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Hey guys, boring afternoon so I thought I'd post this simple question to try and get a bit of discussion going!

Quite simply, what size games do YOU prefer to normally play in warhammer 40k and why do you prefer that size?

(By sizes I mean points values, eg, 500, 750, 1000, 1250, 1500, 30000 etc)

2000 or higher, because at that level it's possible to field a full company of Imperial armor, and is therefore fluffier.

I would love to no end the ability to play like 10,000 point games (5,000 a side) because I just love the idea of total war like that haha, but my wallet already wants to stab me so I think im gonna stick with like 1,000 point games.

I find myself often playing 750 point games. Since I have 3 brothers we can fit one of these games in pretty easily. Although this is the amount of points I normally play games at, I love having friends over and playing huge games with my friends. My friends play Imperial Guard, Chaos Space Marines, Space Marines , Eldar, Tau, and I play Orks. So we can have some pretty cool huge games.

I've quite recently got into 2k point games.

I just think it gives you the ability to bring a larger variation of models.

1850. Perfect size for a regular game and below that 2k points new bs rule.

Me and my friends play 2K normally, its a nice balance of getting the units you like on the board but not having a game that lasts forever.

1750 seems to become the new norm in my area.

I like 2k, but I can play 1850.

I enjoy 1500, 1850 and 2k games.

Less points tends to... enbiggen... army issues.

I like 1500-1850. You can't take everything, but you can build a solid list to a concept. I find going above that seems to be less fun because it feels like people can just take everything and games take a bit too long, and low point games like 1000 and less seem far too rock/paper/scissors for my liking.

Prefer larger battles like 2000

Most battles I get at my store are 1500 or 2000


I want to play Apoc alot but most of the excuses (which many are valid actually) are

"I don't have an army big enough" (to which i reply why not get a team mate or something?)
or
"I don't have the time" (which is obviously a real problem for everyone)

At least 2000. Would prefer more closer to 3000.

1000 pts because most of the guys I play with have armies close to that.

1500pts allows me to build a viable army, whilst taking into account playing time too. 2000pts is a fair size, but the issue is that not all my opponents would be able to finish them in time (4 hours + a hell of a lot of cigarette breaks/chit chat doesn't leave a lot of time for gaming). Admittedly though when I do come across an opponent that focuses I tend to get hammered however. =)

I play almost exclusively 2k. I find that it allows you to take "ALMOST" everything you want without Too much sacrifice. Although I have a played a few different point games lately like a 3k and a bunch of 1500's. and starting this Tuesday my FLGS is doing 1k mini tournaments. So I'll be playing quite a few 1k games coming up.

I prefer 1500 to 1850 because those kinda games do not last forever, and it prevents the cheese to flow in vast amounts

100pts per square foot of table space max per side.

I like big games.

1000-Apocalypse matches are fun between a lot of friends and many differing armies, they just seem a fun way to destroy some time and to have a laugh (it is always funny to watch a Chaos Terminator Squad get taken down by some Veteran Guard )

against any one but marines 3000 points against marines 500 to 1000.

2000 points is a good size : it offer the possibility of many different configuration for your army

We used to play 2500, but these days my friends and I usually play around 3500.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
1500pts allows me to build a viable army, whilst taking into account playing time too. 2000pts is a fair size, but the issue is that not all my opponents would be able to finish them in time (4 hours + a hell of a lot of cigarette breaks/chit chat doesn't leave a lot of time for gaming). Admittedly though when I do come across an opponent that focuses I tend to get hammered however. =)

Smokeless = no cig breaks, spilling dip spit on Da Boyz is regrettable though. and warhammer without chit chat is more heresy than worshiping the blood god.

I play mostly 1500 because of time restraints. I work in the afternoon, so I only have a few hours to play for the most part, and 2000 points usually just takes too long.

1000pts. I play pure infantry IG so any more points than that and there just isn't enough time in a 2 hour match. I basically bring around 100 models per 1000pts.

_we've been finding 2000 point games and up very fun. Since we don't get together as often as we'd like, we enjoy playing ridiculously large games.

1500-2000 on average. I try to avoid going under 1200 points as its hard to field enough to have your all your bases covered.

While I sorta struggle, me and a friend always shoot for 1750 now. We'll go lower if we're wanting to get new armies off the ground.

 kwah wrote:
against any one but marines 3000 points against marines 500 to 1000.

So vs marines you limit points so you have the advantage?

Usually I play 1250pts games as I find they are a good standard size and doesn't take too long.

Although 2000pts is my favoured, time permitting.