Re: [Epic] marine chapters (was: Orks with LandRaiders)

From: Andy Skinner <askinner_at_...>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 08:53:34 -0500

Aaron P Teske wrote:
> > And while I am spining up here, game rules that let you charge a unit in the
> > open and let you get there with out being blasted are also flawed. Call it
> > "Snap fire" or "Opportunity Fire" or "Bounding Overwatch" (in fact the
> moving > unit in the last case dosn't fire, it's the covering unit that
> does so, but
> > the effect is the same, something moves into the open and gets shot at).
> > Charging across an open field against a buch of guys with guns aimed at you
> > will get you killed.
>
> Again, Epic 2nd had this, though not your 'bounding overwatch' (though
> I'd certainly heard it as a house rule, and overwatch fire in 1st
> edition worked in that respect IIRC).

I think if I were going to try to keep playing 2nd edition, I'd
make two changes, one to address this idea. I think I'd put the
second half of a charge move in the close combat phase. That way
more units on First Fire could shoot at units charging a long way
in the open, rather than just the models in contact. (I'd also
like to move close combat past Advanced fire, but that would be
more of a change.)

The other change would be to do something else with initiative,
probably just do it per phase as in E40K.

andy
askinner_at_...
Received on Fri Sep 05 1997 - 13:53:34 UTC