40k Data - The Importance of Primary

 Using my small data set of 27 games from The Long War this weekend, the results clearly show one thing - the scoring of Primary Objective Points is the paramount determinant in winning in 9th Ed.

YOU SMASH THE PRIMARIES....YOU WIN THE GAME

The Long War IV had 27 games, all resulting in a winner.

Those results can be categorised as follows:

Scored More on Both Primary & Secondary:                15

Scored More on Primary, Less on Secondary:                5

Scored Same on Primary, Won Secondary:                     6

Scored Less on Primary, Won Secondary:                       1

This underlines the importance of building your list to score Primary Objectives in the first place. In only one case, were Secondary Objective points enough to overcome a deficit in Primary Objective points.

And based on this data set.......Secondary Objectives were only decisive in battle outcome in 26% of the games. Effectively win on Primary and you are winning 3 games in 4.