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Playing 8th Ed with rules inspired from Kill Team


Julius Firefocht

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Hi all. I've picked up Kill Team recently and I've been pretty happy with the game's rules, where you and your opponent make your respective movement and then take turns to activate models to shoot with. It's a simple "you-go-I-go" system, and the battle round is over after all players have finished shooting with all their models.

 

In my mind this neatly solves the current situation in 8th Ed where the army that goes first secures a heavy advantage by alpha strikes. GW is trying to solve the issue with a strategem where the 2nd player gains an army-wide cover save modifier, but that IMO is a patch that does not solve the root problem.

 

So I've been contemplating on using the Kill Team movement and shooting rules with regular games of 8th Edition for games within our own playgroup. It will go something like this:

 

1) Roll 2D6 to decide who has initiative and becomes the first player.

2) First player moves his entire army

3) Second player moves his entire army

4) First player activates 1 unit from his army to shoot with, then hands over to the second player. Repeat until both players run out of units to shoot with.

5) First player activates 1 unit from his army to charge with, then hands over to the second player. Repeat until both players run out of units to charge with. Resolve melee combat as per 8th Ed rules.

6) Morale checks as per 8th Ed rules.

 

Our playgroup does not play in tournaments and we prefer to have games where my Drukhari army does not shoot half of my friend's Primaris Marine army off the board in turn 1, and vice versa.

 

This idea is still in its infancy, so any feedback or criticism to improve on it are welcome! 

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