Warhammer : 40,000-Astra Militarum

Welcome to the 40K faction for normal men and women doing normal, relatable things, like fighting slathering alien monsters with nothing but an underpowered laser rifle and a fat tin of gumption. The downtrodden Guard soldier might not be the galaxy’s mightiest warrior, but a whole platoon? Backed up with heavy artillery and giant, rumbling tanks? That’s a whole lot of boom, and it’s your job to unload it into the enemy. Or die trying. Or both.

Army Strengths

• Effective shooting and lots of it
• Tons of bodies for cheap
• Huge variety of units means being able to present a threat to any type of foe
• Flexible core troops
• Big, rugged tanks covered in heavy weapons

Army Weaknesses

• Your infantry might be plentiful and cheap, but that means they die in droves
• Poor melee choices, reducing your ability to participate in the fight phase.
• Likewise, your chonky hard-to-hide tanks are going to attract a lot of attention from enemy guns
• Majority Ballistic Skill of 4+ to hit means you suddenly get very inaccurate if your enemy inflicts hit penalties on you
• There are a couple of units which sound hilarious on paper but are tragically ineffective on the table