New Warhammer 40,000 Edition announced!

[Mogger351]

16 minutes ago, Karhedron said:

 

So how did everyone set up terrain before? We just used to throw some terrain down to get something fun with a vague notion that too much terrain favoured assault and too little favoured shooting.

 

And you know what? That is still a perfectly valid way to play. These layouts just show what GW consider the optimum terrain for a perfectly balanced game. 

 

But outside tournament play, I can't remember the last time it was an issue. Player skill and army composition has a much bigger effect on outcomes. I usually try to play in a way that is fun for both me and my opponent. Yes I like to win but not at the expense of having fun.

 

I don't see the terrain maps as overly prescriptive ir controlling. They are simply guides where none existed previously. 

Yeah sure, I won't dragged it up again, it's just very possible the further you stray from the prescribed the less well the game works and some abilities/points/rules will not work as intended.

 

Brief example, if your objective is now a building rather than a ruin and as a result, vehicles can't contest them as they can't drive onto a ceiling. Wasn't a problem before, is now, source of the problem: not using the advised layout/terrain.

 

It's worth remembering the terrain maps are also now the objective layouts for the missions, so depending how far you deviate from the terrain maps it gets odd.

 

If you're with like minded people who will basically play house rule 40k great, if not be ready to play on the same "advised" layouts with the same "advised" terrain pieces every game.

[jaxom]

1 hour ago, Karhedron said:

So how did everyone set up terrain before? We just used to throw some terrain down to get something fun with a vague notion that too much terrain favoured assault and too little favoured shooting.

We did each player alternates putting terrain down, no doubling up or more in one quarter until all four quarters have a piece of terrain. Then roll scatter die and d6 for each terrain piece. Then roll to pick a deployment zone.

[phandaal]

3 hours ago, Karhedron said:

So how did everyone set up terrain before? We just used to throw some terrain down to get something fun with a vague notion that too much terrain favoured assault and too little favoured shooting.

 

Pretty much. Mainly, it should look cool when fully set up.