Be intentional about the Heavy Support and Fast Attack choices that you pick.

Hey guys, Son of Adam here again with a little list building checklist.  This is not the end all be all of list building, but is simply a quick check to run through your list in order to see if you are missing something.

            If you are building an all-comers list for any mission in the new BRB, then there are some things that you ought to make sure that you consider.  Here is a very basic two part checklist to run through your list.  The first is directly written with the Golden Rules in mind, and the second are with the potential meta in mind.

Mission Specific:

• How will this list handle scoring/contesting 6 different objectives?
• Is there any way to reduce my kill point total?  Does this list have too many?
• Are all of the heavy support choices in this list diverse enough to take advantage of Big Guns Never Tire without creating too much of a victory points liability should they be destroyed and award the opponent victory points?
• Are all of the Fast Attack choices in this list diverse enough to take advantage of The Scouring without creating too much of a victory points liability should they be destroyed and award the opponent victory points?
• Can this list get a near guarantee that I claim one particular objective of my choosing?
• Can this list guarantee that I can deny one particular objective of my opponent?
• Does this list provide a solution for seizing and holding the relic?
• Does this list provide a solution for forcing an opponent to drop the relic?
• Does this list have a hard to kill Warlord?
• Does this list provide a means to kill the opponents Warlord?
• Does this list have an easy to kill unit?
• Does this list provide a means for getting the first kill?
• What in this list is poised to be in the enemy’s deployment zone at the end of the game?

General Defense:

• Does this list provide a solution for AV14 vehicles?
• Does this list provide a solution for Deathstars?
• Does this list provide a solution for fliers?
• Does this list provide a solution for hordes?
• Does this list provide a solution for MSU?
• Does this list provide a solution for 2+ saves?
• Does this list provide a solution for Monstrous Creatures
• Does this list provide a solution for Psykers?

Expect to see more fliers in the 6th Edition.  How will your list defend against them?

            Notice that these are not overly specific.  That is intentional.  There are many tricky ways to deal with the different threats and achieve different objectives.  For example you can deal with a deathstar without killing it (see here for that article).  Or win “The Emperor’s Will” without trying to claim the opponents objective (article here), or any at all (article here).  Keep an eye out for providing an answer to each of these items in non-traditional ways.

            This is a very general checklist, but not a bad one to give your list a quick run-through.  Most of us try to run through this checklist in our heads anyway, but it is good to have a tangible list in front of us, and will benefit those that have not considered it before. 

            Run your list through this checklist and tell us about how it fared.  Feel free to post an overview of your list and its strengths and weaknesses in regards to the checklist in the comments below.  If you want to send me a copy of your list and your review personally send it to SonofAdam@MasterCraftGaming.com.