New Year, New Seasons

Hello children. Welcome to the 41st millennium, where chaos rules all, and I, Lord Ahriman, am the master of Chaos.

Today we have tournament lists in the making. The two big events I'm prepping for right now are Contest of Champions at great escape games in Sacramento at 1250 points, and the Bay Area Open GT at 1750. CoC will be this coming saturday, and I'm hoping to do well with my list. This is the first year that there is no composition scoring, and I'm not going to be penalized for running Ahriman and Thousand Sons. So, that said, here is the list for CoC:

Total Roster Cost: 1247
HQ: Sorcerer (1#, 205 pts)
1 Sorcerer, 180 pts = (base cost 60 + Mark of Tzeentch 15 + Increase Mastery Level x2 50 + Sigil of Corruption 25 + Gift of Mutation 10 + Spell Familiar 15 + Veterans of the Long War 5)
1 Dimensional Key, 25 pts
Troops: Thousand Sons (10#, 322 pts)
8 Thousand Sons, 184 pts = 8 * 23
1 Aspiring Sorcerer, 73 pts = (base cost 58 + Gift of Mutation 10 + Melta Bombs 5)
1 Chaos Rhino, 65 pts = (base cost 35 + Destroyer Blades 15 + Dozer Blade 5 + Extra Armor 10)
Troops: Thousand Sons (10#, 322 pts)
8 Thousand Sons, 184 pts = 8 * 23
1 Aspiring Sorcerer, 73 pts = (base cost 58 + Gift of Mutation 10 + Melta Bombs 5)
1 Chaos Rhino, 65 pts = (base cost 35 + Destroyer Blades 15 + Dozer Blade 5 + Extra Armor 10)
Fast Attack: Heldrake (1#, 170 pts)
1 Heldrake, 170 pts
Heavy Support: Obliterator (3#, 228 pts)
3 Obliterator, 228 pts = 3 * 76 (base cost 70 + Mark of Nurgle 6)
Validation Report:
c-1. File Version: 1.11 For Bug Reports/www.ab40k.org; b-1. Roster Options: Imperial Armour, Named or Special Characters; a-1. Scenario: Normal Mission; b-2. Levels of Alliance: Battle Brothers
Roster satisfies all enforced validation rules
Composition Report:
HQ: 1 (1 - 2)
Elite: 0 (0 - 3)
Troops: 2 (2 - 6)
Fast: 1 (0 - 3)
Heavy: 1 (0 - 3)
Fort: 0 (0 - 1)
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Heavy, elite list, but that's what you get with chaos marines on a consistent basis.

Next up is the BAO list I'm running at 1750. First concept gave me this:


1750 Pts - Chaos Space Marines Roster

Total Roster Cost: 1750

HQ: Typhus (1#, 230 pts)
   1 Typhus, 230 pts

Elite: Chaos Terminators (7#, 320 pts)
   6 Chaos Terminators, 278 pts = 6 * 40 (base cost 31 + Mark of Nurgle 6 + Veterans of the Long War 3) + Chainfist x1 12 + Lightning Claw x2 6 + Combi-Meltagun x2 10 + Heavy Flamer x1 10
      1 Terminator Champion, 42 pts = (base cost 33 + Mark of Nurgle 6 + Veterans of the Long War 3)

Troops: Plague Marines (8#, 240 pts)
   6 Plague Marines, 165 pts = 6 * 25 (base cost 24 + Veterans of the Long War 1) + Flamer x1 5 + Meltagun x1 10
      1 Plague Champion, 40 pts = (base cost 24 + Gift of Mutation 10 + Melta Bombs 5 + Veterans of the Long War 1)
      1 Chaos Rhino, 35 pts

Troops: Plague Marines (8#, 240 pts)
   6 Plague Marines, 165 pts = 6 * 25 (base cost 24 + Veterans of the Long War 1) + Flamer x1 5 + Meltagun x1 10
      1 Plague Champion, 40 pts = (base cost 24 + Gift of Mutation 10 + Melta Bombs 5 + Veterans of the Long War 1)
      1 Chaos Rhino, 35 pts

Troops: Plague Zombies (20#, 90 pts)
   19 Plague Zombies, 76 pts = 19 * 4
      1 Plague Zombie Champion, 14 pts

Troops: Plague Zombies (20#, 90 pts)
   19 Plague Zombies, 76 pts = 19 * 4
      1 Plague Zombie Champion, 14 pts

Fast Attack: Heldrake (1#, 170 pts)
   1 Heldrake, 170 pts

Fast Attack: Heldrake (1#, 170 pts)
   1 Heldrake, 170 pts

Heavy Support: Forgefiend (1#, 200 pts)
   1 Forgefiend, 200 pts = (base cost 175 + Ectoplasma Cannon 25)

Validation Report:
c-1. File Version: 1.11 For Bug Reports/www.ab40k.org; b-1. Roster Options: Imperial Armour, Named or Special Characters; a-1. Scenario: Normal Mission; b-2. Levels of Alliance: Battle Brothers
Roster satisfies all enforced validation rules

Composition Report:
HQ: 1 (1 - 2)
Elite: 1 (0 - 3)
Troops: 4 (2 - 6)
Fast: 2 (0 - 3)
Heavy: 1 (0 - 3)
Fort: 0 (0 - 1)

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Heavy hitting, tough army, with some serious nastiness. The new FAQs that released today stated two crucial things for this chaos marine list:

1: If Typhus uses the Destroyer Hive while in a challenge, everyone hit by the template is affected as normal.

2: A Heldrake's weapons count as turrets, measuring from the base, for the purpose of line of sight.

I look forward to testing both of these armies out, and while the 1250 will be a very quick test, the 1750 will not be until march - hence the all-new chaos army that I will attempt to collect and paint by then.

Battle reports to follow this weekend, hopefully some battles against the new Dark Angels too.