Warhammer 40,000/Tactics/Kill Team(8E)

This page was made in advance for the upcoming Specialist game Kill Team (8th Ed)

The Rules

Unlike in vanilla 40k, most actions in the game are handled on a "I go, you go" basis of alternating activation, similar to Warhammer Underworlds.

Movement phase

Movement works similarly to how it does in 40k, but with two prominent exceptions:

• Charging is now done in this phase and replaces regular movement. While it is still possible to fail a charge, a failed charge will still allow the charging model to move the full charge distance rolled as long as it moves towards the intended target. As in vanilla 40k, a successful charge allows the charging unit to go first in the combat phase.
• A model can also choose to Ready, skipping their movement phase in favor of shooting first in the Shooting phase.

Terrain can also interfere with movement, with different terrain having different effects.

Shooting phase

Cover and range are more important in Kill Team than they are in vanilla 40k; shooting a unit from more than half of a weapon's maximum range imposes a -1 penalty to hit them, as does shooting a unit that is obscured (i.e. if any part of it is blocked by cover). That said, an unmodified 6 to hit will always hit so doubling down on dakka to maximize the chances of a lucky hit is still a viable strategy.

Morale Phase

Morale has two components in Kill Team: the morale of individual fighters and the morale of the team as a whole. If more than half of the squad has gone Out of Action, the remainder may break and suffer hit penalties. Meanwhile, models that have taken Flesh Wounds are at risk of becoming Shaken, which forces them to skip their turns entirely.

Flesh Wounds and going Out of Action

When a model loses its last Wound, its controlling player makes an injury roll. On a 4+, the model is Out of Action (i.e. dead); otherwise, it suffers a Flesh Wound. Being obscured is a -1 to the roll, and any previous Flesh Wounds act as a +1 bonus per wound. Additionally, attacks with a damage value higher than 1 cause multiple injury rolls.

In addition to penalizing future injury rolls, Flesh Wounds reduce a model's hit rolls and increase the chances of them becoming shaken in the Morale Phase.

Specialisms

Demolitions

• Breacher(Lv 1):

• Pyromaniac(Lv 2A):

• Grenadier(Lv 2B):

• Saboteur(Lv 3A):

• Sapper(Lv 3A):

• Siegemaster(Lv 3B):

• Anno Hound(Lv 3B):