What is a 2000 point army called?

Strike Force – 2000 points – 12 CP.
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What is a battle forged army?

A battle forged army is one that follows "official" rules on what kind of units your army contains. For example a Patrol detachment is couple of Leaders, up to 3 units of "troops" 2 fast attack units etc..
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What should my first 40K army be?

Space Marines

Hands down, this is the best starter army for anyone to learn and play the game with. It shouldn't surprise folks that Space Marines are the most popular army – and with good reason.
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What is the cheapest 40k army to collect?

10 Cheapest Armies You Can Build In Warhammer 40,000
  1. 1 Adeptus Custodes. By and large one of the most affordable armies that one can play are the Adeptus Custodes.
  2. 2 Chaos Knights. ...
  3. 3 Imperial Knights. ...
  4. 4 Orks. ...
  5. 5 Death Guard. ...
  6. 6 Space Marines. ...
  7. 7 Thousand Sons. ...
  8. 8 Chaos Space Marines. ...
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Are Necrons a good starting army?

' appeal of an SC! Box, they build into far better starter armies. The contents of the Necrons patrol box are a good start, especially since, if you build the ten immortals as two units of five, you'll only need one more Troops choice, and a HQ, to get to the minimum for a battalion detachment.
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What is a 40k detachment?

Warhammer 40k detachments are the essential, rules-mandated building blocks of a 'battle-forged' army - that is, one that's properly structured and rules-legal for balanced play in most of the game's formats.
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How many points is a Brigade detachment?

The next detachment you see is the Brigade. This detachment gives you a whopping 12 command points by itself. This detachment requires you to have the same amount of units to start with that you would normally max out in a Brigade.
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How big is a detachment?

The term is often used to refer to a unit that is sent to a different base from the parent unit. A Cadet detachment usually consists of between 10 and 40 cadets. Several detachments make up a cadet company.
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How many points is a strike force army?

On the topic of Combat Patrol, though many of you will be familiar with fighting battles that roughly equate to the size of Incursion (approx. 50 Power/1000 points), Strike Force (approx. 100 Power/2000 points) and even Onslaught (approx.
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How many troops is in a battalion?

Battalions consist of four to six companies and can include up to about 1,000 soldiers. They can conduct independent operations of limited scope and duration and are usually commanded by a lieutenant colonel.
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How many command points is a battalion?

The battalion detachment, then, comes at the cost of three command points.
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What is an understrength unit 40k?

The understrength units rule means you still have to pay the cost of the minimum sized unit, even if you're not fielding the minimum number of models.
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What are command points?

The Command Points are individual points that have strong and broad effects on their related part of the body. They are used to treat any imbalance in their designated areas from any etiology (hot, cold, excess, deficiency) at any stage (i.e. chronic or acute).
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What is a detachment in the army?

A detachment (from the French détachement) is a military unit. It can either be detached from a larger unit for a specific function or (particularly in United States military usage) be a permanent unit smaller than a battalion.
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How do command points work?

Command Points are a strategic currency that you can now spend how you want – you might decide that its worth spending a couple of CP to have an army of nothing but tanks, terminators or bikers – alternatively you might decide you want to stick to a balanced force to save these CP to use them on other things during the ...
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What is an HQ in Warhammer?

An HQ is a leader, in a sense. A single, powerful model that brings something special to your army. You pick one depending on what role you want them to serve for the rest of your forces. You must field at least one.
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Does disembarking count as moving?

A: No, they do not count as being set up on the battlefield and are considered to be reinforcements for the purposes of the Tactical Reserves rule. It's only for that rule though! Soon as they “disembark” they stop being reinforcements.
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Do unbound armies get command points?

You can play with no Detachments, this is called an Unbound Army, but you'll get zero Command Points.
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What is the strongest Warhammer 40K army?

In tabletop, the Eldar are arguably the strongest faction in the game thanks to their fantastic units. In lore, Eldar are equally formidable but are short on supply.
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What is the most powerful faction in Warhammer 40K?

Warhammer 40K: 8 Strongest Factions
  1. 1 Tyranids.
  2. 2 Orks. ...
  3. 3 C'Tan. ...
  4. 4 Chaos. ...
  5. 5 Imperium Of Man. ...
  6. 6 Necrons. ...
  7. 7 Asuryan/Eldar. ...
  8. 8 Tau Empire. The Tau are a young empire that appears to be experiencing growth compared to many of the other sentient factions in the Warhammer 40K universe. ...
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What is the easiest Warhammer 40K army to paint?

Sylvaneth
  • A low model count army.
  • It is quite easy to make the different tree miniatures look great with simple basecoats and washes.
  • No armor, but painting bark will be so much more forgiving than painting flesh.
  • Browns and greens are generally easy colors to look good.
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