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Guys, I've only played since 5th ed, and I'm looking at running a tournament but I want a little help from you guys, what were typical point games during the following editions:

1st ed
2nd ed
3rd ed
4th ed
5th ed

thanks

3rd and 4th edition 1500 usually. Not sure about earlier 2nd was 1500 still maybe but I don't know whether there were any tournaments for RT.

2nd actually had much larger points values than later games. It was not uncommon to run 2500-3000 point games. There wasn't a huge tournament scene back in 2nd though so there wasn't much of a "standard" (there also wasn't much internet around, nor gaming forums).

Keep in mind in 2nd a tactical squad of ten marine started at 300 points before any additional wargear. Once you had veteran sergeants, heavy and special weapons etc. you could be around 350+ for a single squad of ten models.