Editing Warhammer/Tactics/8th Edition/Daemons of Chaos (section)

==Why Play Daemons of Chaos==
There are a number of reasons to play daemons of chaos, so we'll deal with the minor ones first. The Daemons are pure, concentrated evil - destruction incarnate, really. And, since they're supposed to be shards of whichever God spawned them, playing as, say, Daemons of Nurgle means you are playing AS Nurgle. Kickass. They have some pretty slick models and a lot of options in the army, however, many people have swarmed to Daemons of Chaos because of their broken reputation in 7th edition.

Well, with the release of the 8th edition army book, those days are effectively over.  Daemons are one of the trickiest armies to play now simply due to the amount of randomness thrown into the new book.  The first big change comes from the Reign of Chaos table which is consulted when you roll for winds of magic.  The effects of this table can help you for the turn (giving you an upgrade to your Ward Save, bombing enemy units, or giving you free lesser daemons or heralds) or extremely cripple you (docking your ward save or destroying your own units).  The other one is the inclusion of Daemonic Gifts which are all random and disallows the use of core rulebook magic items except banners, though you may swap out your roll for a magic weapon.  Daemons haven't been made ''bad'' per say, but they have become quite unpredictable for both the player and the opponent; and with the possibility of hindering your own units by random chance, their competitive strength has now become questionable.

Note that a popular choice with this army is magnetizing the models to both the square and round bases (Or simply using the round movement trays of whatever they seek best), so that you can have two armies in one. This gives you an advantage and disadvantage, the first is you have an army that can be used in both games. This seems pointless as we all know GW don't intend to raise prices, for risk of upsetting their [[just as planned|loyal]] fanbase.

Another option is just to use circle bases for anything that moves with a movement tray as they fit in perfectly AND rank up better *cough* Bloodletters *cough*, and for the bigger stuff the WHFB bases are usually smaller than their 40k counter parts so just sticky tack them on.