Tabletop Teacher

I’m trying to stick to a lower but consistent blog schedule, usually taking Tuesday, Thursday and the weekend off. However, I’m always eager to respond to reader requests and Spoonlamp had this question: "I know you've been concentrating on Killteam lately,  but any thoughts on scalable anti-armour for Blood Angels? Hellblasters v Dev squad? Redemptor Dread v Pred?" It’s a good question, and the answer is largely the same for any Space Marine force. As of now Hellblasters are your best bet for anti-armour, but that comes with a few conditions. In general with Blood Angels your best options are going to be melta-gun Assault Marines or any close combat unit with a power fist. However, we'll look at the traditional anti-armour options with this post. Hellblaster Hellblasters with their plasma incinerators offer the best balance between offence and defence for a Blood Angel player. They’re twice as tough as Devastators (quite literally… double the Wounds), an...

Immediately after the battle board was finished, I couldn't stop the students from throwing some miniatures on it for a game. The paint wasn't even fully dry on most of it, but still, models went down. Qualified Teacher Standard 1: Inspire students. Objective secured. The battle was brief, as we only had 15 minutes to play. Eldar force: 10 Guardians, with Brightlance platform. 1 Harlequin troupe leader, Neuro-disruptor and Storied Sword Blood Angels force: 5 Death company Marines, with jump packs and mixed weapons 1 Chaplain, with Jump pack and Inferno pistol Mission Objective: The pot of white paint... The battle was short and bloody. The Guardians brightlance brought down one Death Company Marine in the first turn, burning a neat hole in his face plate and dropping him to the ground. The Death Company moved up to counter attack, but failed to get into charge range, nipping of a Guardian with bolter fire. The Ch...