Re: [Epic] skimmers and avoiding getting shot

From: Alun Gallie <gallie_at_...>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 11:06:38 +0930

-----Original Message-----
From: John Chapman <john_at_...>
To: space-marine_at_... <space-marine@...>
Date: Thursday, November 13, 1997 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Epic] skimmers and avoiding getting shot


>>
>> John Chapman <john_at_...> came forth and spoke thusly:
>>
>> >>That'd be fair enough; the Skimmer player, if good enough, could stop
>> >>the Land Raider firing at the Falcon, thus preventing him getting any
>> >>hits anyway.
>> >
>> > How so? According to the new rules the Land Raider owner can
merely
>> >keep passing until the falcons have popped up and fired.
>> If the Eldar player had more detachments that were shooting, he could
>> wait until the LR's have gone. Or do you mean that, even though the
>> Marine player had no more dets to shoot with apart from the LR's, he
>> could keep passing? If so, can you justify this?
> Ummmmmm I cant quote a page (no rule book here at the moment) but it
>was (is!) actually stated in one of the E40k rule books that a person
firing can
> elect to pass and then choose to fire in his turn (ie I shoot you pass I
shoot
>you pass I shoot you shoot) at any time later .<snip>

Page 16 of the Rule Book.

Alun
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