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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