Fluff to Tabletop

I, due to the snow of doom, have been sitting here, and been thinking about the difference between tabletop, and the fluff on some of my favorite current models.  Thats right boys and girls, the difference between the Terminator on the board, and the Terminator in the book. 



The Terminator on the Board:

Well lets face it.  On the board, it is a scary unit that you really have to plan for, just charging in headlong, you probably won't win without so many outragious attacks, that it will just make the other person call BS.  So lets look into how to deal with these bad boys without losing our nobz to them.

Well the first option of course is to throw your own squad of terminators at them and watch the fail commence.  As both squads will of course deal a ton of wounds to the other, but more than likely neither of them will actually fall entirely.  Both squads will probably have at least 3 guys left (assuming 10 man squads here), which will cause the following, another round of combat.  And then another, and another.  so lets say that this is not the best way to deal with the hammer.

Then there is what I have seen as the best way to deal with a squad of terminators (assuming that they don't have a ride, and don't have fleet) just ignore them.  Walk away from them, and make them chase you down.  They will eventually catch you, but by that time, there really isn't a whole lot of hope that their deathstar is going to do a whole lot against you.  Most of the time Terminators just don't cut it for their points.  But I will get into making them worth your while here in just a few posts I have planned for later on in our readings.

The other way that I have seen Terminators dealt with is by power weapons and Null Zone.  While that takes more points than the Terminators do, is it really worth getting rid of them by doing that?  I would have to say yes, as if they are able to hit your front lines, then you are most likely just screwed.  There isn't a whole lot that you can do to them aside from hope and pray. 

When it comes to dealing with them it has always in my mind to deal with them rather than let them sit there, and hope that you can run away far and fast enough. 

Terminators in the Book:

Now here is where we see the real difference, these guys are just monsters!  You really have to look at the major differences here, first off, in the books, only the heaviest weaponry can actually dent the might Tactical Dreadnought Armour, where as in the game, they can be felled by the simple bolt pistol.  Also, in the Fluff, the Terminator is such a force that this whole squad is something that will literally walk through an entire guard regiment, and not lose a single man, let alone suffer a wound.

So there you have it.  My take on the difference between the fluff, and the tabletop. 

Until next time.