A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING

by Brian Giese[email protected] 4/27/97

My thought on chaos in no particular order

I will post different tactic ideas every so often in the page. To me chaos is more then the army i play in Warhammer, it is a way of life. That is the main reason i choose the army. I must say, the army suites me well. The forces of chaos are so diverse and have many different options when going into battles. Sure they get no war machines and basically no missile troops, except for the centaurs, but hwo cares.. Chaos has the most multi-wound troops with the some of the highest toughness. Not to mention the best looking models in the game.

Making the army
When i put an army together one of the main factors is of course. what the heck army am i going to be fighting? The army i am going against will tell me what kinds of magically items i am taking.
For Example

• Undead--lots of antimagic items..destroy magic scrolls and such
• Wood Elves--anti flier items. and some tough ass sword for the treeman
• Dark Elves--here is were i pump up my magic and take average power magic swords
• Empire--items can be anything here. Empire is so diverse,
• High Elves--anti magic city also. just as annoying as undead
• Orcs and goblins--?? never fought them yet. but i would take a wide variety of items.
• Bretonnia-- somewhat heavy on anti-magic and heavy on spell users
• Chaos Dwarves--Never fought these guys either.. take a lot of hard hitting weapons
• Dwarves--Never fought them, but i would take weapons that wound automatically or items that go against opponents speed
• Lizardmen--anti magic items and lots of hard hitting magic items.

I am trying to be somewhat vague on purpose, I don't want to tell people what to take. I just am giving my personal generalization about the different armies.

What troops to take.
When i make an army, for the most part i go for speed. I like to have lots of troops with a 6" at least. Dragon Ogres are great troops.I almost always take 3 of these guys and let them run around by themselves. I rarely put anyone with them, since they don't need the help.
Steeds of Slannesh along with flamers, a couple chariots, centaurs, minotaur, dragon ogres with a bunch of harpies will hit the enemy so damn fast he won't realize what hit him until he is six feet under. This tactic works very well in a lot of situations.

BASIC TACTICS
Here is a couple basic tactics that works well just about all the time. I don't always use them. IF i win 3 or 4 games in a row i usually make an army that goes against all normal guidelines just to see what happens. but sometimes if i really want a win I will go to some of these tactics.
Chaos Knights lead by a Champion of Khorne with banner of rage. champion either has Talisman of Obsidian or Helm of Many Eyes.---- This tactic I use a lot, and of course is very effective, although a zombie dragon once kicked their ass....but i said-- only once
Either a sorcerer of Tzeentch or General of Tzeentch--Very deadly figure. In my current 6 game with the enemy general dead tactic. One of these two guys have been responsible for 4 of the kills. Give the sorcerer the book of secrets. Give either the Destiny of Tzeentch. General Chaos Runeshield and Chaos Armor. The black amulet is very effective for either one. If you are feeling really mean give one the cloak of shadowsAnd some magic item that has a range attack. Get into a good position with these guys and attack.. I have only lost one disc rider in my last 8 games and that was one the first turn of one game when my sorcerer got hit by 2 bolt throwers.

In conclusionfor now at leastThe chaos army has great potential to crush all in its path. However always be aware of your opponent. He will most likely have some trick up his sleeve for you. Expect everything at all times. I play paranoid, but it does not stop my charges. A lot of times i will sometimes move my army slowly forward instead of a mad rush like my opponent will expect. Just attack and wait for your opponents mistakes and take advantage of them and then crush them..

chaos forever

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