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I think necron maybe easy. No psychic. Just march them and shoot. Maybe even orks.

avoid fragile armies. GEq armies. these armies require finesse to play. Elder (non scat bike army), Dark eldar, skitarii, harlequin etc...

stick with space marines...

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If you want to get someone into the game, they need to be making more saving throws than they fail, whilst taking enough of your models off the table to keep it interesting (without deliberately loosing). I'd give them your marines to use with IF tactics (easy for them to remember and immediately beneficial) and you go with your tau (with no huge suits). ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384438.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384438.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384455.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384455.page GMT 40k i.e. for Nids: Nidzilla, gribblies, null deployment, heavy on flyers, reserve/outflank,infilitrate shenanigans, mixed units etc.
Whilst some of those builds arent overly competitive, in a friendly, learning environment it shouldnt matter.
The Nids are also sort of unique in their aesthetic which might grab peoples interest more.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384489.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384489.page GMT
My choices?

Marines-anything not ultras, don't complicate him with extra decision making. Iron hands probably the best as they stick to just "die harder" without much thinking involved. imperial fists also quite decent "better basic guns". alternate marine codcies (DA/SW/BA) also work, each with his own deals.

Chaos marines-there is a reason why the starter is marines VS chaos. thematic, similar units, and easy to acquire a force for teaching (DV, convert the angels to chaos-and you got plenty of chaos dudes to pick and choose from for your teach games.)

Orks-while marines and chaos focused on being similar, orks are on being different. also not very complicated army, and rather fun. gives a thematic feel as well, black reach was a thing for a reason. just be careful not to underpower the ork force, its rather easy given that their codex is meh.


Also voted IG, but now I regret it. its nice contrast and cool, but they really are about picking orders and heaps of rules. too much info for a "demo game" type army.

Nids I'd NEVER recommend. the synapse deal is potentially maddening for a demo.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384521.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384521.page GMT
Orks are fairly beginner friendly (more of a good intermediate army really) as their tactics usually come down to "go forward to chop the shooty and shoot the choppy" but Orks are very prone to being shot off the table. Good army to learn close combat and mixed weapons as its common place to have Nobz with PKs leading the squad of boyz. Orks teach the importance of a lot of potentially advanced concepts such as how to manage close combats, multi charging, challenges (and how to avoid unwanted ones), model positioning, etc. Orks can be simple to play (hey diddle diddle, WAAAAGH up the middle) but to really get the most out of Orks you need to incorporate advanced concepts and tactics.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384863.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384863.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384881.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384881.page GMT They scale up well, have multiple build options which should hopefully get a new player's interest, shares multiple weapon profiles with many other factions making them easy to learn.

Marines are generally pretty tough against the standard Joe, so they shouldn't really have to go through the agony of watching most of their army die before they get to do anything (ala Orks/nid and guard horde)
and finally, they have a plethora of formations they can use if they want to go down that route later on.

Just my two cents.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384903.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384903.page GMT
When I teach people, I always do That Hot Tactical Marine on Tactical Marine Action with a Flamer and a Missile Launcher in each squad and build up with each game, adding new rules and units each game.

It's best to teach with Imperials since they are the majority played. Even if your friend picks Tau or Eldar down the road, just to get the rules down, it's best to do a few practice games with that good ole T4 3+. After they gets the basics down, add a Captain with another tac squad. couple more games and maybe add a Dread/Predator with a Rhino, maybe swap out the Captain for a Libby for a game to show them Psykers.

After that they should pretty much have an idea of what army they want to play and probably bought the basics for said army, depending on how often you play and how often you guys talked about what army they'd be looking at.
]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384920.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8384920.page GMT CSM. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8385216.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8385216.page GMT I recently got some Nids for $40, a carnifex, some genestealers, and some other pieces. If you can find someone looking to unload some space marines (or something) from a box set they don't play get that. And try to avoid psykers, just get an HQ, some troops, and a heavy. For example, I used the Assault on Black Reach SM with some scouts as a 500pt starter for friends. I'd play against it with Orks (Warboss, some bikes, a battlewagon, and fill the rest with boyz).]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8385317.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8385317.page GMT

Now for a serious answer, probably 'Crons. You just get a decurion, point it at something, and watch it die.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8386005.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8386005.page GMT If you don't now what army you like watch some more battle reports. And go and play some games with your friend using proxxies or vassal

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1.) A large space marine force that can be split up into two forces, as in if you're running 1,500pts you should have 3000pts or more. Space Marines are very much a middle ground army that has a little bit of everything and can offer a lot of customization. It's usually best to give newer people a midrange army than one like Tau that is very shooty or something more assaulty, as they might not like that specific aspect of the game, and as such it could turn them off from it. Space Marines on the other hand let them get a feel for both before playing their next game.

2.) Tau, which you already have. This is a good army for players who know they want shooty stuff, you don't need to worry about a lot of things with Tau either, you just need an idea of how the synergies work. This is a great army for people who play their first game with Marines and then decide they want to try to be more shooty with mobility.

3.) I'm sure you guessed it, but this should be a more assault based army. Something like KDK with Gore Packs and the like, where you're using fast units to get into assault and rip the enemy apart. You can probably even find a way to just make one of the Space Marine forces be able to be built in that fashion, without always having to be that way, though having KDK or something would be nicer since it would add more variety. This would be good for people who played with Marines and wanted to be more assault based, this also works for people who played the Tau and Marines, but also want to try the assault based army so that they can get a real feel for the spectrum of the options presented.

More so, having all three choices makes the game feel a lot more dynamic as it makes each game very different for their first few games. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8386564.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8386564.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8386733.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8386733.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8387460.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8387460.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8387472.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8387472.page GMT http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8387644.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/676627/8387644.page GMT