Campaign for Thraxium IV a 40K Skirmish

I will post rules for the campaign soon. The rules have a lot of updating and discussion after yesterday’s trial games. This is what I remember since sleeping last night.

Major Discussion Points:
1. Dave playing his Dire Avengers pointed out fleet need addressing. The question is how does fleet fit into the current Turn Phase approach?

2. When to resolve close combats? Keep in mind model are considered in close combat when they move within 1” of an enemy model.

3. Pinning – Should this be an area pinning. Suggestion use small blast template on target. Sniper riffle is good example.

4. Unit cohesion. Units are not longer bound by 2” cohesion. Should the rules require fire teams or let the player decide troop arrangement?

5. Run during phase 2 was brought up during the 3rd game. I think this should stay at a full 6” move. Move of the table is difficult terrain and require a difficult terrain roll anyway. Those with move through cover keep their benefit. The advantage to moving in the open most likely a street is being able to move the full 6”.

Some of the updates: I say some because my feeble mind was wasted in my youth on beer.

1. Leadership radius is number of inches of leadership value. For some this might be a short range. Such as Orks and Gaunts. Perhaps this could be 6” plus leadership value.

2. Shooting is now +1% for every inch under weapon range and -2% for every inch over weapon range.

3. Debris in the streets are 5+ including bombing hole.

4. Indirect fire requires forward observer with vox.

5. IG booby traps limited to 6” range and use the large blast which scatters.

6. Thrown weapons limited to specified range and do not get to throw beyond that range as shooting weapons do.

Storm Raven...will the other Astartes Chapters get one?

I've been perusing the other blogs today and came across several comments under the newly released Storm Raven.  It currently is a BA only vehicle.  The rumor mill dictates that the April release of Grey Knights will see one added to their armory.  This and a few slips from GW staffers have led many to believe that, like the Land Raider Crusader, the Storm Raven may be issued to other Chapters via White Dwarf and/or FAQ.  What are your ideas on this issue?

MathHammer... Extreme

If anyone likes MathHammer, here is an intricate little spread sheet with tons of bells and whistles. It does things like: BS>5 gets a second reroll to hit at 6+ and so on, Twin-Linked Templates get to reroll to wound, lets you know when you can't cause a wound, when you cause instant death, etc. Here's a Google Doc version. Please save and edit it offline. And let me know what you think.

New Year’s Day Massacre: A new year, a new army, and not the best start to 2011.

Battle Report in Comments section.