What obscure or partly forgotten Races/Forces can you name?

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**Obsidian**

Just wondering how many potential Races/Forces there are in the 40k Universe that have either been represented in an army or purely in the Fluff.

I apologise in advance if there has already been threads like this recently.

To get things rolling I’ll mention a few: -

Genestaler Cult Armies

Eldar Exodites

The Jokeroo

**Cheese Elemental**

Remember the Space Dwarves. They were called the Squa-*blam*

**Dark Lord Seanron**

Oh yeah I remeber the Squ-*HACK!*

...

uuugh, and...don't forget the Hru-*CHOP!*

**kuro_khan**

I really liked the Unofficial Harlequin codex, especially the Solitaire.

Sollitaire w/Harlequins kiss, pistol and powerblades
(Harle kiss wounded on 2+, and on a wound roll of 6 caused insta-kill)
(powerblades add extra attack and make all attacks power weapon attacks)

Solitaire gained 6 extra attacks if he *only* charged 6", so that's 12 attacks on a charge, hitting on 3's, wounding on 2's, power weapon... good times...

**radiohazard**

The Storm Hammer Imperial Guard Super Tank.

Had 4 Battlecannons, 4 Lascannon, 12 Twin linked HB.

I still await a 40K model of this monster.

**ollieholmes**

Harlequins used to be realy realy wrong. Did they not used to get a cover save no matter what? Or is my memory going.

As for another race how about Zenos Hunters.

**kuro_khan**

4+ cover vs all shooting that wasn't a template (flamer/blast). No save in CC though :-/ But with Dark Eldar quality initiative, wasn't really a factor. Plus the holosuit that made you halve your weapon skill. And WS 2(4) vs WS 5 means you only hit on 5s.

**warpcrafter**

How about the Ork Madboyz? They were the coolest!

**Cheese Elemental**

warpcrafter wrote:How about the Ork Madboyz? They were the coolest!

"Get dem wurrin' gubbinz away frum me!"

I feel so lucky to have found a copy of Waaagh: Da Orks. Madboyz look like fun.

**Obsidian**

I once played a game of Scond ed and they ended up killing Gazgul!!!

Some more: -

Zoats

Slann

Malal (Chaos God)

**JohnHwangDD**

Dark Eldars, of course.

**Mick A**

Robots, Ambulls, Beastmen, Astral Hounds, Enslavers, Psychneueins, Bouncers, Crotalids, Cthellean Cudbears, Gyrinx, Ptera-squirrels...
Nearly forgot, Cyboars and Super Cyboars!
Mick

**Obsidian**

Ptera-squirrels... I need a swam of these!!!!

LOL

**sniperjolly**

Movie Marines, seeding swarms, feral orks, gaunt's ghosts (the army list!) Kroot mercinaries, cursed foundings and the good ol' days when tyrranids didn't exist but genestealers did.

Does the psycic powers phase count? Did you know that 40K has trump suits? And it changes every turn!

And I resent the remark about Xenos Hunters, I play that army >=/

**Da Boss**

Beastmen and cultists...ah, the chaos section of the old codex imperialis, how I miss you.
Arbiters are another army that you don't see anymore.

**Quintinus**

Well there were:
Squats
Jokaero
Hrud
Piscean Warriors
Space Slann
Space Zoats
Ambulls
Mercenaries
Chainsaw Warriors
Genestealer Cults
Pirates
Robots
Beastmen

That's all I can think of currently.

**Dark Lord Seanron**

Weren't the Enslavers playable at one point as well?

**Mick A**

Sniperjolly- the Tyranids were in the original Rogue Trader rule book...
Mick

**Kingsley**

Feral Orks.

**Saldiven**

kuro_khan wrote:I really liked the Unofficial Harlequin codex, especially the Solitaire.

Sollitaire w/Harlequins kiss, pistol and powerblades
(Harle kiss wounded on 2+, and on a wound roll of 6 caused insta-kill)
(powerblades add extra attack and make all attacks power weapon attacks)

Solitaire gained 6 extra attacks if he *only* charged 6", so that's 12 attacks on a charge, hitting on 3's, wounding on 2's, power weapon... good times...

There was an official Harlequin list that appeared in WD and was re-released in the 40K Compendium around 1990.

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Mick A wrote:Sniperjolly- the Tyranids were in the original Rogue Trader rule book...
Mick

Really? Why don't I remember them?

I'm gonna have to check my book when I get home. I remember Zoats being in there, but for some reason, I can't remember 'Nids.

**ollieholmes**

Feral orcs where fun, i still have a pair of Forgeworld Squiggoths i got for my army but got no further with that army.

I remember the Gaunts ghost army list, i still have the box set somewhere.

How about the Tanith first and only?

**starbomber109**

I wonder what happened to the Rogue Traders?

**JohnHwangDD**

They became Inquisitors?

**Dances with Squats**

Cheese Elemental and Dark Lord have bravely martyred themselves so my work can continue, The Home for Itinerant Stunties thanks you and erects a commemorative bench in your honour.

Ignoring my beloved (and often hilariously outclassed stunties) the best race/force bar the Hrud, jokaero (super advanced space orangutans) and the like must be "The Sensei".
This is one for truly old school players and is making me feel older as I type. Think space ninja-jedi's of all races (Alright maybe not all but..) fighting for equality against ALL (yes, including the emperor and his magic lazy-boy) who do injustice.

just to finish:

Rippy-Fish
Bouncers
Sand-Clams
Astral Hounds
Space Marine Field Police

sniperjolly wrote
the good ol' days when tyranids didn't exist but genestealers did.

May not be correct but I like your optimism. Page 200 of RT is all about Tyranids and Hive Fleets. They used a 50% force of slaved zoats. They were rubbish looking and the zoats were better.

I have to go now; a number of black rhino's have just pulled up outside........

**Trench-Raider**

"The Sensei".
This is one for truly old school players and is making me feel older as I type. Think space ninja-jedi's of all races (Alright maybe not all but..) fighting for equality against ALL (yes, including the emperor and his magic lazy-boy) who do injustice.

Oh yeah. I remember the rules for creating Sensei warbands from "Lost and the Damned". They were sort of a anti-Chaos chaos warband that used the same amazingly random generation system! I actually got to run a game against one of those things way back in the day.
Fun stuff.

TR
Proud owner of two of the long gone armies mentioned in this thread and more removed unit/army options than he cares to remember......

**Emperors Faithful**

Kroot Mercenaries?

**Shadowbrand**

Chaos Legions. D:

**Forgotmytea**

Ork Tinboyz. Love 'em, still got all three models hanging around in my display case =D

**metallifan**

Dark Lord Seanron wrote:Weren't the Enslavers playable at one point as well?

Yep. Back in RT they had Enslavers

**sniperjolly**

Dances with Squats wrote:

sniperjolly wrote
the good ol' days when tyranids didn't exist but genestealers did.

May not be correct but I like your optimism. Page 200 of RT is all about Tyranids and Hive Fleets. They used a 50% force of slaved zoats. They were rubbish looking and the zoats were better.

Dawwww... I coulden't find them in the compendium and just assumed they didn't exist. Ive never actually seen the RT book, just own the compelation with all the army lists in it.

Oh, and I suppose that 1st edition space hulk didn't have them either. Then again, it woulden't.