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Time for a change!
I have been running Warhammer Tau for nearly a year now and I am happy with the way things are going. I have just returned from my summer holidays (vacation) and while I was away I had time to think...
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Challenge Accepted!
Hello. I am Hu Jin Tau, my name is Will Lewis and I have just assumed the reigns of responsibility for the Warhammer Tau blog. But in no way does that mean I "own" it. Responsibility and ownership...
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Alien Allies for Tau: Kroot
Greetings, fellow Xenos.This is the first in a series about identifying and playing alien allies with your Tau Cadre, and in this post we are going to focus on the Kroot.BackgroundI had heard that...
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Tactica: Devilfish
One of 2 Devilfish I run in my Mechanised CadreNext Tactica - the Devilfish.Unit DescriptionThe humble Tau Battle Taxi – an AV12 11 10 Dedicated Transport that comes with a Burst Cannon and 2 gun...
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What Should I Buy Now? - Part I
August 5, 2013When the site's founder Adam Smith first posed that question a couple of years ago the answer was murky at best because rumors about the imminent Tau release were all over the place,...
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What Should I Buy Now? - Part II
August 9, 2013 Phase 2: Your First 1000 points or so(+ $250)This is where you can expect the others in the circle start to disagree with me.This article assumes that you have acquired the items in...
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Farsight Encalve - Rules Conundrum
I’m struggling bit to get my head round the Farsight Supplement, specifically how it interacts with the Tau Codex. I was going to write a review of the Supplement, but I need to come to a view on this...
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What Should I Buy Now? - Part III
August 11, 2013 Phase 3: Rounding Out With Essential Tau Units (up to about 1700 points)Beyond the battle box, erm... battle boxes in this case, we need to delve a bit into philosophy before...
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What Should I Buy Now? Part IV
August 16, 2013Mech TauI like the Mech-Tau style of play, and I like the Gunline-Tau style of play. Remember what I said about never playing the same game twice? But unless you have cash flowing out...
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Farsight Enclave Supplement Review
Well all my fears about the Farsight Enclave Supplement are unfounded. The GT I’m going to at the beginning of September is allowing allied Tau Detachments to take Tau Signature Systems, essentially...
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Kebek III
August 19, 2013So, I was poking around on the Interwebs a few days ago, and I found a blurb on some site that pointed me to another site, and so on... you know how it is when you're browsing......
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Alien Allies for Tau - Vespids
August 21, 2013Tau-Va!The Vespid are a unique race of insect-like aliens who are members of the Tau Empire. In the Tau Lexicon, they are called "Mal'kor". This derives from the Tau words for insect,...
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What Should I Buy Now? - Part VI
Phase 6: Kicking it up a notch to 2500, and adding some flavor.These are units I just had to have...Well, that is the mandatory Tau list, according to me. This last phase is where you can add in a...
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What Should I Buy Now? Part V
Part 5. Gunline Tau Ok, this is a tough one to pull off, so follow me through with it before you start yelling at your screen. One of the quickest ways to lose a game is to implement this strategy...
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What you should expect from us and the site.
Just a bit of admin here...Since taking the reigns about a month ago I have worked very hard to adhere to Adam and David's (and the others) standards of quality as well as set some new standards for...
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Cadre Reinforcements
I haven't posted for a while because I've been working hard on reinforcements for my Cadre. I'm going to the Northern Warlords GT in Warrington this weekend and needed to focus on some bits and bobs....
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Alien Allies for Tau - Gue'vesa
Alien Allies for Tau - Gue'vesaThe next big alien allies group for Tau is the Gue'vesa or expatriate humans.According to the official rulebook,The Gue’vesa, literally ‘human helpers’ in the Tau tongue,...
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Tactica: Riptides
My Cadre's HBC Riptide.This is the next article in the Tactica series. Remember, this is a community exercise and all comments and suggestions are very welcome. I’ll make any changes before it’s posted...
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A Face Only a Mother Could Love...
A mother-ship that is...So not a huge post this time, just updating you on a new battlesuit variant coming to a Forgeworld near you, and only £70 (that's $113 in real money).I love the model already,...
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Alien Allies for Tau - Minor Races
This is the fourth installment of background for Tau Empire Alien Allies. We've already discussed the Kroot, vespids, and Gue'vesa which comprise by far the three most popular and most modeled races...
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