Road Warriors!

You asked for more details on the four factions in Road/Kill, so here they are! What follows is an abbreviated excerpt from the faction rules chapter as I've written for the first draft of Road/Kill! The full faction rules will include the complete rules along with a painting guide and faction territory maps and history. Enjoy...

Across the wastelands of Helen IV, the clans exist in unknown numbers. In this edition, rules featuring three of the most notorious clans and the rightly feared constabulary of the fortress city of Port Athens are included.

When constructing a vehicle as a member of one of these factions, you are automatically granted a number of unique benefits for that vehicle:

·Faction Perks

·Construction Modifiers

·Exclusive Gear and Vehicle

·Honcho Perks

You may also opt to paint vehicles as a clan of your own design, with “plays as” rules from the choices below.

Honchos

When three or more vehicles from one faction are in play on the same team, one among them may be upgraded to a “honcho”.While city guard and the clans are organized differently, a “honcho” is an ad hoc squad leader allowed to equip a few extra goodies. For each vehicle in the squad past two, a honcho may select a Honcho Perk, to a maximum of three.

Cerulean Guard

The constabulary of the largest city on Helen IV, Port Athens is the Cerulean Guard. Well armed and equipped with powerful satellite support, they are the only law in the wastelands beyond the city walls. This faction is led by the ruthless Captain Shayna Reese.

Faction Perks:

Eye in the sky: All Cerulean Guard vehicles gain +1 Initiative during the tactical phase.

Drone Uplink: Cerulean Guard will never be targeted by drone turrets, and may opt to remote operate one in play, using it in place of their own weapons.

Construction Modifiers

Weapon discount: Lasers, Shotguns
Weapon premium: Grenade Launchers, Cannon

Exclusive Gear

Siren Array: This powerful sonic weapon can be activated as a defensive weapon.Any vehicle within 6” must test against its disruptive effects.

Exclusive Vehicle

Spartan variant 3 (body/chassis)

Honcho Perks (1 of 3 available)

Satellite strike: Once per game, the honcho may fire a high power laser from an orbiting satellite.The shot is STR 10 and uses the Deviation Die. The honcho does not require line of sight to make the shot.

Scions of Man

The Scions are a nomadic band of cyborgs led by the charismatic and savage Rastor Cray. They hate any unlike themselves, and constantly seek the parts that allow them to sustain and modify their bodies.
Faction Perks:

Tough as Nails (because they’re made of nails): Always reduce the overkill bonus against Scions by half, rounding down. Scion vehicles also ignore any Driver kill results on the D6 roll of 4+.

Construction Modifiers

Weapon discount: Ram, Flamethrower
Weapon premium: Railgun, Rockets

Exclusive Gear

Harpoon Gun: This primitive weapon fires a barbed spike into the target attached to length of high tensile wire. A penetrating hit with the spike allows the target vehicle to be pulled D6” directly towards the firing vehicle.

Exclusive Vehicle

Viking variant 3 (body/chassis)

Honcho Perks (1 of 3 available)

Neural Uplink: Once per turn, the Honcho may share one fortune point to any vehicle in his squad. He also gains one fortune point whenever another vehicle in his squad does.

Cutter’s Wraiths

That they even exist is in debate among the thirteen cities. Those few who have seen them and lived tell only of phantom vehicles that appear from mist and swiftly return to it when all is in ruins. In truth, they are a vengeful pirate clan that survived the war by burrowing underground.They are led by Cutter Yolo, an enigmatic man who has not slept or removed his chrome visor in ten years.

Faction Perks:

Like Ghosts: Wraiths may always choose to deploy by Ambush. Any To Hit penalty against a Wraith suffers an additional -1. In addition, Wraiths gain a +1 To Hit when firing through smoke.

Construction Modifiers

Weapon discount: Machine Guns, Railgun
Weapon premium: Shotgun, Flamethrower
Exclusive Gear

Smoke Launchers: This roof mounted defensive weapon is a series of launch tubes that place D3 smoke markers anywhere within 8” of the firing vehicle.Once placed, roll to deviate.

Exclusive Vehicle

Spartan variant 4 (body/chassis)

Honcho Perks (1 of 3 available)

EMP bomb: Once per game, the Honcho may launch an EMP bomb from a smoke launcher he has equipped.This weapon uses AOE 1 and leaves any vehicle it hits disrupted on a D6 roll of +2.

Las Viboras

They are the sworn protectors of the only settler town to survive the war. As nearby fortress cities threaten to take the land and lives of her people, Lucia Yeung ensures they pay for their trespass in blood.She and her pack are experts in demolitions and traps, and have evaded countless capture attempts by city guard.
Faction Perks:

It’s a trap: obstacle markers placed with a Las Viboras vehicle in play may be booby trapped. Once per turn, the Las Viboras player may attempt to detonate an obstacle as though it were a Proximity Mine, on the D6 roll of +5.

Masters of Disaster: Las Viboras may always re-roll the deviation when firing AOE weapons.

Construction Modifiers

Weapon discount: Mines, Grenade Launcher
Weapon premium: Laser, Machine Guns

Exclusive Gear

Heavy Mortar: This roof mounted weapon is a series of launch tubes that may make five attacks. The Mortar is a STR 8 attack using AOE1 anywhere within 16” of the firing vehicle.Once placed, roll to deviate. Vehicles hit are stunned in addition to any damage they may suffer.

Exclusive Vehicle

Centurion Variant 3 (body/chassis)

Honcho Perks (1 of 3 available)

Ranging Fire: A Las Viboras Honcho that hits a target with a ranged attack allows a friendly vehicle to reduce scatter by 1” for an AOE attack on the same target.

 cerbrus2 wrote:
So its just Dark Future then...... But with smaller cars.

Here it goes, right from your web page, the Basic Rules for Road/Kill!

"Following is a break-down of the Turn sequence.

1. Initiative Phase: Players determine their actions and set them in secret. They set Speed, Maneuver, Target and may select one Holdout ability. Roll for initiative.

2. Movement Phase: In initiative order, players activate their vehicles, revealing the Speed and Maneuver setting from their command box. Resolve any collisions, defensive weapons or Holdout abilities as appropriate. Add a road tile as appropriate.

3. Shooting Phase: In initiative order, players activate their vehicles, revealing their Target. If eligible, players shoot using either aimed or snap fire. Holdout abilities may be played as appropriate.

4. End Phase: Check scenario victory conditions. If victory has not been achieved, play continues another turn. In initiative order, players attempt damage control; reboot, repair, reload, clear jam, douse flames, etc. Holdout abilities may be played as appropriate.