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Hi guys, we just wanted to let you guys know that we are going to be hosting our first UStream video of the year on 6:45 pm Mountain Time on Thursday 6/7/12. We will be playing one of the missions from Feast and showing off our terrain.

We will be also answering any questions you have about the missions or anything FoB related. Whether you plan on playing in a qualifier, or winning the whole thing, this is something you don't want to miss!

We will be playing one of the actual qualifier missions, so take notes.
Duke

Can you post a link when you go live?

The feed will start at

6:45 pm Mountain Time on Thursday 6/7/12.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/feast-of-blades-top-table

Sounds cool. Reminds me, too, that I downloaded the missions recently and have a few questions!

Under Mission Information, on page 1, there are a couple of conflicts with how VPs are calculated for Capture vs the main rulebook. I wasn't sure if these are intentional, and only apply to Capture, or are possibly typos.

1. It says that units under half starting strength give up half points. In the rulebook it's at or under half.
2. It says that ICs which have suffered a single wound give up half points (which is how it worked in 4th ed), as opposed to needing to give up half or more of their wounds like in 5th.
3. It doesn't discuss multi-wound models in general. In the main rulebook, it states that any single model multi-wound unit gives up half points if reduced to half wounds or below; this neatly and simply covers ICs, MCs, and non-IC characters like Mephiston or Crowe. I think the way the rulebook does it is nice and clear.
4. You state that fleeing units at the end count as destroyed; you could remind players that this is a normal rulebook rule for all standard missions- at the end of the last turn all fleeing units are removed from the table and count as destroyed.(page 90).
5.One big situation which you don't cover for capturing is what happens to a unit straddling the line. Do they not count for anything (like in 3rd)? Do they randomize (like in 4th)? Or is it by majority of the unit, and only randomized if there is no majority? For single-model units, is it by the majority of the base/hull? So if more than half of my vehicle is in one quadrant, it's automatically in that quadrant?

Also under mission information I'm not sure why you went with objectives always having to be at ground level. Not being able to climb ruins is kind of an important downside of bikes and cavalry. Placing them higher in ruins can also be a good tactic for an infantry-heavy army vs a vehicle-heavy one, since non-walker vehicles can't climb levels, and it also is a defense against teleporters, since Deep Strike always lands at ground level. Totally up to you, but I don't know if this change from the rulebook is really necessary, and it does impact the balance of the game.

The missions themselves are very clear. Outstanding work, there!

Battle Point modifiers:
Critical Escort: Do you really mean at full strength (no models lost)? Or just over half so hasn't given up any VPs? As it stands any single-model Scoring Units are much better at this than regular units.
For Everywhere's a Bunker, does the unit have to fit completely into the area terrain to count, or a majority of the unit, or just any tiny little fraction? If the latter, can a single unit hold multiple pieces of area terrain?
Field Control: Same question about how much of the unit has to be in.
Fortified Objective: Again, how much of the unit has to be in the DZ? The whole thing? The majority?

Bit of help guys. What is 6:45 Mountain Time, translated into...England Time >.<

London is +7hrs so at 6:45pm it will be 1:45am

Watch a live stream game of Warhammer 40k....at 1:45 in the morning when I have work at 9am....

Okay no problem

I can't watch tonight due to a prior commitment, but would love to. If you're able to comment on the missions at some point, that would be awesome.