Jon Nielsen wrote:
>
> Andy Skinner <askinner_at_...> wrote:
>
> > That does it--I really get the impression that the dice roll for
> > removing blast markers varies too much. I know that it gets harder
> > to remove all blast markers as you have more of them, but it still
> > seems to be spread too wide. I think we may play with removing the
> > lowest of two dice, rather than 1d6-1. That way you always remove
> > 1, and can remove 6, but you tend to remove lower numbers.
>
> You're right, but it does get mere even when you play large games.
I suspect that is the case, and figure the awkwardness of the assault
phase will also seem less annoying in that case.
> > Wow. On the other hand, he learned that a pile of
> > Space Marines isn't well equipped to take on a Great Gargant in
> > a firefight or close assault. That's how I smashed 'em. There
> > were 3 rhinos and one stand of tacticals after the firefight, so
> > we finished there, before actually taking out the objectives.
> > andy
>
> Hey, listen.
> You write that he only had 3 Rhinos and one of the boys left
> after the firefight. Is that to say you wiped out a lot of his
> trops in the firefigth? You can't do that! In a firefight,
> only one unit on the loosing side takes a his, regardless
> of you firepower, or the dice-roll (p. 27 of the rule book).
> Hope you know this already, and that I'm writing this
> for no reason whatsoever.
No, I meant that the firefight was the final significant event in the
game. It killed one unit from each of his detachments (they were all
grouped together), including the final Land Raider. The others had
been killed by the Gaze of Gork finally rolling something besides a
1 and my firepower finally rolling 6s.
Thanks, though. We definitely forgot stuff. He had trouble
remembering that he didn't have to look up his AT shots on the
firepower table. I think he forgot I got to move again in the
assault phase, and could stomp right up to him and say Boo! and
they all ran away.
andy
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Andy Skinner
askinner_at_...
Received on Mon Oct 27 1997 - 17:28:30 UTC