Wednesday, January 2, 2008

AT-43 - Starter Questions.

My son and I are long time 40k players, and he had wanted this game for some time, so I finally got the initial boxed set for him for Christmas and we had a blast! We played through all of the scenarios that come in the started rules. It is a really nice change from 40k, the rules seem to be a bit more streamlined and basic, and the quality of the minis I think is well worth the price. 

(I have heard a lot of people who have complained about the price being too high for pre-painted, but from my experience in Warhammer and Warhammer 40k, if you buy minis and try to build/paint them to this same level of detail you will be waaayyy more into them with the time it will take, these minis had above average table top quality in my opinion!)

Two questions come to mind, and at the time we played, I wasn't able to find an answer in that mini rulebook, so either I overlooked it, or read something incorrectly. Since we plan on continuing this game, and purchasing more units, the full rules, etc., I wanted to make sure we were playing this correctly in the mean time.

My son played the Therians and I played the U.N.A. 

Question #1 - His Storm Golems do a 'combat move' for their turn. Am I understanding it correctly that they can first shoot with their Nano Blasters, THEN make the move OR they can move first and THEN shoot?

Answer from reader - Correct.

Question #2 - Using the same combat move as above, can they shoot, then move, then engage in hand to hand and also attack with their Reaper Blades all in one move?

Answer from reader - Correct.

Question #3 - (Ok, I lied, three questions came to mind!) In the same combat move as above, can my UNA troops attack back with their combat knives immediately after the Therians hit me with their blades, or do I need to wait until I have activated that unit for my attack back?

Answer from reader - You have to wait until the unit is activated.

Question #4 - We were moving each mini and measuring each mini, not just the leader (meaning we did NOT just move the leader, then move all of the other guys around the leader), it seemed like it would be unfair because some guys would get extra movement if we just measured the leader?

Answer from reader - You are correct, it would lead to very strange situation. Movement is measured per mini.

Question #5 - Also, when shooting, we ONLY measured the leader to see what 'zone' (I can't remember if that is what those 10cm bands were called?), and we based the shooting measurement off of the leader figure ONLY, so some of the other guys in the unit might have been a little futher back and in a different 'zone', but we would just consider where the leader was and what 'zone' he was in, is that correct?

Answer from reader -Correct, you measure off the leader to see which range band the target is located in.

Sorry if these are pretty basic questions, but I was not sure of how to correctly do the combat move action, and wanted to make sure we were doing it right.

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