Ard Boyz Questions

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Ard Boyz missions posted.

So, GW has done a really bad job doing these. No fancy art like before, also some typos and badly written. Looks like the janitor was asked to write these up on his lunch break.

Some some Q/A time to review these missions early to make sure they are addressed early and clear:

Question 1: Will seize be used. They did not write it into the special rules. It is in the basic rules, but some tournaments are "if not written, it is not used". This is important to armies that use characters or abilities to modify seize. The thing is this is a base part of the rules and should not be omitted IMO.

Question 2: Mission 1 the Traitor...multiple questions/
a) States can join any troop unit in the army. Is that "Troop Choice" or "Any Infantry Unit". I assume this is troop choice, otherwise could get weird.
b) States the model is "independent special rule", so he becomes an IC I assume. Thus able to single out in close combat. Which is how he is joining squads.
c) Able to ride in a vehicle, counts as part of the squad for transport purposes, they wrote this part badly, sounds like they strap him to the hood if the unit meets their #s. So a unit of 10 marines could cram the guy in the trunk of the Rhino and ride around.
d) what weapons and movement would you use? I suggest we say he moves like infantry 6" and has either just a CCW or a pistol and CCW...really someone pointed this out, who would really let a traitor be armed or armored well?

e) for one of the bonus modifiers it states "+3 if you get the traitor you are controlling into your opponents deployment zone." so, I just have to get him there, not keep him alive, if he gets wacked, oh well!

Note all missions are nightfight (2 first turn, 1 last)

Missions are KP, VP and Objectives.

my interpretation of this is that he has no war gear and has whatever stat-line they provide and move as normal infantry ( 6"). as far a riding in a transport, he be comes part of the unit. its like putting a rune priest with 9 Grey hunters in a rhino (as he is an IC) . i would say yes he has to be in a troop choice. as far as the bonus point thing i would say just getting him there would get it.

somogyi wrote:my interpretation of this is that he has no war gear and has whatever stat-line they provide and move as normal infantry ( 6"). as far a riding in a transport, he be comes part of the unit. its like putting a rune priest with 9 Grey hunters in a rhino (as he is an IC) . i would say yes he has to be in a troop choice. as far as the bonus point thing i would say just getting him there would get it.

I agree with you Smogyi, best just make it clear up front so these questions are already delt with unless GW updates the missions between now and then (and they have). Most stores are in line with the model becomes a single IC model with a single CCW with the stat line given. Ard Boyz already has enough going on that we don't need silly things come up in a game.

something else i wondered. does the model have to be one from the list you are running. it just says "Each player will give his opponent 1 troop model to represent the traitor." so can i give him a IG veteran?

somogyi wrote:something else i wondered. does the model have to be one from the list you are running. it just says "Each player will give his opponent 1 troop model to represent the traitor." so can i give him a IG veteran?

Yes, it does have to come from the army your using at the tournament. So, this kinda hurts all biker armies like yours, or Logan/Deathwings, etc...anything elite....

What else sucks is if your a Demon Player, your shafted as you have to place your IC our or in reserves and walk him in (as the rest of the army deep strikes in).

How are you guys sitting for number of slots I know we will have at least 2 coming up from fort myers

They updated the missions on GW's site! Yay, they fixed most of the stupid stuff!

It looks like Mason and Aaron aren't coming up, so we've got slots for 4 more players.

REMINDER: ARD BOYZ - DOORS OPEN AT 10AM AND GAMES START AT 11AM!!

Sorry Chris and I bailed. Chris had to work and it was a long drive to go solo down to Darkside. While I love the store and Amish food, with the price of gas it was worthwhile to wait until next month!

No problem. We had 18! I had two judges for the event, Will Dodd and Grant Williams. It went absolutely smoothly.

Who is moving on?
What did they play?