. 🙄

Well, I suppose that’s fine for the plebeian masses.

Have the maids do it.

So... Am I crazy here or does this mean that if three Vindicators who are all within appropriate distance of one another has Advanced, they can still use the Linebreaker Stratagem? The Linebreaker is used instead of shooting. Wow.

Yeah, but it's not Tau or Imperial Guard (or even most vanilla Space Marines) that worries me. It's Khorne Berzerkers, Tyrannid Warriors, Genestealers, and all manner of daemon that are the problem... Just have to hope I can shoot enough of them that by the time they reach my lines, a power fist or two is enough to finish them off. I tend to look at army list design as a "question and answer" game. Every unit I put on the table is, essentially, asking my opponent questions: what do you think my goal(s) with this unit is? How can you stop it from achieving that goal? How does it threaten your goals? And so forth. Likewise, every unit my opponent fields is asking me questions... and I need to make sure I have unit(s) that will answer those questions. The "big questions" in WH40k are: How will you score Objectives? How will you prevent your opponent from scoring Objectives? How will you deal with horde infantry / elite infantry / light armor / heavy armor / knights / flyers? Of those "big questions," the ones that I don't feel that I have three or units of my own that can "answer" them (and answer them well) are Knights and Flyers. I think that between the Librarian's Null Zone, the Primaris Rhino boosted Hellblasters, and the Vindicators, I should be able to handle a Knight or two. Maybe. Likewise, I think that Primaris Rhino boosted Hellblasters and the Redemptor should be able to handle Flyers.

Now, what would be really fun would be to get enough of the toddler-sized Warlord and Reaver Titans, along with some Knights, to play a game of Adeptus Titanicus using 40k models. I'll let you know when they lottery commission finally gets around to mailing me the check.

I know you're joking, but because I'm pedantic (and who knows who could be reading this later one) the rules for Titans in The Horus Heresy are found in The Horus Hersy Book 4: Conquest (Knight Titans), The Horus Hersy Book 5: Tempest (Warhound and Warlord Titans), The Horus Heresy: Mechanicum (reprinting the previous), The Horus Heresy: Crusade Imperialis Army (reprinting the non-Mechanicum Knight Titans). So, basically, you totally can play with Titans in WH30k, if you've got the money to spend buying one of these bad boys, then buying a half-dozen coffee table books to get the rules for them shouldn't be a problem. Your butler can help you write your army list.

Games Workshop's player base tends to disassociate GW from Forge World... and I've never understood why. As @AbusePuppy can attest, I've been vociferously arguing about the issue for many long years now.

Remember when I said that "I like tanks!" Well, I do. I do like tanks... So let's see if I can come up with something that matches that them. This combines a small Battalion of Primaris Infantry with two Spearheads of three tanks each, for a healthy 10 CP. This gives me the option for either the Killshot or Linebreaker Stratagem, but pretty much every opponent will see that coming and try to kill one of the trio. Odds are good, however, that they can't kill a Predator and a Vindicator in the same turn so long as I do my part with manuvering and LOS blocking. The Rhino Primaris also packs a BFG, which might catch people by surprise... at least once. Two Tech-Marines and the Rhino Primaris can keep the tank's HP topped up pretty well too. The list is a little weak in mêlée, there's quite a few power fists and servo-arms floating around, but nothing too specialized in assaults. There's also no real anti-air assets, although 36" Heavy Plasma Incinerators combined the Rhino Primaris's Servo-Skull Hub (+1 to hit rolls when shooting) and the bullet-hose of the Redemptor Dreadnought should be decent at chewing up a lighter Flyer. ++ Battalion Detachment +5CP [ 960 pts ] ++ + HQ + * Primaris Librarian (Warlord) : Powers: Veil of Time, Null Zone; Force Sword, Trait: Storm of Fire [ 101 pts ] * Rhino Primaris: Orbital Array, Twin Plasmaguns [ 170 pts ] + Troops + * Intercessor Squad: 5x Stalker Bolt Rifles, 1x Auxiliary Grenade Launcher; Sergeant w/ Chainsword [ 85 pts ] * Intercessor Squad: 5x Auto Bolt Rifles, 1x Auxiliary Grenade Launcher; Sergeant w/ Power Fist [ 99 pts ] * Intercessor Squad: 10x Bolt Rifles, 2x Auxiliary Grenade Launcher; Sergeant w/ Power Fist [179 pts ] + Elites + * Redemptor Dreadnought: 2x Storm Bolters, Heavy Onslaught Gatling Cannon, Onslaught Gatling Cannon [ 155 pts ] + Heavy Support + * Hellblaster Squad: 5x Heavy Plasma Incinerators [ 175 pts ] ++ Spearhead Detachment Alfa +1CP [ 500 pts ] ++ + HQ + * Techmarine: Bolt pistol, Power Axe, Servo-Harness [ 61 pts ] + Elites + * Servitors: 2x Heavy Bolter, 2x Servo-Arms [ 40 pts ] + Heavy Support + * Vindicator: Hunter-Killer Missile, Pintle Storm Bolter [ 133 pts ] * Vindicator: Hunter-Killer Missile, Pintle Storm Bolter [ 133 pts ] * Vindicator: Hunter-Killer Missile, Pintle Storm Bolter [ 133 pts ] ++ Spearhead Detachment Bravo +1CP [ 540 pts ] ++ + HQ + * Techmarine: Bolt Pistol, Power axe, Servo-Arm [ 50 pts ] + Elites + * Servitors: 2x Heavy Bolter, 2x Servo-Arms [ 40 pts ] + Heavy Support + * Predator Destructor : Predator Autocannon, Heavy Bolter Sponsons [ 150 pts ] * Predator Destructor : Predator Autocannon, Heavy Bolter Sponsons [ 150 pts ] * Predator Destructor : Predator Autocannon, Heavy Bolter Sponsons [ 150 pts ]

Well, no, there's also The Horus Heresy: Age of Darkness which is the official name for the game everyone just calls "Horus Heresy" or "30k." There is also The Horus Heresy: Betrayal at Calth and The Horus Heresy: Burning of Prospero, which are technically two separate stand-alone board games. Everyone kind of treats them as value packs for acquiring minis for 30k, but, technically you can play them as their own game. Plus, back in 1988, they published a game title Adeptus Titanicus (note: no subtitle) that was the precursor to the later Epic games.

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That's because the full name for the game is Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy.

I think you mean "if they sell really well, Citadel makes plastics." Since Games Workshop is the company, Forge World and Citadel are just product lines that the company makes. For the most part, I think you're right, when a FW product is really successful and can be economically produced in plastic, then GW will redesign the product as a Citadel kit. This is why we've seen things like the Valkyrie moved to Citadel fairly quickly, but probably won't see a plastic Warhound Titan any time soon.

That’d be great too. Certainly more in keeping with their fluff concept... If the Spess Mahreens get to have Honor Guard, then the Sororitas should too! (Maybe combat shields, instead of storm shields?)

They need to give them the same mix of weapon options that Black Templars Crusader Squads have: boltguns, bolt pistols and chainswords, or shotguns for the basic Sisters; power weapons as an option along with special-weapons for 1 in 5 Sisters; and the whole panoply of options for the Sister Superior. Won’t turn them into crazy suicidal berserkers that would infringe on the Sisters Repentia niche or make them the elite single-target killers that Death Cult Assassins are... But would make them a very solid counter-assault asset and/or storm the trenches asset. Bolt pistol, chainsword, and power armor goes a long way.

Paths of Glory one of Stanley Kubrick’s earliest films (and in my opinion, one of his best). Kirk Douglas delivers an amazing performance. There aren’t very many films about WWI and even fewer where the focus is on the French, with nary an American doughboy in sight. Highly recommended.

Has someone been posting links to the Wurzles? It wasn’t me!

And if you could please bring me 400 cases of Coors beer while your at it...

No Adepta Sororitas keyword; no Acts of Faith; no SoB Stratagems; no SoB Warlord Traits; Worse WS, BS, Sv, and Ld... There's plenty of reasons for someone to prefer Celestians over Acolytes.

Fixed value, multi-damage weapons make Primaris Marines sad.

The bottom one, with the Servo-Harness and the speed-loader full of shells is the one that was packaged with the Thunderfire Cannon, FYI.

I’m just being a bit Pollyanna-ish and hoping that it’s because they plan to fold them into the upcoming Adepta Sororitas codex...

Pretty much every Forge World product should be considered a “limited time” offering.

There are no changes to the Inquisition faction in Chapter Approved 2018 at all.

GW seems to have finally caught on to the idea that people will pay good money for custom bits.