The short road to Force Z #1

Heading into 2014 I’ve decided to better my playing ability by throwing myself into the deep end! And the first of these baptisms of fire will be the first Force Z of the year in Brisbane on January 18.

Force Z in a series of 4 one day tournaments throughout the year culminating in an invitational only bonanza in December. Each tournament is 750pts no-comp goodness with five 1hr 15min games across the day. It’s brutal, it’s tough, it’s bloody and most of all it’s quick! (For more details hit up Adam at Alpha Hobbies or the Force Z 2014 #1 Facebook page)

As for what I’m taking, well Guard of course! It’s not a particularly competitive list as I don’t actually own anything competitive, like flyers, but it’s what I got and you never know it might do some good in some match ups. The down side is I still have 3 Auto cannon teams and a Devil Dog (Hellhound variant) to paint up from scratch by then.

Here is my untested list:

HQ

Lord Commissar

Troops

Platoon Command Squad: Heavy Weapons Team (missile launcher).

Infantry Squad: Sergeant; Heavy Weapons Team (autocannon).

Infantry Squad: Sergeant; Heavy Weapons Team (autocannon).

Infantry Squad: Sergeant; Heavy Weapons Team (autocannon).

Veteran Squad: Veteran Weapons Team (missile launcher).

Fast

Devil Dog: heavy flamer

Heavy

Leman Russ Battle Tank

Fortifications

Aegis Defence Lines: gun emplacement with quad-gun.

It’s slow, it’s ponderous, it’s vulnerable to Thunderfire cannons but as I said it’s what I got. I’m hoping that limited size of a 4’x4’ board allows me to drop some hurt on armies before they get objectives or at least blow them off objectives if I’m still around to do so. I’ve only got 1hr 15mins of play time so I won’t be moving these suckers anywhere real fast as one thing I’ve found out about guard is they are not the quickest army to play with. I’m hoping by the end of June I will have a painted up Space Marine list that may have a look in but Guard is my first and true army!

Stay tuned as I’ll post up my play testing experiences as I go and my final result after the tournament.