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Post your hard learned lessons here, share your years of experience from folly and lessons of trial and error.

For example...
General
Try not to fall back when you are near the edge of the board, especially when given a choice (SM: Combat Tactics)
Never deep strike into table corners.

Eldar
I learned that it is a bad idea to field Wraithguard as a troops choice... and wraithguard at all against a chaos demon army, especially if they have flamers of tzeentch.
I also learned that you get more bang for your buck from war walkers than vypers.
Harlequins are great in close combat on the assault, but fail afterwards... assuming you can even get them into close combat.
Farseer > Autarch power....... Farseer < Autarch points
Guardian jetbikes are fast and can shoot ok, but are likely to fail miserably in close combat and other leadership situations.

The biggest lesson I've learned is:
Make your opponent roll enough dice, and he WILL fail.

Unfortunately, it's usually me on the receiving end.

You can't fire heavy weapons after moving.

I knew this, but sometimes you need to be TAUGHT somethign you know, know what I mean?
I learned this after dropping my shooty inquisitor off next to a squad of guardsmen. None of them survived to fire their heavy weapons.

It only counts in large amounts.

If one is good then two is better.

Boys before toys.

artyboy wrote:Boys before toys

The best lesson, right here.

If you are using a mech/tank heavy army shoot the targets which can hurt tanks first rather than just random squads >_>.

Never rely compleatly on one squad to either win a combat or kill that last unit.
Never roll one dice when you can roll many.
You can never have to many bodies
Always be prepared to go with the scenario rather than the rules.
And most importantly have fun

It is not always a bad thing to move things backwards.

Never EVER buy carapace armour for your imperial guardsmen as a doctrine (under old rules).

Oh and fire dragons are not good, especially against my amazing 3x leman russ squadron of doom (new codex)

WHAT!? You don't think fire dragons are good? Really? I can see a single squad of them losing out to a squad of russ's but seriously if played right they can be down right nasty.

You can't fight a Land Raider rush with Plasma Cannons... that was a painful game...

It is just a game.

(right?)

When you're absolutely certain you're going to roll that 6, boost just to make sure.

Don't put your eggs in one basket; that 500 point Vanguard unit may look on paper to be the most badass unit in the entire game then do nothing as it is pinned into oblivion.

Make something good re-rollable whenever possible. To-wound, to-hit, it doesn't matter. It all works.

Lucius sucks. I cannot reiterate this enough.

The Tau need to keep moving.

fire warriors rapid firing does alot of damage. But its a huge gamble.

always make DAMN sure you JSJ out of assault range.

Gun drones are awesome.

Waaagh! is your friend!

Quantity may have a quality all of its own, but when the quality of units you have a quantity of is significantly lower than what you are facing, be prepared to watch 100 boyz get eaten by a single squad of striking scorpions lead by eldrad.

In an army, you need variety if you are going to take on all comers.

Orks are like playing on easy mode.

If you need to get into assault, LRs are the only guarenteed way to get there.

Don't give your SM Captain two storm shields.

Never underestimate anything, even the most humble guardsman or guardian. They can always roll 6s.

Space Wolf Rhinos suck. (Only thing aside from ven dreads we don't have that says *See Codex: Space Marines* instead of their own entry, they cost 50 points and you even have to buy the pintle stormbolter and smoke launchers)

If you have to use two hands to roll all the dice when you assault, something is going to die.

Losing may suck, but being a poor sport about it sucks worse. Play like a gentlemen or gentlewoman, and you'll always have an opponent for a fun game.

Winning may feel great, but try not to rub it in and taunt your opponent.

Tau Fire Warriors will always find a way to die horribly and en masse when you need them to stay alive.

Assault Marines will always bring the pain to any Tau or Imperial Guard infantry.

S10 weapons hate me (I always roll 1s for AP)

Use your opponents underestimation of flashlights to your advantage (you're gonna fail 30 something saves, pal)

Mc's can really hurt vehicles in squads.

The game has objectives to win and killing your enemy is the most important one only 1/3 of the time.

Many models can stop you from losing, but only troops let you win any game.

running and hiding in game of kill points isnt a good idea if your partner runs forward

using 3 squads of plague marienes in a 1000 point game isnt a very smart idea caqnt do much dmg

always make a chaos lord at least have a power weopon if low on points more if your not low on points

its better to spend points on upgrading your hq then buying a rhino and personal icons

Don't worry about whether the unit is good or not; or whether it's going to "get it's points back". Rather focus on what it adds to your strategy and how it fits into the tactics your plan employs.

Eldar: The problem with Dire Avengers + farseer in a Wave Serpent is that whilst you can cast guide on the Avengers, casting Doom on the target Squad is pretty difficult as the Wave Serpent has no damn fire points. Consider replacing Doom with Storm.

Reapers are deceptively powerful, most opponents leave them unopposed for far to long

Doom does not require line of sight, you can cast it from inside a dedicated transport.