Re: [Epic] Rampage (was: got my Epic 40K)

From: Scott Shupe <shupes_at_...>
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 11:13:29 -0400

W. Gregory Klett wrote:
>
> > But that's just the summary. I don't have my rules
> >with me, but I'm pretty sure in the Rules(?) Book, when talking
> >about retreating, simply states that rampagers cannot make a
> >retreat move and thus are killed if they were within 15cm of the
> >enemy. Rampagers are still a risk, they just aren't a liability.
>
> It actually says the same in the rule book with the phrasing "Rampage
> units are so berserk that they may not retreat from combat. This means
> Rampage units are always caught by the enemy and destroyed if they lose
> a close combat." p37 of the rule book.

        You're right, I skimmed thru the books & couldn't find
anything else about rampagers.

> I still think that this makes Rampaging units more of a liability than
> an asset. The Bugs may usually win in CC but the following fire fight will
> clear out all of those nasty Carnifex's and Assault Spawn with ease.

        There's no mention of firefights in any of the rampage
descriptions, so I see no reason why they would be auto-eliminated
in one. Also, the sentence before the one you quoted implicitly
defines a 'close combat' as when the rampager is in base-to-base
contact. And there is nothing explicit about rampagers not being
able to make retreat moves, so by the rules a rampager lending
support could fall back.

        Personally I like the interpretation that the rampager
cannot make a retreat move, period.

Scott
shupes_at_...
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