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Hi everyone,

Could people recommend some simple 500 point 40k armies, something that’s easy to play rule wise and doesn’t require too much thought.

The reason I ask is that at my local club we have a small issue where we have people come along for a day to check out the club but don’t either have an army or forget to bring an army to play with, so i had the idea of some simple 500 point armies that could be put in a box and pulled out when someone new comes along to have a quick game rather than just watch everyone else.

Imagine it from your own perspective as a new player, what would you do that’s quick and easy and doesn’t require you to bring a codex or much thought so you can just have some fun

A primaris cpt
2x5 intercessors
1x3 elimintors
1x5 reavers or some other melee unit.

It should be close to 500pts.

Easy, brainless, and cheap would be Custodes.

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3x Shield Captains on Dawneagle

Total army cost in models: $60


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If you want a real army for newer players. Really should be be SM, 3 Tacs, 2 HQ's and a heavy or Fast to give something cool, maybe a transport too.

 Amishprn86 wrote:
Easy, brainless, and cheap would be Custodes.

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3x Shield Captains on Dawneagle

Total army cost in models: $60...

A less sarcastic implementation might be a Shield-Captain, a Vexilla, and a squad of five Guard, but that is $120.

Ork Mega Armour Big Mek wi KFF, four Deff Dreads wi KMB & BS, Deff Skull Clan.

I'd say, wait for 9th Edition so that you can see the Combat Patrol rules and then build a variety of armies for that. Concentrate on basic units with a minimum of special rules to make gameplay easy for the players. The various Start Collecting boxes would probably be a good first step in the army builds.

There was a thread not that long ago over in the tactica section:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/787450.page

I think there was another similar one over in the list building section.

My suggestion was for Space Marines was:

Ultramarine Patrol

Captain in Gravis Armor
Boltstorm gauntlet, Master-crafted power sword

Intercessor Squad x6
Bolt rifles

Inceptor Squad x3

Hellblaster Squad x5
Plasma incinerators

Little bit of everything, good sample of marines, and can be assembled from the DI box.

This is about 500 of Kabalites, and I don't think it's too bad for the points:

Archon with Blast Pistol and Huskblade

Archon with Blast Pistol and Huskblade

x5 Kabalite Warriors (one with Blaster)

x5 Kabalite Warriors (one with Blaster)

x5 Kabalite Warriors (one with Blaster)

Raider

Venom

Venom

 Supershandy wrote:
Hi everyone,

Could people recommend some simple 500 point 40k armies, something that’s easy to play rule wise and doesn’t require too much thought.

The reason I ask is that at my local club we have a small issue where we have people come along for a day to check out the club but don’t either have an army or forget to bring an army to play with, so i had the idea of some simple 500 point armies that could be put in a box and pulled out when someone new comes along to have a quick game rather than just watch everyone else.

Imagine it from your own perspective as a new player, what would you do that’s quick and easy and doesn’t require you to bring a codex or much thought so you can just have some fun

Tank Commander
Company Commander
Infantry
Infantry
Infantry
Basilisk


Canoness
Missionary
BSS
BSS
BSS
Exorcist
Seraphim w/ Inferno Pistols


Dawneagle Captain
Custodian Guard
Venerable Contemptor Dreadnought



Librarian
Strikes
Strikes
Vendread


Wolf Lord
Rune Priest
Grey Hunters
Intercessors
Vindicator

Hi, Supershandy.

Chiming in for Harlequins, and going by the rule of thumb that 25 power points is about 500 points...

1 Shadowseer
1 Troupe Master
7 Players
1 Void Weaver

...wargear can roughly stretch to 500 points. Or just three boxes of Troupes, which about 2 Masters and 16 Players.

Thanks for all the responses!

This is very very useful