<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "House Rule: Transport Squadron "]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/16.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net House Rule: Transport Squadron
I was looking through some old books and found the Looted Rhino. It's a very odd little thing, almost comparable to a Looted Wagon but not quite; one difference being it is only able to transport 10 Orks. Also, up to three can be taken as 1 Heavy Support slot. I've concocted a house rule that seems logical, though I am not entirely sure if it's entirely fair. What do you guys think?

A squadron of transports may carry carry a squad that would normally be too large for a single transport to carry. To do this, each vehicle may not exceed its transport capacity, and the total number of models may not exceed the total transport capacity between the entire squadron. The squadron must remain within unit coherency (possibly infantry coherency?) under all instances, even if a vehicle is unable to move for any reason. If part of the squad is forced to disembark, the rest of the squad must disembark as soon as possible and in a manner which maintains unit coherency for the squad. If such coherency is not currently possible, it must disembark and move as quickly as possible to regain unit coherency.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128476.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128476.page GMT House Rule: Transport Squadron http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128481.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128481.page GMT House Rule: Transport Squadron http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128484.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128484.page GMT House Rule: Transport Squadron
I'd see nothing wrong in having a squadron of vehicles transport a single troop as long as they're staying together and go in the same direction. It's not exactly uncommon in real life after all. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128515.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128515.page GMT House Rule: Transport Squadron
Spetulhu wrote:
I'd see nothing wrong in having a squadron of vehicles transport a single troop as long as they're staying together and go in the same direction. It's not exactly uncommon in real life after all.


This^^
Would actually be pretty interesting in terms of rules and how it would play out. Id be happy enough to try it out if playing against it. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128521.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128521.page GMT House Rule: Transport Squadron must disembark but can't. (Transport surrounded and wrecked/explodes.) But...It doesn't really seem like anything would HAVE to happen; that part of the squad is dead, so why would the other parts have to jump out?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128528.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128528.page GMT House Rule: Transport Squadron The only way to test it would be to play it out in a couple of different scenarios and see if it feels balanced enough to be fair play and if any issue arise that you havent though of. Would this 'convoy' be a heavy support option or dedicated transport option? My only concern is, either way, you could easily have around 90 models in your opponents side of the board.
As i said though, test it out and see how it feels.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128560.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128560.page GMT House Rule: Transport Squadron FOC. Part of the downside would be a more expensive transport selection, for a larger total transport.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128573.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128573.page GMT House Rule: Transport Squadron
but then again the transports are used to speed up smaller units of whomever they are transporting as to not make an unfair advantage by speeding up an entire full squad.

The Greater Good part of me mostly fears 30 ork boys getting to me before I have a chance to thin their numbers]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128919.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128919.page GMT House Rule: Transport Squadron
 Vladamyr wrote:
The Greater Good part of me mostly fears 30 ork boys getting to me before I have a chance to thin their numbers


Except, with my rules as written, you could just pop one of of the vehicles and effectively get a 3-for. One truck, wagon, whatever would be wrecked/exploded, forcing ALL of the occupants of ALL the transports out. (Unless, of course, the orks riding in the unfortunate wagon all died a firey burning death.) Not to mention the added expense of the models and the cost in the FOC.
Though your comment does bring pause to my thoughts; do the penalities/risks truly out-weigh the benefits?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128949.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5128949.page GMT House Rule: Transport Squadron http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5129433.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5129433.page GMT House Rule: Transport Squadron
We allow for multiple vehicle transports to stay within 4" as long as they transport the same squad (vehicle coherency) but like you, if one transport is stopped the other must remain nearby until they disembark. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5147450.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5147450.page GMT Re:House Rule: Transport Squadron http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5159017.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5159017.page GMT Re:House Rule: Transport Squadron gee looks just right to carry a 30 man assult group of boyz and a boss ..so as a house rule since it was acceptable onceupon a time and is acceptable within official sanctioned add on rules (Forgeworld codex add ons) I see no reason not to. I would most assuradly not bat an eye at Orks or IG running a blobby mob up in a squadron of transports...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5160934.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5160934.page GMT Re:House Rule: Transport Squadron
morfydd wrote:
ForgeWorld already revived this older Rule and called them big trakks...squad 1-3 (base cost 50 points each) + options ....transport up to 12 units per vehicle ..
gee looks just right to carry a 30 man assult group of boyz and a boss ..so as a house rule since it was acceptable onceupon a time and is acceptable within official sanctioned add on rules (Forgeworld codex add ons) I see no reason not to. I would most assuradly not bat an eye at Orks or IG running a blobby mob up in a squadron of transports...

That's actually what prompted me to come up with house rule. I'm a huuuuge fan of big trakks, but I don't know of anywhere where it says one unit can spread across a whole squadron. And I've pretty much read IA8 from cover-to-cover.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5161238.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/497675/5161238.page GMT