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Has anyone ever used or seen use of the chimeras "amphibious" special rule? I recall using it only once and that was a game with a big river in it. My chimeras happily deployed in the big river and everyone stared and the spectacle. Anyone else?

Nope, but mainly because I so rarely see rivers being used as terrain.

It's a neat fluffy little rule. Basically inspires you to model a river piece to use as dangerous terrain.

 koooaei wrote:
It's a neat fluffy little rule. Basically inspires you to model a river piece to use as dangerous terrain.

The problem is that rivers are always so ugly. First of all, it has to be above ground level, which is weird for water, and second, it usually has to be split up into sections for storage, and that makes it look uglier. It's too bad, but water is only really good on solid panorama tables.



Just not pretty.

It's just made not great.

There's a neat swamp piece in our lgs that looks awesome.


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Not ours but water can look THAT good.




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Makes you wana run a bunch of Catachan Jungle fighters in Chimeras, right?

Unfortunately not. I'm still hoping to utilise my Chimeras in such a manner, one day.

 koooaei wrote:
It's just made not great.

There's a neat swamp piece in our lgs that looks awesome.


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Not ours but water can look THAT good.




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Makes you wana run a bunch of Catachan Jungle fighters in Chimeras, right?

And that's exactly what I said. It only looks good on a solid panorama table.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njIrZc-wN6U

Just take a bit larger base and make more water. A little cozy swamp for your chimeras.

We have a few swamp pieces and they look awesome. All i'd add would be something for 6+ or 5+ cover.

Sadly no, my Chimeras have never swum the Nile.

In all my years of playing, I’ve seen it come up once. With a multipart river (like pictured earlier in this thread).

Also, that swamp table is awesome.

In the only game I have ever played with a river in it. I used it to lure some units toward my Chimera then backed up over the river. Everybody forgets the amphibious rule
If you are an IG player I recommend (innocently) making some river/canal terrain to add to your groups terrain collection

If you run Chimeras, and if there is water, put the objectives somewhere only you can get to them
Jumppack and Jetpack infantry can get there, as can jetbikes and hover, but you get to be special for once. With IG, we take what we can get.

 Skinnereal wrote:
If you run Chimeras, and if there is water, put the objectives somewhere only you can get to them
Jumppack and Jetpack infantry can get there, as can jetbikes and hover, but you get to be special for once. With IG, we take what we can get.

I just had an image of an objective marker consisting of an arm holding a sword, sitting in the middle of a lake.

“OK, we’re playing the relic mission”

<cue the Monty Python lady of the lake scene>

Used it in a few campaign games that were specifically tailored for it, but that's about it. It's a fun tactic when it's available, but I've never really seen it outside of those particular games.

I have used it a few times. I think the first was a surprise for the opposing force. The salamander scout tanks are also amphibious. I have made a little amphibious force before for a beach landing. Fun times!

My store used to have a lot of river terrain, canals, and even a lake or two. More than once my chimeras became boats. It was fun back in later 3rd edition when rhino rushes were all the fad. Park in a lake, bet on how many Rhinos immobilized themselves rushing the objectives.