Ahh the swamping of Imperial Guardsmen. A tactic as old as, as, kissing babies on the fore head for the blessing of the Chaos Gods. (Trust me, it's been around a long time)
I've always found this tactic a little dodgy, but thats just because before I played Guard I played Marines and Eldar and I didn't like casualties much. This is a great tactic on the board, and its useful for messing with the oppnonents head.
"Mate, how much is that there group of 50 Guardsmen?"
"200 points. Mind giving me a hand with the deployment? I have another 600 points to go"
And the amount of casualties it'll save your real heavy hitters from recieving is worth getting Carpal Tunnel from lifting these guys.
However as mentioned you will need Independent Commisars for the Conscripts because if they flee thats alot of your main battle line deciding to high-tail it out of there. |