Comments on Plastic Legions: Battle Report - The Empire vs Beasts of Chaos

Yeah. I read the rules on it pretty much the same...

2009-08-17T06:31:11.401-05:00

Yeah. I read the rules on it pretty much the same way as you did at first. The guy I was borrowing the tank from made sure to point out to me that it was 0-5 and not plus the d6. Made it less good than I had expected it to be =/. Ended up not being very effective for me but it's made me reconsider how to use it in future games. Fortunately at least, it is a war machine so it only gives up victory points when it's completely destroyed. In my first game with it (against Dark Elves), my opponent got it down to 1 wound, but couldn't finish the thing off within the 6 turns.

I'm confused too. Thanks for pointing that out..I ...

2009-08-16T23:08:32.410-05:00

I'm confused too. Thanks for pointing that out..I was definitely in error about how steam points worked..I had read it as you bid 0-5 and rolled a D6 for the total if you got more than your total you took the wound thinking the Tank could have a max of 10 SP per turn. That being the case its seemed to make sense that since it clearly says you lose them at the end of "the turn" not "your turn" that they carried over through-out the full turn. As you describe it..5 SP isn't alot and being a sitting duck against anything that is S6 or higher during opponents turn (since they autohit) makes me seriously reconsider using the thing...after taking even a couple wounds..it becomes almost useless.

I was confused by one thing in this post and could...

2009-08-16T12:10:26.918-05:00

I was confused by one thing in this post and couldn't really find reference to it anywhere else. "The Shaggoth Charges the Steam Tank, I had rolled maximum Steam points for Stank this turn held plenty in reserve for the inevitable charge."

Are you playing by alternate Steam Tank rules? I thought that the tank loses all steam points at the end of your turn so it can never have points on the opponents turn. Also, as I understand it, the roll doesn't determine the number of steam points. It just determines if you produce the number you tried to or if you fail and take a wound (i.e, you only ever produce 0 to 5 and then add the die roll to see if you succeed or not).