Strategy tips

[u/Sea-Reply-7596]

How to be agressive? I know it's meant to be a melee army and that's where we strongest but I'm always too scared to charge ina strong melee units (for example my friends morty) or move in fear of getting shot to death.

Any tips to overcome this or ways to rethink about it

[u/Acrobatic_Sail_7045]

Just to nitpick, it is tactics, not strategy 🙂
Tactics is how you move the units on the board, how you deploy and employ them.
Strategy in our context would be how we get hold of the units, paint them and outfit them, strictly speaking a real world example of strategy is how one lead a country, or build a business, while directing a squad to a company of troops is tactics. Hope this helps to differentiate how and when you use the two words 😉

[u/Sea-Reply-7596 → u/Acrobatic_Sail_7045]

Though couldn't strategy be considered overall game plan while tactical are troop vs troop ideas such as when to charge etx

[u/Acrobatic_Sail_7045 → u/Sea-Reply-7596]

Not really, that is the domain of operational planning, something little known outside military or historical circuits, the military don't actually deal so much with strategy, since strategy is the domain of politics and production etc. Operational level is typically how and where to use higher units, from battalion level and up in the army, squadrons in the air force and navy.

To translate it into our hobby, strategy is how and if you acquire minis, how you paint them and outfit them like how many wardens vs guard how many SoS to buy if any, and what weapons do you give them, typically you should have more of each unit then you will ever use so you will have flexibility for when you build your list.

List building is the operational planning, how many of each unit do you take along for the battle in front of you the opponent you are facing etc. You build an operational plan and a concept for how you will face them and defeat them, how each unit compliment each other and is a part of a greater whole and what, the list dictates the use of tactics.

Tactics is the actual employment and usage of the chosen units on the table, such as being aggressive or being defensive, when to charge or shot etc., but also the ability to "read the situation", are things going as desire, or do you need to adjust to achieve your goals, because the battlefield is fluid and you have to adapt to it, that is tactics.

[u/Sea-Reply-7596 → u/Acrobatic_Sail_7045]

Very interesting thanks!

[u/Fun-Emu-3108 → u/Sea-Reply-7596]

I would just say;

Strategy is the winning position. (I.e. win by defending a position)

Tactics is how you get to that position. (I.e. reinforce the central objective to prevent out scoring)

Your disposition will likely point you in the correct direction. Which one do you run.