The following are fixed 24AP army lists for each of the major forces in the Space Marine game. Each force has been designed to include basic core units, as well as some of the special units which give the army its unique feel. Players should feel free to adjust the lists to match their own preferences, predjudices or troops owned. Some substitutions can be made without changing the lists at all. For example, the Leman Russ tanks in the Imperial Guard list could be replaced with Gorgons, Hell Hounds or Super Heavy Tanks, but they are still classed as Knights. Other troops can be substituted for those listed by making caomparisons with similar troops in the same or other lists. For example, a Space Marine army may include Mole Mortars, which should be classed as Artillery. I have included some suggestions after some of the lists.

Some lists are totally fixed, but the Ork and Chaos lists vary depending on the nature of the force the player wishes to field. In the case of Orks it is influenced by the choice of clan, in the case of a Chaos army, by the choice of patron Daemon. Tyranids have a fixed component, whch varies in size but not make up, but may choose the rest of their force. This relects their ability to 'spawn' whatever broods they need to defeat their current enemy.

Larger armies can be constructed by combining two or more of those listed below. In the case of Orks, each force should be a different clan, and an Eldar army can only ever field one Avatar, which must be in the same army as the C in C. Tyranid armies must have at least one Dominatrix, one of which must be the C in C. Other Tyranid generals can be Hive Tyrants or Harridans. Fielding armies of greater than 24AP allows more flexibility in adjusting the lists.

A note on basing: I use figures based for Space Marine, so infantry and so forth are mounted on 20mm square bases. Vehicles are individual models. I use 60mm frontage elements and the 25mm groundscale. Base depths are:

20mm for Blades, Warband, Sneakers and Shooters
40mm for Knights, Riders, Heroes, Cleric, Hordes, Lurkers, Gods and Fliers
60mm for Beasts, Magicians, Behemoths and Artillery
80mm for Airboats

On a 20mm depth element I mount 3 stands, on a 40mm element 5 stands. Vehicles are based with 1-3 models per element, or whatever looks and fits best. Titans are coveniently mounted on a 60mm diameter base, which fits neatly onto a 60mm square element. Character elements are based in whatever way looks best; my Eldar Warlock, for example, is a stand of Warlocks with an escort of two stands of warriors.

Alternatives: Paladin @ 4AP (Grey Knights), Hero @ 4AP (Mighty commander), Knights @ 4AP (Predators or Vindicators), Artillery @ 3AP (Mole Mortars, Thudd Guns or Whirlwinds), Flyers @ 2AP (Aircraft), Behemoth @ 4AP (Titan)

Alternatives: Lurkers @ 1AP (Ratling Snipers), Knights @ 2AP (Superheavy Tank, Hellhounds or Gorgons), Riders @ 2AP (Bikes), Blades @ 2AP (Sentinels)

Each Ork army represents a single clan. It consists of 16AP of common troops, and another 8AP of clan specific troops.

Alternatives: Behemoth @ 4AP (Gargant or Stompas), Blades @ 2AP (Dreadnoughts or Robots), Artillery @ 3AP (Big Gunz or Traktor Cannon), Riders @ 2AP (Speedstas)

Alternatives: Behemoth @ 4AP (Titan)

A Chaos army is made up of two parts. The first part of 14AP is the Daemon, command and general minions. The second part, of 10AP, is the Daemon's specific minions.

A Tyranid army is made up of a core of specialist creatures, accompanied and supported by swarms of lesser creatures. The army must include a Dominatrix, although if multiple armies are fielded there still only needs to be one; the other generals can be Hive Tyrants or Harridan.

There is the possibility that a player could select an optimal Tyranid force for any foe they face, which some may regard as no bad thing, of course. However the other lists do not allow players so much choice, so it seems unreasonable to give it to a Tyranid player. I suggest, therefore, that a random element is imposed on Tyranid army selection. Try the following:

• A card is made up for each element you could possibly have in the army, aside from the Dominatrix, which is compulsory. Make up a number of blank cards equal to about half of the cards with elements on. For a 24AP army I suggest that there should be no more than ten cards plus five blanks, and that no element type is represented by more than three cards.
• Start with the Dominatrix at 4AP.
• You may select one card from the deck, adding the AP cost of the element selected to your total.
• Draw four more cards from the deck at random, adding them to your total in the order they are drawn. Blanks add no elements to your army. If the element you are trying to add makes your army illegal by exceeding the total number of 3 or 4AP elements you can have, then it is treated as a blank and you do not get it.
• Total up the AP you have selected from the deck and subtract it from 24. This is the number of Horde elemenst your army will take in order to make up the balance.

Alternatives: Knights @ 2AP (Land Raiders), Artillery @ 3AP (Thudd Guns), Sneakers @ 3AP (Moles or Termites)

Titan Legions are the same, except that they substitute Titans for the Knight Baron and Knight Households.

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