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Tactica: Fire Warriors
Hello and welcome to the next installment of our Tactica series. This time we will be looking at our basic grunt: the Fire Warrior.Unit DescriptionThe Tau Firewarrior has most of the stats of your...
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Tactica: XV-8 Crisis Teams
Next up is the renowned XV-8 Crisis Team. They are the heart and soul of the Tau army, and they have been since Tau were first released. Let's see how to best utilize our old friends in 7th edition...
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Tactica: Piranha Light Skimmer
As requested, the next Tactica article will be the Piranha Light Skimmer. Piranhas were one of the biggest winners when the 6th edition codex was released, but a high dollar-to-point ratio keeps these...
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Tactica: Hammerhead
Hammerheads are the Tau Empire's standard battle tank. It is a hardy vehicle that can has changed roles as time has gone on. Once the premier anti-tank vehicle in the game, now the bane of infantry...
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Riptide Variant: XV109 Y'vahra from Forgeworld
Introducing the newest addition to the Tau Empire: the XV109 Y'vahra! I am over the moon about this new battlesuit, so I figured I'd post about it!BackgroundThis bad boy was engineered by the same Fio...
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Forgeworld Update: (Expands on Skyler's Announcement)
For those who missed two of the biggest things to happen on Forgeworld lately -at least as far as the Tau are concerned, the Kroot are gone from the FW site, and there is a new Battlesuit for us Tau...
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Tactica: Cadre Fireblade
I am going to break away from the vehicles and units to focus on the new HQ option: The Cadre Fireblade. This is the Sergeant Johnson of all Firewarriors and he brings some cool synergy to Tau...
View ArticleLocal Tourney List: 1500 points
1500pt Local Tournament ListMy area was fortunate enough to have a small gaming shop start up a few months ago. As a proper welcome, I am running our first 40k tournament to help get a bit more...
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Local Tournament Results
A little earlier this month I posted up the 1500 point army list that I'd be taking to a local tournament. Those that checked it out might be interested in seeing how it performed. Instead of separate...
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Farsight's Commander Team: The Eight
This is not a full blown tactica article, it is more of my own musings on the uses of The Eight. I think that their usefulness has lessened since the arrival of 7th edition, and due to some oversights...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Warhammer Tau!
Short and sweet: Merry Christmas!Thanks for reading, especially since lately our authors have been very busy with RL!
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Battle Report: Tau/Necrons vs. Astra Militarum/Orks
Tau/Necrons vs. Astra Militarum/OrksThis was actually a practice match for an upcoming doubles tournament I am helping throw at our FLGS. The restrictions are pretty simple: 1000 points per army,...
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The Culexus Assassin
The Celexus AssassinThe rollercoaster that is 6th and 7th edition, has majorly changed 40k. Allies, in particular, have altered how we approach our list-building. Good or bad, this is how it is now. A...
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Tactica: The Sniperside
This will be a short tactica article, as it focuses on a very specific tactic you can achieve with a Broadside.The SnipersideThe ingredients for a sniperside are quite simple:Broadside Shas'vre with an...
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Fighting 7th Edition Eldar with 6th Edition Tau
The title says it all. This post is some of my musings on dealing with the newest codex arrival: Eldar. I was going to post on how to deal with Necrons a month or so ago, but the answer for them is the...
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Converting the XV109 Y'vahra
When the Riptide came out, I swore I'd never buy one. It went against the fluff and I thought it was ugly too. Then the R'varna came out and I said, "Well this one looks better, I can get behind that"...
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Deep Striking: Tau do it best
I play against opponents who hate Deep Strike. They hate reserves. They hate anything that might possibly roll badly for them. Nothing against those players, that is a valid tactic, especially when you...
View Article1850 Tournament List - Farsight Enclaves
I know. This is just another list on the internet. Who cares? In this day and age of weekly changing tournament standards, this post might be obsolete in a manner of months, but I'll post it anyways so...
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Tournament Results: Round 1 vs. Necrons
---Shas'El Bork'an J'Shas'ka watched the approaching icons on his cartographic display. At their current speed the machines would be here in only a few Rai'kor and the Fio hadn't finished their work....
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1850 Tournament Results: Round 2 vs Space Marines
---Alarm sirens blared across the compound. Shas'O Sha'is'Nen proceeded with his retinue through the trenches and between bunkers, approaching his goal. He could now see the mysterious contraption...
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