As requested by rubiksnoob.

1000pts are quick and easy. You can easily get a couple of friendly games in a small matter of time, yet still big enough conflict to be fun.
Also good for a tournament.

I've played mostly 1500 pts because that is what the size is set up for at tournaments at the LGS I go to. I've played maybe one 2000pt game and didn't feel much of a difference. I've played a 500pt game for a campaign and thought it was interesting but wanted more. I've played a 1000 pt game for another campaign and, like the 500pt game, seemed kind of small for my tastes. I wonder if it depends on what you mostly play (tournaments, casual, campaign, or other).

i like massive games that you could write a book about.
10 players bringing 10k points each yeeeeaaa!

I like 1750pts because you get that extra couple of units and the game doesn't become unruly like at 2000+ pts. 2 hour play time is still very realistic and objective scenarios become a little more exciting.

I'm a 1500 junkie, but 2000 is my next choice.

A 4x6 just isn't that big......

2000 points although I do love games much, much higher. This provides a much funner and longer game than lower points as I usually get bored by turn 3-4 of small games since all you really have are usually a few assaults and a couple of units left to shoot.

I like 500-750 the most they just seem intense at times.

1850 because everyone has a 1500 list that extra 350 is often for fun units with our casual group. As far as competitive goes I really like 1500 it seems to be the point where all the lists are at the most balanced; getting up to 2k the newer codex's really start to dominate.

I haven't played in a long time, but when I did 1850 was the prefered point level.

Big enough that you could properly fill out your lists, not so big that games took too long.

1850, it just adds a good level of competition.

I remember when Rogue Trader tournaments went from 1500 to 1850. It was like, "well what do I throw in now?" The points difference generally equalled an extra character and a tank. Sometimes a LR, but that was rare. These young whipper-snappers now throw a LR into every game they can, but then again that's 5th for you (which is a good thing).

1850, It just feels right

If you want to get into the Game 1750 gives you many choieses.

I was a 1500 man through and through, but I've found the 1750/1850 gives you the option for a little more fun without it becoming a bloated 2K game

1500 just seems the right amount to have a decend sized battle but not have one side clearly dominating because of better models. Tactics are more important in smaller battles ^_^

As a bug player 1k does a lot for me. It's quick, easy, I can get in all the guys I like, and it's all done from set up to tear down in 2 hours. Also since I coach a lot of new players it's big and fun for them and allows a lot more time for discussion in game without it turning into a 4 hour match.

The gaming group I meet with plays at 1850 usually. At my friend's house we usually play 2000.

I actually tend to like both ends of the spectrum. I find the quick 750 point or less games are a great way to get a few casual games in and test out some units. It's actually pretty fun.

However, the big Apocalypse games are a lot of fun too. Basically plan a summer weekend around them. Fill up the fridge with beverages and the freezer with meat and off you go. Play a turn, have a pint, toss a ball around or go for a walk, play another turn, cook something, do another turn, go in the hot tub. Makes for a descent weekend.

The only problem I run into with the smaller games tends to be the people I play with. I can do a lot with 500 points of Orks, field some fun units and have plenty of variety. Folks with elite armies don't have that luxury when they're paying three times as much for units as I am. To that end, we usually go around 1000 points for smaller games and restrict the lower points games to seeing if things will work.

2500+! takes most of an arvo to play, but it means you get to use models and units that get ignored in smaller games.

2500+! Takes most of an arvo to play, but it means you get to use models and units that get ignored in smaller games.

2500+! Takes most of an arvo to play, but it means you get to use models and units that get ignored in smaller games.

When I played, I usually went for around 1000-1500. 1500 is my preferred size though, as it gives you enough room to get some cool units, but you often don't get everything you want in your list. Choosing what to leave out and having to deal with it in the game is a challenge that I think makes games more interesting than just slapping everything you want on the table and duking it out (although that's okay too every once in awhile).

TRIPLE POST.

but anyways I like 2000 as well. I have 2 2k point armies, and the one 2k point game i played (with orkishlyorkish) was amazing in more ways than i care to count.

750

Small, quick, fun.

We play at or around 1250, sometimes going to 1000 or as high as 1500. 1250 makes for a nice solid army and a quick game.

1850

I play any points and have fun, so it doesn't really matter. The higher you go the better/numerous the opposing units become.

I play them all but my fav is a non-legal game so a sm squad with 3 and maby a scout squad with 3 men it doesnt seem like much but if you dont know the rules its very fun

No option for 1850?

I play 1850 the most.

choice? APOC 3000+

normal 2k games are common for me.

I voted 1750, just because we vary between 1500 and 2k.

5000, because I like fielding billions of models!
But for nice compact games, anywhere from 1500 to 2000

I like playing Apoc, but failing that I'm happiest with smaller games up to 1500 pts.

IMO, 1750, 1850+ are just too big for 1v1 duels.

I believe that the best are tag team battles 2 vs. 2 1000 pts to a player or 2000pts to a side.

I just like pitting single units against each other.

Like wunov da boyz against a dreadnought.

Demogerg wrote:i like massive games that you could write a book about.
10 players bringing 10k points each yeeeeaaa!

QFT

I like a range of games . . . campaigns with growing points are cool, but 1500 is definitely my favourite.

YUK I can't believe that many people like 1500. I hate that number. 2000 is just so much better.

I voted 1850

I don't mind but i prefer 1500 pts painted than 3000 just undercovered

2000. You can field a really well-rounded army, have a couple of fun units, and 1 or 2 bad dice rolls won't lose you the game. I don't play anything under 1500 as a general rule. If I'm going to go through the hassle of setting up, I want some strategy and tactics involved. Anything under 1000 is determined entirely by a couple dice rolls or an army list. Between 1000 and 1500 tactics start to come into play. When you get to 2000 you really have to think about what you're going to shoot first, where you need to assault or avoid assault, etc. Much more emphasis on strategy than dice rolls or cheesing out an army list. I'm not bitter about getting owned in small point battles. I was the jerk who put a Looted Leman Russ into a 500 point game back in 4th edition. I just didn't think it was fair for me to kill their only Lascannon on the first shot of the game and win by default.

This poll needs a 1250 option. 1250 games are my favorite as they are played like 1000 point games, but still allow room for more tactical flexibility, and if nothing else, some fun extra units.

1500 point's I can field all my favorite unit's. :3

No choice for 500Pts I vote 1000Pts.

oggers wrote:No choice for 500Pts I vote 1000Pts.

500? Now that is an interesting choice, Personally I hate 500 point games, they go by so quick, you can't even get into it before the game is over, not to mention it allows little to none tactical flexibility. It always seems like 500 point games are solely based around dice rolls rather than overall strategy, either that or it comes down to who has the better army to play a 500 point game.

Seeing as this is your favorite point value you must have some interesting tactics set up for these games, I would love to hear them.

I prefer 2,000. I'll go as low as 1,000, but no lower.

At the FLGS I go to, they try to limit games to 1000 pts. I would prefer 1500 pts, but I dont think anyone in my groups (including myself) has that many models yet.

1000 pts.
Nice, not many powerbuilds (thoug I can't get my Land Raider and Assault Termies, sad face), takes short enough time despite still being tactical enough

I like 2K, but wish my store played more than that and 1850.

1000 pts, all ways have, all ways will

1500, looking to change it up to 2000 eventually. 1000 is good as well, I keep a couple lists for 1000 and 1500 so I don't have to waste too much time if I'm going to play a different point level. Generally if it's going to be 500, might as well just play kill teams instead, it's good that it returned.

3 points is a great game, 1 Gretchin per side.

1750 pts is like 1500 pts with that little extra nudge, you can afford to put in that extra unit you like or just for the fluff. 250 pts don´t make the gameingtime that much longer than a 1500 pts game either.

I'm gonna be in a minority for liking 1k games, and since that's what I play the most, that's what I voted for. However, 1500 games seem to have a lot more depth for me; I'm hoping to get in more 1.5k games soon.

I think I play 1500 and 2000 the most.

Though I hear about these 1750/1850 games coming about..

who decides what's 'IN' for points these days?!

I prefer 1500 to 1750 because whenever I'm playing Orks or IG , I can atleast get in 2 games , sometimes 3 when I play on Saturdays or Sundays .

2000 points; Gives the armies some size, allows for versatile tactics, and lets the game evolve rather than end when an important unit dies.

i prefer 1500. its clearly laid out, but enough for more tactics...
i dont like games with a playtime more than 2-3 hours.

1500. Not too big, not too small. Just right, says Goldilocks.

I found 1250 good for a shorter game but it requred me to pick more carefully of what I needed and not what I wanted. At 1500 I didn't have a decent army with extra points to fill with something and my army was unbalanced. At 1850 I have a good size army with some upgrades and the play time wasn't much longer then at 1250.

500-1750 points.

Its all good.

I don't really play 40k. the one game I did play was at 500 points. I liked it a bit but I tend to play WHFB when I get a chance to. I play at 1850 points for WHFB. I am working on a Hordes Circle Orboros army and I'm currently at 15 points but I have yet to play a game.

I'm a lover of Apoc, it trims down the 'balance issues' nicely between the armies and allows things to be more 'fun' and less 'competitive'. At least that's how it works between my group of 40k players. People expect to lose lots of models in Apoc, so there isn't as much angst when something goes awry

1500 points for me. Its just enough to keep that heavy tactics of small point games and big enough to fit in some heavy hitters.

My favourites are 2000+ but I mostly play kill team.

I'm limited to smaller point games by the size of my armies. If I throw all the models I can on the table with no regard for the viability of the list (but still adhering to Codex unit/upgrade restrictions and the FOC), I can field 1500pts. of SM (with a few leftovers) and 1000pts. of Orks (with even more leftovers - just not enough to hit the 1500 mark).

I went with 1000pts. for the poll, because that's what I could comfortably field with either of my armies. I imagine that will change once I have sufficient models and get a few bigger games under my belt.

1750 for me. 2000Pts is a little bit too big tbh.

It is an article of faith at my FLGS that 2000 point games are the norm. It does help to know what point value I will be playing week to week, but it does mean that games tend to take longer. That store also has 5x5 tables, which adds an interesting twist.

I like how simple and easy to manage a 500 pointer can be but one wrong mistake and that's it. I go for 1500-2000.

I have hardly ever played games outside the 1500 range. but i do enjoy the higher points games every now and then. can't say i have any force big enough for apocalypse yet on its own, but i'm sure i'll get there!

I like being able to take lots, I like to keep things ordered nicely, I dont like things to get too big all the time, I always go too crazy with wargear;

2k for me

15 is usually pretty good. I like 20 now that I have the models for it though. Unfortunately, I'm the only gamer in my group that owns more than 1500 points of models

I chose other, only because it really depends on how much time I have. I love 2k points. But I have only had the chance to run my full Ork army, roughly 4000 points once, needless to say, that was a really long fight.

I would like to play more 2k points games but the people I play with generally can't field that much and I only recently got enough models to get up to the 2k field. =P

Mostly stick with the 1500 field.

I'm all about 2000 points.

i think it stems from when you had to have at least 2k to run some special characters, although, that isn't an issue anymore. It just feels like a good solid battle. I've had decent games as low as 1500pts. But anything below is kind of pathetic in my opinion. it kind of defeats the purpose of 40k, I think people just do it to see if they can actually play a game and feel satiated afterward.

Huge games can be a bit too much as well, once you get past 3K and you're not playing apocalypse, it just seems silly as well.



If they made really low point units for all of the armies, kind of like Apocalypse has high cost units for Larger games, I think smaller point games would make more sense. Unfortunately, there are lots of armies like deamons, and most marines which just don't run well at low point levels.

Limited time at my school club means 1000-point games are the most popular, not lasting too long, but still offering chances to upgrade some units and make it interesting.

AIf we don't have time for a full game, my friends and I often create scenarios with a troop choice and a HQ per side, making it a quick-and-dirty skirmish.

as a GK playing power hungry balls out crush you under my landraider and shred your squad with my dreadnought type of player a 2500+ point game is preferred. this allows more flexibility.d

In our area we play alot of 1850

Everyone in my town and surrounding area (central California) generally always play 1850

2000 points is the norm at the LGS. seems good enought to get a named character and good use of the FOC. not too powerful though, so, you dont see crazy out there lists with 6 dreads or anything else for that matter.

Having a 3.5k Nids army and 6k Tau army small games just get repetitive, don't last long enough, and you gotta cram the funnest parts of your army into such small increments. 1500 is my preffered low, 3000 is my average (not apoc, just expanded) but anywhere in between works fine too. Lately I've been playing 1250 with my bud and his wolves (unfortunatly thats all he has atm) but I just never get any satisfaction out of such a small game.

I usually play a 600-1500

if I had of been asked this question a few months back I would have said 2000. But just recently I have been playing mainly 750 - 1000 and I find I really enjoy them.

I like being able to fit a couple of games in, in one night and also have more scope to change my list up a bit. But mainly the fast paced action is more fun for me, I also like the unforgivng nature of it. One mistake and its over.

I like 2k games, but I would like to play somthing realy big
What else am I going to do with 15,000+ Points of Space Puppies

3000 pts but without the headache of appocalypse, just a big fun game is enough.

I like 1850-2000. It allows you to bring a huge variety of army lists.

I like small games, say 200 points (Kill Team). So nice that you can buy a new army for 20 euros
also more like the smaller 1000-1750 point games. Probably cause Tau suck at high point value, or because I have to proxy stuff over 2000 points
Once played a 3 way battle, 2000 each, so 6000, but found it taking too long already. I think there's less tactic involved in such a game, as you just fill the entire board...
Just my 2 cents 200 FTW

Apoc all the way. There's just something about seeing armies at a more 'Tru-scale' strength that warms the cockles of me heart.

1850

2500 BIGGER IS BEST for the emperor

I find it amusing that the most preferred levels are 1500 and 2000, so most tournaments and actually played games are at 1750 or so, mid-way between.

Personally I like 1500 for the ability to have more flexibility and run faster games. You start maxing out on your FOC slots after that and game length expands considerably.

I've mostly played 1000, but that's mostly because of lack of models. I'm playing 1500 games now, but I haven't gone over that so I can't really say.

But 1500 pts as far as I know.

i like smaller point games, they're more strategy and less rock paper scissors

Nice healthy 2500. A large game with lots going on, the opportunity to field your best units with upgrades galore, complex strategies being made up on the spot...
What's not to like?

I like 1250 games. Enough models on the board for some tactics and fast enough to play more then one game.

6 players 1000pts each, 2 different sides is just fun, enough tactics as trying to take down 3 different armies and cope with ur allies 2.

also means tht it is a big game but allows you to take a cheapish army tht is painted

I prefer 2000 points,my opponent has Codex Marines,and I'm Chaos Marines and our forces are rather small when it's under that.

other, 1250

enough points to field some good stuff, but still relatiely short. plus you can team up for 2v2 at 2500 points and not have a 2v2 take all day

1500. Yo can pick a good amount of units but you have to make a couple of hard decisions in what to take out and this for me is part of the game. 2000+ points means a crowded table you can put basically everything you want and the games tend to be dominated by firepower and saturation and not so in manouvering and tactics. This is the part I like the most of the game hence I prefer 1500 pts mostly.

1,000 points for me. Its small enough that you can get a social game in about an hour, small enough that its easy to clean up, and there's that challenge of cramming your goodies into such a small point limit. 48 models total on the coffee table makes a good, quick game.

1850 is perfect game

Two thousand points is my gaming club's meta, though we have a couple of new players that we won't let play with more than a thousand points (they get their butts stomped at 2k, and we'd prefer not to loose most of them out of frustration).

Well i choose 2500 pts as I am a Necron player and the larger the game I play the better the outcome is for me.

2.5k. It's not apoc, but it's big enough and long enough so I don't need sick days to finish it

1750 all the way baby! Can always field a nice army that does everything i want it to do!

I prefer 1000 Until I get better and more stuff.

2,500pts, i actually get to use all the models i've spent time and money on to play a game i enjoy

I prefer 1500 and below. What can I say? I have a short attention span, so I like smaller games. Plus, smaller games=less models=less money spent on models.

Jon

Hey there.
Me and ma mates do 1800. I really don't know but some tournements have 1800 in the UK.
Peace

1250 or 1500.
But if you got the time, Apocolyse is wacky, so many tanks!

I'd have to say a few different values. I really like smaller 400 point Patrol games, can enjoy 1,000 point games and can also really enjoy 1,500 to 1,850 size games.

I prefer 3000+ games. I like to field my enthier amry, and proced to pound my local loyalists & Xenos into the ground wiht a earthshaking charge of tanks

1K max. Just prefer smaller games.

I normally do 1500 b/c that's all I can afford without including all my Super heavy's; But if it came down to it I would do Apoc alot.

1850 for sure. That extra 100 points is great

1250 has been a pretty good point value for me. It's great for a substantial game that doesn't take forever.

1000 Points for me, fairly new player

For me its 1000-1250pts. Don't play 5th much, so those points values are perfect for the 2nd tear ups that my brother and I enjoy!

750!

normally we play 1 on 1 at 2000 points but we are planning a 2 on 2 game and will probably be 1500 points each

I tend to play 1000 or 1250 points, since I play pretty rarely, and when I do I want to play more than one person

I'd say 1500 points. Not as short as 1000 points, but not as long as 2000 points. It makes for a quick, fun game that allows you to play more games with other people as well.

Voted 1500. We typically play 1500 or 2k, I prefer 1500 because you can get a good solid list in without being able to resort to b.s.
I played a 1250 tournament recently which was really nice. I like the whole figuring out what to give up aspect. Forces you to play harder, but you still have options.
On occasion we have 5-8 people show up at the house, and only having two tables we down grade to 1k or lower. It's more or less a house rule that anything under 1k is foot-slogging only, with rare exception. It's the only way to keep the small ones fun imho.

2000 or 1500. I find that brings alot more tactics into the game .

Not a lot of people play 1750, but I like it alot. 2000 usually takes too long for me and 1500 doesnt feel like you can get as much as stuff as you want in an army

I voted 1500 because it's perfect I feel like the games themselves are more well rounded. But I play 1-1250 with my roommate who is learning the game, I think the lower point games are definitely better for newer players, less clutter.

750pnts. Quick, tons of different and unique lists, fun, can play like 3 games in one afternoon, usually nothing ever to overpowering from any dex at that level.

500. Because of the lulz when i show my army list. 60 boyz and 1 Big mek

I usually play 850, not as small as 500, but not as long lasting as 1000 or higher.

I like 1500 the most, but I think I'd like 1750 if I played it more.

All the tournaments around here are 2k usually, but I'm just not as much of a fan as it seems to take noticeably more time than 1500.

I like 1000 point games. quick, easy and everyone has fun.

200 Point Kill Teams.

Then 500+ Point games. I just like playing 40k.

I voted Other, because me and my friends usually play to the tournament-standard 1850 points even in casual games. I guess 1850 wasn't common back when this poll was started (sorry if this is necromancy).