Editing Warhammer 40,000/Tactics(2E) (section)

==Building Your Army==

The good news is that battles in 2nd edition are generally of a smaller scale than you're used to. While Guardsmen cost 5 to 4 points from 5th edition onward, they cost 10 points in 2nd edition, while Space Marines were 33 points per model. Likewise, the standard point value for 2nd edition is 1500 points as opposed to the 1850-2000 points of later editions. As a result, 2nd edition games are far smaller in scale by comparison.

The bad news is that a lot of the armies have special paper templates and bespoke rules, and a lot of options never had corresponding models; if you want to play a Squat army, or use old school Ork minis, you're going to either have to scrounge on Ebay or get to heavy conversion. Likewise, you will need to print out or hunt down a deck of power and warp cards if you're going to go heavy in Psykers.

The main thing to note however is that you do not have a FoC: You do not have Troops/Elites/Fast Attack/Heavy Support like editions 3rd and onward. However, you must spend at least 25% of your army's points on core units, and you have other restrictions depending on your army.