User blog comment:Kirbycollin1/The Tabletop/@comment-1257337-20110722124137/@comment-10514705-20110723012331

As a casual Space Marine player (who ended up with one of the least adaptable Codexes, Black Templars) with a year and a half of playing experience, I'll give you my two cents.


 * 1) Buy the Assault on Black Reach box set. It provides you with a troops choice, two elites choices (the terminators are the better option, with the multi-melta dreadnought being a poor configuration) and a basic HQ choice.
 * 2) Buy a box of regular Space Marines, as this provides you with a viable troops choice, and will now mean that your fledgling force is game legal (1HQ; 2 Troops)
 * 3) Buy transports (Rhinos or Razorbacks) for your marines, trust me, they really do increase the survivability of a squad for a mere 50 points.
 * 4) After that, it is entirely up to you on how you want to shape your force. It is also largely dependant on which codex you choose (although I strongly advise you don't pick Dark Angels or Black Templars as they have outdated Codexes, which means you are outclassed in a similar manner to if you chose Tau)

So, what codex are you going to go for. Standard Space Marines, Blood Angels or the Space Wolves?