By Tim DuPertuis
VEHICLE REVERSE MOVEMENT Everyone seems to want to know how to move their vehicles in reverse for some reason (can't take the heat perhaps?). Reverse movement is simple: A vehicle can move in reverse (except Bikes) up to 4" per turn and make one 45 degree turn while moving. Not much good for running away is it? NEW DAMAGE POINTS FOR BIKES AND TRIKES Damage Points for Bikes, Sidecars/Trikes and the Ork Warbike and Wartrak should be five each instead of the one, two or three as shown on the Vehicle Data Chart in Inquisitor #3. They die a little too easily with the original Damage values and this increase makes allowances for the riders' own damage points since they also die if the vehicle dies. LARGE TARGETS The Large Target "to hit" modifier applies to Rhino sized and larger vehicles and so does not apply to light vehicles or any figure on a 40 by 40mm base (Dreadnoughts, Ogres, Greater Demons etc.). VEHICLE POINTS VALUES Attempting to design a points value system based on the new GW vehicle point values is difficult, but by interpolating, extrapolating and making some wild guesses we've come up with points values for all of the vehicle classes listed in Inquisitor #4. Shown below are GW's official Points Values plus our best guesses for all of the vehicle classes added in Inquisitor #4. Any feedback is welcome. Bike 15 Open topped versions of the following vehicles (Heavy APC, SP Guns, Heavy SP Guns, Armored Cars only) are 50 points less than the standard version. The points values (except Heavy APC) include main weapons and a limited amount of secondary weapons. (For the Heavy APC class I have not been able to figure a way to make the two twin Las Cannons plus two Heavy Bolters on a Land Raider worth only 150 points so interpretations are welcome.) ASSAULT GUNS All Assault Guns can have only Area Effect main weapons and these main weapons may fire up to one half range of the weapon only. (Assault Guns are based on cut down versions of the standard gun and so have a shorter range.) Back to Table of Contents -- Inquisitor #5 Back to Inquisitor List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master List of Magazines © Copyright 1992 by Tim DuPertuis. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |