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http://www.frontlinegaming.org/2012/01/17/40k-video-battle-report-6th-ed-rumored-rules/

Here’s another Video Bat Rep using the 6th ed rumored rules for you all. In this one, Frankie and I give it another go, this time with Crons and Shrike Marines to try out some new rules. Again, we aren’t digging into the competitive match ups yet as we still want to feel our way through the rules and just experiment a bit. We’ll get to the math-ups everyone wants to see in the next game, we just wanted to familiarize ourselves with the lay of the land a bit more.

There are a few things we’d like to see changed, but on the whole, still an amazing rule set, really digging it.

Enjoy the show!

Thanks for pointing out errors again, guys. As many sets of eyes as possible helps to catch things.

I said the wrong result with the monolith, I rolled a 3 which went down to a 1, I just brain farted when I said it. we played it right.

With the bidding, I bid 1 but said it off camera, sorry about that. We missed that in editing. Frankie accepted knowing he could buy stubborn for 1 point! haha, I thought it was a 2 point bid.

All these subtle differences really change the game on a tactical level. It will take a lot of unlearning and relearning to get it all into our heads.

You guys are right, some of these rules are worded wrong, or inconsistent. This must be a draft of the rules (if it is real) and while I still think it is a vast improvement, I feel that it does need some last minute polishing.

Hahaha, yeah, that brick with stubborn is CRAZY good! Haha.

The game is super fun, but those strategy points can be a bit much. Super Heavies might be a bit much for tournament play but I am happy to see them in regular 40K.

And thanks Junk, the terrain is our studio's and we make custom tables for sale like that if anyone's interested.

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As for how I handled the brick, we were playing more to explore the rules than to really employ serious tactics. We were just trying a lot of stuff out to see what worked and what didn't.

And, charging it was better than getting charged, which Frankie would certainly have done. Had Shrike not broken, I would have added him to the melee, which would have helped a ton.

The thing is, the lack of stubborn makes the brick have a weakness, which is good.

With Stubborn, it is crazy good. Not unbeatable, but just a bit overpowered. You can essentially just shove that thing down the other player's throat and many armies can't deal with it. If there had been a Lord in there too, also with Scarabs for example, that unit could walk through damn near anything.

The point being though, that the Strategm points need a little more work, IMO.

I think that in many cases though that yes, bidding 0 is the smart play.

Yeah, Tri-Monoliths at 200pts a pop will be too good. I think these are draft rules and that what we will get in the end will be different, but by how much (if at all) is anyone's guess.