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I am looking at doing a tournament with a retro feel. You are only allowed to use a single codex. Meaning no forgeworld, suppliments, allies, etc. Single Codex that's it! Also, only troops score and contest. On to my list. I am debating on the chapter tactics for this one mainly but any help is appreciated.

Space marines

HQ
Chapter Master - Bike, Artificer Armour, PF, Auspex, Shield Eternal

Troops
10 Man Tactical - Flamer, combi flamer, grav Cannon
Rhino

10 Man Tactical - Plasma, combi plasma, grav Cannon
Rhino

10 Man Tactical - Melta, combi melta, lascannon
Rhino

3 Bikes - 2 grav guns, combi grav, melta bombs, Attack bike with multi-melta

Fast Attack
Storm Talon - skyhammer
Drop Pod

Heavy
3 Centurions - 3 grav cannon, omniscope

1498pts

Basic tactics is to combat squad in rhino, leave the lascannon 5 man unit on home base objective while other rhinos hunt and capture. Grav cents drop and do their thing. Bike squad uses chapter master to tank and jet around auspex reduces cover of something in need. Break off the chapter master at some point to smash face. The main question is which chapter tactics? The army is painted Ultramarine but I get the feeling Iron Hands may be more fun.

Bump, just looking for some thoughts on the tactics. Thanks

i'd leave the CM on foot and put him with the Cents to suck up any AP2 wounds (which there will be). I don't know that the high pricetag on grav cannons is worth it on tacticals (without GSF free transports anyway), who will be moving around (reducing the range and salvo shots of the grav). Chapter master is pretty expensive with that loadout, too... 50 pts just for the shield AND a PF... pricey. You could probably cut a heavy weapon here or there (like the lascannon or a grav) and get yourself a libby on a bike to go with the bike dudes, prescience to twin link everything, or any of the other great new spells. Either that or make some cuts and then get yourself a backfield Dev squad with some lascannons, etc, if you still want the high-STR, low-AP punching power. Another option would be to make the bikers a command squad... give them an apothecary... use Iron Hands CT... then your beefy CM on bike will be neigh unkillable (2+/3++/3+ FNP).

Looks reasonable.

The one thing that leapt out at me was the grav cannon in the same squad as the flamers. They do not want to be shooting at the same thing. In general, I like the concept of grav cannons in tac squads. While better stationary, they can put out fire on the move, which helps tacs a lot.

I would also swap the LC out for a MM and keep them together. Or just take a scout squad for backfield camping.

Thanks for the tips. Since the tacs are combat squads the flamers and grav won't be shooting together. CM in with the cents could be a pretty cool idea actually but once he lands he isn't exactly mobile anymore. The grav tacs should be stationary by turn two once their rhino finds a place to park. The command squad crossed my mind but in the end I figured another troop unit on bikes was more important due to the fact only troops score in this tournament

Take a Command squad with grav guns and stormshield and an apoc on bikes with iron hands chapter tactics (cut from tac marines/flyer). Also consider swapping out shield eternal for gorgon's chain lightning claw(both a quite good for different things). Your friends will hate you but it'll work a lot better than tacs squads with flamers.

I would be all over the gorgon chain but it's not in the space marine codex and this tournament doesn't allow supplements just a single codex