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Imperial
Guard
Special
Rules for Imperial Guard Regiments by Owen Edwards
“Ooh, Cadians, ah, Catachans,
ooh...”
Every regiment is recruited from a single
planet, such as all Catachan regiments are recruited from Catachan. So often a regiment has special skills that others may
not. Other regiments are trained so they have special skills,
such as Cadians.
The Regiments: Catachan, Cadian, Mordian,
Tallarn, Praetorian, Valhallan, Magdallen, Rigellian, Attilan.
A platoon must be formed from a single
type of regiment. A Command HQ must also be from a single
regiment. Tanks and artillery pieces, along with Hellhounds and
Sentinels need not be assigned a regiment, as many of the skills
are not applicable to vehicles. Whichever regiment the Command HQ
is from must be represented by at least two platoons. Praetorians
can only have one platoon, unless the Command HQ is also
Praetorian, in which case there are two Praetorian platoons, no
more Praetorian platoons can be chosen. No tanks may be chosen as
Praetorian. No tanks may be Attilan either. Commisars leading
squads do not have that platoons special skill.
All Platoons in the army must be assigned
a Regiment. If you are using these rules then a platoon may
include the following in addition to the norm:Armoured Fist
Squad, Fire Support Squad, Mortar Squad, Anti-Tank Squad, Rough
Rider Squads. A Platoon may either have 1-5 Infantry Squads, 1-5
Armoured Fist Squads or 1-5 Rough Rider Squads. If the platoon
has Armoured Fist Squads, then the other squads must have
Chimeras at a cost of plus 95 points. If the platoon has
Rough Rider Squads, then only the Command Section and Rough Rider
Squads are allowed to be chosen. The Command Section must be
mounted on horses. These are free. The same applies to the
Command HQ if it is Attilan, as all Rough Rider Squads are
Attilan.
Special Skills:
Special Skills do not add to the cost of the Platoon.
Mordian Iron Guard:
Mordian Guardsmen's unswerving loyalty to the Emperor is so
strong that they will hardly ever flee.
To represent this they may retake failed leadership tests.
However, the second result stands.
Catachan Jungle Fighters:
Catachan Guardsmen are brought up on death worlds, so they can
pass through forests and jungle as if it were open ground. They
know how to recognise a life threatening situation while in a
jungle.
To represent this Catachans pass through woods and jungle terrain
as if it were open ground and ignore any harmful effects in a
piece of jungle terrain.
Cadian Shock Troops:
Cadians are trained to clear out urban areas with flamers and
grenade launchers.
To represent this Cadians are allowed up to three special
weapons(Flamer, Plasma Gun, Meltagun and Grenade Launcher)rather
than the usual one.
Tallarn Desert Raiders and Valhallan Ice
Warriors:
Both these regiments are brought up in harsh conditions.
To represent this they ignore movement restrictions while on
their type of planet.(Valhallan ice, Tallarn desert.) In
addition, they ignore harmful effects for their type of planet.
Praetorian Regiments:
These regiments are well trained in close combat and are
exceptionally brave.
To represent this their leadership is 8 and are WS4. Now you can
see why I put a restriction on Praetorian platoons. They are just
the best platoon ever.
Magdallen:
Magdallen troops are trained so they hate all enemies of the
Emperor. In addition to this, some platoons are known to include
specialist close combat squads.
To represent this Magdallen troops have +1 attack in addition to
attacks added for additional close combat weapons and charging.
Also, any squads in a Magdallen platoon may exchange their
lasguns for laspistols and power swords for +15 points.
Rigellian:
Rigellian colonels often employ masses of artillery.
To represent this up to one Rigellian platoon may be made up
entirely(other than the command section)of Fire Support Squads.
Also, any Rigellian Platoon(including a Fire Support Platoon)may
have up to one Griffon, Basilisk or Demolisher. This is included
as part of the Troop Choice the platoon takes up.
Attilan:
Rough Rider Regiments from Attila are among the best regiments in
the Guard.
Attilan Rough Riders may move double if they don’t fire.
Suggestions for Magdallen and Rigellian
Regiments:Use Cadians for Magdallens and Mordians for Rigellians.
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