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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: CLT40K on March 15, 2015, 04:12:36 AM
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So tonight I ran an experiment using the 5150 solo rules with my 40K miniatures. I think that with some tweaks this could be a lot of fun…..
For the Scenario, I decided to put both side’s investment at a 3. (Investment tells us how important the mission is to either side, you have to pass a roll of 3 or less to bring in reinforcements and reveal enemy forces)
Quick note on Ruleset - I used shooting and combat mechanics from 40K. I've been playing that game a long time so it comes a lot more natural to me. For reactions and stuff, I used the 5150 rules.
To start with we have my marine patrol. Ie, one tactical squad with a razorback in support. The squad was divided into two combat squads (each with a special weapon) Giving them some heavy support was one of the Chapter’s razorbacks. For rep they were set at 4/5. Both teams rolled and got a 4 rep and the Razorback had a 5.
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Their opposition would be drawn from the following…
6 member Tau pathfinder Cadre with a rail gun in support and/or and XV-9 Battlesuit. However, I treated the battlesuit like a dreadnought and gave it 10 armor and two Str 8 and AP 1 shots from the fusion cascade. When rolling for what reinforcements would appear, 1-2 was the squad, 3-4 was the suit, and 5-6 would get both.
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Turn 1 – the Tau didn’t roll enough to move any of their PEFs (Possible Enemy Forces) so it was a Space Marine advance. Turn two saw the Marines go first and they advanced into contact with the first PEF. Since this was First Contact with the Tau, I rolled to see how good their Intel was. Unfortunately for the Marines I rolled poorly and they had bad intel. The result of this roll was to double the number of PEFs on the table (so 3 went to 6)
No worries though right… it’s just Tau and the Space Marines are really tough to take down. And with each team having a special weapon and the twin linked support of the razorback I wasn’t too worried.
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First contact was a full squad of Pathfinders with XV-9 Support. I decided that when the PEF was revealed to have both types, I would treat them as separate units for the rest of the game.
The Marines unloaded on them with massed bolter fire and dropped 3 Tau right off the bat. However, they passed their reaction test and were able to return fire. They only managed to hurt 1 Marine and the Marines passed their reaction test with no issues.
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Then the Razorback rolled forward to put fire into the Tau XV-9. They hit and scored an Immobilized result. The Marine squad on the right advanced to the window to put fire onto the Tau Pathfinders. I used the 5150 rule that said 2 models could fire through a door or window and the both failed to cause any casualties on the Tau
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Here’s where things started to turn bad for the Emperor’s Chosen. The immobile XV-9 wrecked the Razorback.
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Another PEF made contact with the Marines and was revealed to be an XV-9 suit. It opened fire and took out the Marine support weapon. Without a support weapon and out of charge distance, the Marines fell back.
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Another squad and 2 reinforced squads are revealed as more PEF’s are revealed and pass reinforcement checks.
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They make short work of the Marine Patrol.
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At this point, the Tau have the day and the remaining 3 Marines fall back through some cover to live and fight another day.
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First impressions - I really like the reaction system and I thought using the 40K combat mechanics worked pretty well with the game. I'm pretty much completely disenchanted with the 6-7th edition 40K rules so this was a fun way to get those models on the table.
I could really see this as being a fun way to have a more narrative approach to the 40K universe. I've been playing and collecting Games Workshop stuff for years though and I have the models to drop down. I really didn't expect to have the bad intel roll double the amount of Tau on the board and while this was a lot of fun, it could be problematic if you don't have the model count.
This was also the first time I ever tried "solo gaming" (though when I put quotes around the phrase it makes it sound dirty) The really fun part for me was making the bat rep as I went though.
I could see this being a great way to bring a bit of narrative to your local gaming group or to run a cooperative game vs an enemy. Also, the PEF system really caters to the whole "fog of war" thing.