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SPECIAL OPERATIONS: KILLZONE - CONTENTS
Contents:

Introduction

2. Rules Additions and Changes for Killzone 10. Deployment

General Game Changes
Area Terrain 11. Missions
Army of Heroes Primary
No Deep Striking Secondary
Pinning Callous Disregard
Natural Desperate Gamble

3.The Turn 12. Ending the Game

Movement Phase Victory Conditions
Moving in Terrain
Running 13. Primary Missions
Overwatch
Turn Zero 14. Secondary Missions
Shooting Phase
Killzone 15. Tertiary Missions
Grenades
16. Fate
4. Assault Phase
Who Can Fight 17. Cards
Assault Moves Through Cover
Reactive Assault 18. Alternatively
Consolidation Alternate Phases
Priority
5. Building a List Up and at them
Team Structure Overwatch
Team Leader Defensive Fire
Standard Restrictions
Weapon Restrictions
Unique Models
3 Wound Limit
Toughness Cap
Vehicles

6. Themes
Armored Might
Death From Above
Swift as the Wind
Behemoths

7. Optional Upgrades
Skill Upgrades

8. Wargear Upgrades
Special Issue
Limited Issue
Standard Issue

9. Playing a Killzone Mission

The Basics
Pick a Game Size
The Table
Markers
Night Fight
 SPECIAL OPERATIONS: KILLZONE - RULES
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war and that war has many faces: epic battalions
wage endless conflict throughout entire star systems; mighty Titans stride the continents of virus-
ravaged worlds; grand heroes set themselves on a stage no smaller than the galaxy itself.

But there are times when the Universe turns on a much smaller stage.

The blade in the dark the forlorn last stand of a motivated, desperate few the efficient, brutal
business behind the closed doors of a darkened Strategium the hushed footfalls of a stealth team as
stifled, fleeting protests mark the only trace of its presence

To be a man in such times is to be one amongst uncounted billions, but there are moments when the
quiet actions of just one man can recalibrate the entire merciless Universe.

This is the story of those deeds.

Special Operations: Killzone is a set of fan-designed rules created with the intent of enabling players to
run skirmish games within the Warhammer 40,000 Universe.

Killzone is intended as a supplemental way to play the game, and was inspired by the suggestive Kill
Teams game mechanism offered in the third and forth edition of Warhammer 40,000, and in the most
recent Battle Missions supplement. Killzone hopes to explore and to refine those suggestions and make
them more generally playable. In order to use these rules appropriately, you must own and refer to your
copy of the Warhammer 40,00 rulebook as well as the relevant Codices.

Please keep in mind that Special Operations: Killzone is a modest, fan-generated rule system and varies
substantially from the manner in which Warhammer 40,000 was both intended and designed. The Killzone
dynamic aspires to create colorfully narrative games that have an evocative cinematic feel no more, no
less. This is not a place for power-gamers. This is an attempt to build upon a fluffy, fun alternative game
in which players will choose an elite team and undertake vital actions set against the stage of wider
conflict. We hope that you will embrace this disposition and enjoy the dynamic with equal measures of
enthusiasm and frivolity.

Rules Additions and Changes for Killzone Games

General Game Changes
Area Terrain: Any forest or jungle area terrain will
block LOS to a target if there are four or more
inches of area terrain between the target and the
shooting model.
Army of Heroes: Each model in Killzone acts on
its own. The models are, for all intents and
purposes, a unit of one; however, no single model
may exceed 80 points (including upgrades).
Note: All models in Killzone count as scoring units
and may claim objectives.
No Deepstriking: No model may teleport or
deepstrike in Killzone, unless the scenario
specifically allows it.
Area of Effect: There are many items in 40k that
are carried by one model and that affect the whole
unit to which they are attached. These items do
not work properly in Killzone without some
tweaking. These items will have an Area of Effect
(AoE) in games of Killzone. Any friendly model
within 6 inches of a model carrying one of these
items gains the benefits from the item. Unless
otherwise specified, any AoE extends 6 inches
from the relevant model.
Pinning: If a model takes a wound from a weapon
that causes a pinning test, then all models within 6
inches must make a pinning test.
Natural: a roll of 1 always misses, and a roll of 6
always hits.

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 SPECIAL OPERATIONS: KILLZONE - RULES
The Turn
Sequence: The turn sequence works as in standard 40K, with one player fulfilling an entire player turn
(Movement, Shooting, Assault, etc), followed by the opposing player doing the same.
Movement Phase
Moving in Terrain: Disregard the 5th edition
rules for moving through difficult terrain and
replace them with the following: any model that
wishes to move in difficult terrain moves at a
reduced rate of 4 inches.
Models with the USR Move Through Cover ignore
terrain movement penalties.
Running: Disregard the 5th edition rules for
running and replace them with the following: any
model may choose to make a run move in its
movement phase; the model adds 4 inches to its
movement rate for any run move. As usual, a
model that runs may neither shoot nor assault
unless it has the Fleet USR. Jump Infantry may
run 4 inches after using their special jump move.
Overwatch: Any model that is armed with a
weapon other than a Pistol may choose to go into
Overwatch in its movement phase, which will be
the only action the model may perform in its turn.
You should mark the model not only to remind you
that it is in Overwatch, but also to delineate
clearly its 180 degree fire arc.
A model in Overwatch may make a normal
shooting attack in the enemys turn at any point if
and when an enemy appears within its 180
degree fire arc. If shooting at a target further than
12 inches, the model suffers a -1 modifier to its
BS. Any shots over 24 inches suffer a -2 modifier
to its BS. Models armed with Sniper weapons
ignore BS modifiers.
The controlling player may choose whether or not
to fire at any available target, and thus might
ignore the first target in hopes of finding a better
option later in that turn.
Once the model has shot from Overwatch,
remove its marker; it may make no further
shooting attacks until its following turn.
Turn Zero: in any mission, the player going
second may begin the game with 0-3 models in
Overwatch. This non-turn is nullified during that
players first player turn. This is designed to
prevent turn one imbalance. Your operatives are
professionals: cautious and prepared.
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Shooting Phase
Killzone: Any time a weapon fires more than one
shot, the shooting player picks a primary target
and may choose to have the hits allocated to
other enemy models within its Killzone. All models
within 3 inches of the primary target model are in
the Killzone and are eligible secondary targets.
The shooting player must announce if he is going
to implement a Killzone before any dice are rolled.
The first hit is always against the primary target,
any subsequent hits are allocated one per model
by the owning player to the secondary targets
within the Killzone. The owning player must
allocate at least one hit to each available target
before doubling.
Dont be absurd, Sergeant Pennfold. Those
Chaos maggots couldnt hit the fat side of a
Squiggoth from this dista--
-last recorded words of Colonel Emillion Grist
451st Nunzian Continentals
Grenades: Any model armed with grenades may
throw one as a shooting attack with a range in
inches that is double its strength statistic.
Grenades all count as Assault 1 weapons. As
blast weapons, grenades will scatter; however, to
determine scatter simply roll the directional die
and flip the template over its own edge in the
appropriate direction (as with barrage weapons).
Defensive grenades are S3 AP- and use the small
blast template. All models hit by a defensive
grenade must take a Pinning test.
Assault grenades are S4 AP- and use the small
blast template.
Anti-armor grenades are S6 AP3 and have no
blast; they do not scatter if they miss.
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Assault Phase
Who Can Fight: Models must be in base contact
to fight in an assault; ignore the standard 2 inch
rule.
Assault Moves Through Cover: Infantry models
move 4 inches and Beast/Cavalry move 8 inches.
Reactive Assault: When a model is assaulted,
after all assault moves are completed, any
friendly models within 4 inches of an assaulting
enemy model may choose to counter assault in
aid of their comrade. To do so, each model must
pass a Leadership test. Any and all successful
models may then move 4 inches into base contact
with an assaulting enemy model; they do not gain
the +1 attack for assaulting unless they have the
Counter Attack USR.
This move is unaffected by difficult terrain but
does not ignore dangerous terrain checks if
applicable. In the event that a model is in range
of more than one assault, the model can choose
to react to any one combat it wishes, but you
must declare which models will try to react to
which assaults before you make any of the
Leadership checks.
Any models that are operating in a special fire
mode (like overwatch) may not reactive assault;
they are too busy shooting to notice.
Consolidation: Do not roll for consolidation
distances; consolidating models may move up to
4 inches, which is not modified by terrain.
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++Inquisitiorial Priority Lambda - approved
++Vox Array 58 55954 554545 01 Deep Space
++Begin Intercept Transcription...
[static]
...ear me?
[pause static]
...poral Skives, 38 Placis Mechanized. I dont
have much...
[loud banging - static]
...sgone. Placis is gone! Does anyone copy?
The Tyranids are here. If you can hear this, you
need to get out. Get everyone out of the
system. We didnt stand a chance. The 38th
held; we kept them out of the Spaceport for the
civvies, but the Nids nailed the evac before it
left atmo. We had to get the word out. Ive only
got three teams left, and were working the last
standing relay. All the ast-astropaths are dead,
ripped their faces out or something.
We are negative evac.
[sound of explosion in distance, static]
...doing what we can to hurt them...
...
++End Intercept Transcription
++
 SPECIAL OPERATIONS: KILLZONE - TEAMS
Building a List
Both players build a Special Operations Group using the codex for his/her army of choice. A Special
Operation Group generally contains one or two teams of 250 points each. Naturally, we leave the decision
regarding the number of teams up the players on the day.
Team Structure: Each team has a 250 points
limit and can contain anywhere between 5 to 20
models in total.
No model may exceed 80 points (including
upgrades).
Teams purchase individual models from the Elite,
Troops, Fast Attack, and Heavy Support unit
selections in their codex. A little basic
mathematical skill might be required to figure out
some individual points costs. Please see the
Codex: Operatives amendment for the specifics of
your Codex.
For example, the cost of a tactical marine
sergeant can be determined by subtracting the
cost of the 4 standard marines (16 points each x 4
= 64) from the squads base cost (90). So the cost
for the Marine Sergeant is 26 points (90 64 =
26).
You may only take one squad leader upgrade for
each unit choice taken and only after you take
one member from the squad entry. You may not
take a second squad leader choice for any
particular unit type.
So, for example, if you take one tactical and one
assault marine, you could then select an assault
sergeant and a tactical sergeant; once these are
chosen, you may not enlist another tactical or
assault sergeant for your team.
Team Leader: Pick one model from your team to
be the team leader, preferably the model with the
highest Ld value. The team leader may not be
equipped with a Heavy weapon. All models within
6 inches may test on his Ld. This model gains +1
Wound if he only has one in his base statistic; if
the model has more than one Wound already, he
gains +1 Attack instead.
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Standard Restrictions: a team may only select
0-2 models with:
2+ armor save
3 wounds
3+ invulnerable saves
Jump Infantry designation, and/or
Bike, Jetbike, or Cavalry designation.
Weapon Restrictions: Killzone teams identify
four basic type of non-standard and limited
weapons.
In any mission, a team may field the following
number of non-standard weaponry:
0-3 Template - designated Template
0-3 Incisive - with AP2 or lower
0-3 Suppressive - with 3 or more shots, and/or
0-3 Heavy weapons - designated Heavy.
These characteristics stack, so a Lascannon fills
both an Incisive and a Heavy slot.
Unique Models: Models listed as Unique in their
unit composition may not be used.
Wound Limit: No model may have more than 3
wounds in Killzone.
Toughness: No model may have a base
Toughness statistic greater than 5.
Vehicles: No vehicles are allowed with the
exception of a single Walker per team, and only if
it has an armor rating of 33 or less. Armor rating is
determined by adding the 3 armor values (FA/SA/
RA) for your vehicle together.
Note: a Walker cannot be a team leader, as it will
have neither Ld nor W value.
 SPECIAL OPERATIONS: KILLZONE - TEAMS
Themes
In rare circumstances, one of the proceeding restrictions can be lifted by dedicating your team entirely to
a theme listed below. We consider that any such team has extended the nature of its specialty and has
been called in for an extraordinarily particular mission. And so on.

By committing to a theme, a team will ignore one specific restriction for the standard Special Operations
Group organization guidelines; however in order to do so, the entire team must adhere to that theme. For
example, if you would like more than 2 jump infantry in the composition of a team, then all models in that
team must be jump infantry.

A team may only ever select one theme, and all the other restrictions still apply to the organization of that
team. Please remember that while all models must participate in the chosen theme, these exceptions
only negate a single standard restriction outside the standard Killzone organization parameters. All other
restrictions still apply.

For example: each model in an Armored Might team must have the themed 2+ armor save; however,
the theme does not also exempt the standard restriction on 3+ invulnerable saves. Therefore an Armored
Might team composed entirely of Terminators may still only contain two models that have been armed
with a Storm Shield.

Armored Might: This theme allows you to ignore the standard

restriction and to field additional models with 2+ Armor saves in
your Special Operations Group.

Death From Above: This theme allows you to ignore the

standard restriction and to field additional Jump Infantry models
in your Special Operations Group.

Behemoths: This theme allows you to field an Special

Operations team composed entirely of models with 3 wounds.
ouch.

Swift As The Wind: This theme allows you to field additional

models that are Bikes, Jetbikes, or Cavalry/Beasts in your
Special Operations Group (you must pick which exactly).
Furthermore, any Bike or Jetbike model may add the Skilled
Rider USR for an additional 5 points per model.

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SPECIAL OPERATIONS: KILLZONE - UPGRADES
Optional Upgrades
Because Special Operations: Killzone forgoes the standard HQ choice, the following Skill and Wargear
Upgrades represent a tremendous way to bring personality to the individuals in your Special Operations
Group. These are designed to add flavor and uniqueness to your team, as well as to the characterful,
cinematic narrative of the game itself.

No model may have more than 25 points worth of upgrades (both Skill and Wargear combined). Walkers
may not select any Skill upgrade and only the specific Wargear upgrades that state an exception.

Note: for clarity, these upgrades have been articulated with an eye on the more human elements of the
41st millennium; please feel free to substitute an appropriate terminology for your own race.

Skill Upgrades
An individual model may only select a single Skill upgrade; however, the following options may be taken
an unlimited number of times per team. Walkers may not select any Skill upgrade.

Blade Master: 10 points Hard to Kill: 10 points

A team member with this ability will gain the
Rending USR for all close combat attacks. The
model may not be armed with a special close
combat weapon.
Brawler: 5 points
A team member with this ability gains +1S to his
profile while in close combat.
The team member gains the Feel No Pain USR.
Lightning Reflexes: 20 points
A team member with this ability gains a 5+ dodge
save from all shooting and close combat attacks.
The dodge save is taken before his normal save;
the model may use both saves to avoid damage
from any attack.

Crack Shot: 10 points Raider: 5 points

A team member with this ability may re-roll any A model with this skill upgrade enjoys the Hit and
failed to hit or to wound rolls. The player must Run USR.
announce which will be re-rolled at the beginning
of the shooting phase. Resilient: 5 points
The team member gains +1 to its Toughness.
Gunfighter: 10 points
This skill increases the models rate of fire by one
(e.g.: Assault 3 weapon into Assault 4) if the
target is up to 12 inches away. This skill will also
add one to the rate of fire at a target over 12
inches, provided the shooting model has not
moved that turn. (note: This skill may not be used
with a Heavy weapon. The skill will not affect
special rules for the weapon, like Gets Hot!).

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SPECIAL OPERATIONS: KILLZONE - UPGRADES
Wargear Upgrades
Special Issue:
The following four options may be taken once per
team.
Auspex: 10 points
A team member with an Auspex forces his
opponent to re-roll successful cover saves when
the team member shoots. In addition, if the model
carrying the Auspex did not move, it may confer
the special rule to a single friendly model within 6
inches. The team member may not take an
Auspex if it is carrying a Heavy weapon (Walkers
may select this upgrade).
Medipack: 15 points
A team member with a medipack gains the Feel
No Pain USR; in addition, one team member
within 6 inches of the medipack may take a single
Feel No Pain roll in each player turn.
Smoke Grenades: 15 points
A model with smoke grenades may throw them
like any other grenade. Place a large blast marker
once the hit location has been determined; any
shots that draw LOS through the marker grant the
target a 3+ cover save. The marker is removed at
the end of the opposing players next turn.
Refractor Field: 15 points
A Team Leader may take a refractor field and gain
a 5+ invulnerable save.
Standard Issue:
The following options may be taken an unlimited number of times per team.
Assault Grenades: 2 points
Team members armed with assault grenades
count as being armed with Frag grenades or the
appropriate equivalent for your race (biomass
projectiles for Tyranids, etc). Models in Terminator
armor may not purchase assault grenades.
Defensive Grenades: 2 points
Team members armed with defensive grenades
count as being armed with the appropriate
equivalent for your race. Models in Terminator
armor may not purchase defensive grenades.
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Limited Issue:
The following four options may be taken twice per
team.
Penetrator Rounds: 10 points
A model will re-roll all successful armor saves
from shooting attacks made by a model with
penetrator rounds. You may only use a weapons
basic statistics, and may not stack Penetrator
Rounds with other special ammunition. Models
with a Heavy Weapon may not take penetrator
rounds (Walkers may select this upgrade).
Stealth Suit: 10 points
Any infantry classed team member may take the
Commando upgrade. The model gains the
Stealth, Scout, and Move Through Cover USRs.
The model may not have a Jump Pack, Bike,
Jetbike, or a 2+ armor save.
Suspensors: 10 points
A team member with a Heavy Weapon can have it
fitted with suspensors; the model gains the
Relentless USR, but may only fire up to half the
weapons maximum range if he has moved.
Targeter: 5 points
A team member with a targeter adds +1 to all of
his rolls to hit when shooting, provided that the
team member has not moved in his turn (Walkers
may select this upgrade).
Close Combat Accessories: 2 points
These can take the form of bayonets, knives,
short swords, and sometimes even sharpened
entrenching tools. A team member armed with
close combat accessories will gain an additional
close combat weapon in the Assault phase.
Thermal Imaging: 2 points
Team members armed with the Thermal Imaging
upgrade gain the Acute Senses USR during any
turn in which Killzone Night Fight rules operate -
ie: add an additional 4 inches to their LoS range
(Walkers may select this upgrade).
 SPECIAL OPERATIONS: KILLZONE - GAMES
Playing a Killzone Battle
The manner and direction of gameplay you ultimately select, quite obviously, depends on you; however,
we always encourage you to engage the game with a keen eye on the story that develops within it. For
whichever method you choose, we can (and do) recommend the following basic methods to enter the
Killzone experience:
The Basics
Pick a Game Size: You should prearrange the
size and scope of the game by considering how
many teams you would like to use in your Special
Operations Group; we tend to play 250 point
teams as standard, but have at times stretched
this limit to include multiple teams within each
Special Operations Group so that each player (or
group thereof) controls multiple 250 point teams
per side. In any event, we encourage you to
expand (or to restrict) your forces with the same
irreverent spirit that inspired Killzone from the
beginning.
The Table: We recommend that a standard
Killzone Mission should be played on a 3ft by 3ft
table for basic 1v1, or on a 4ft by 4ft table for full
Special Operations Groups (ie: 2 or more teams
per side); at least 50% of the tabletop should be
covered in terrain -though we recommend loading
the table with as much as possible.
Markers: After the table has been arranged and
deployment decided, place three markers on the
table. One marker will always be situated in the
centermost point of the table. The center of the
remaining two markers are placed 9 inches from
that marker along an axis through the remaining
no-mans land (ie: either diagonally in a quarters
deployment or across the center line in halves
deployment). In either instance, the markers
should split the distance between the zones. In
any mission with reserves deployment, the player
who goes first decides the axis.
Each marker should be numbered either 1, 2, or 3
underneath its base (see mission for details), but
placed randomly and without deliberation. This
number will be revealed to both players the
moment any marker is in base-to-base contact
with a model.
There is always the possibility that these markers
will be nothing more than empty decoys, but we
encourage you to model something relevant and
exciting just in case as there is an equal
possibility that these markers will, in fact,
represent a focal point in the game.
Before your full mission briefing, of course, you
will not know for certain.
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Night Fight: After all deployment and mission
selection (described on the next pages), the
player going first rolls a d6 and checks to see if
the visibility for the mission will be impeded in any
way:
1: Dawn. Night Fight lasts for the first d3 turns.
2: Dusk. Night Fight begins at the opening of turn
four and lasts until the game ends.
3-6: Normal Light. Conditions are such that there
is enough ambient light of one sort or
another to suffice for this mission.
Of course, the basic Night Fight mechanism
requires some tinkering for these more intimate
Special Operations encounters. Before any action
on the first turn in which Night Fight takes effect,
the player going first on that game turn rolls a d6.
Visibility for that game turn is limited to d6+12
inches LoS range; this range lasts the entire
game turn for all models and both players. All
models outside that range are considered outside
of LoS.
At the beginning of each subsequent turn in which
Night Fight has effect, players will alternate the
d6+12 roll that decides visibility as appropriate.
Modifiers:
Acute Senses: remove the current rule for this
USR and instead add 4 inches to Night Fight LoS
range for this model.
Tau Black Sun Filter: remove the current rule for
this USR and instead add 4 inches to Night Fight
LoS range for this model. This bonus will stack
with Acute Senses.
Imperial Guard Search Lights: count as Acute
Senses, and therefore add 4 inches to LoS range
for this model only. This bonus does not stack
with the Thermal Imaging wargear upgrade as the
model cannot have Acute Senses twice.
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Deployment

The Primary Mission card will designate your deployment for each mission with a simple keyword
(quarters, halves, reserves); these are described in greater detail below.

Once you have identified your primary mission, roll off to determine who will deploy first. The highest roll
may choose to deploy first or second but, again, must follow the parameters described in the primary
mission; in almost every instance, the player that deploys first also goes first in each turn.

Unless otherwise stated, Scout and Infiltrate moves operate as normal.

Quarters: In a mission that calls for table
quarters, the player deploying first will chose a
standard table quarter and place all his
appropriate models within a deployment zone
created by measuring a 12 inch triangle extending
along the both table edges from the corner. The
opposing player will then place all appropriate
models in the quarter diagonally across, also
within a triangle 12 inches from the corner.
Halves: In a mission that calls for table halves,
the player deploying first will chose any table half
and place all his appropriate models in that
deployment zone no further than 6 inches from
the table edge. The opposing player will then
place all appropriate models in the opposite table
half, again no further than 6 inches from the table
edge.
Reserves: In a mission that calls for reserves, all
models begin the game off the table (though
Deep Strike remains inoperable). At the beginning
of each turn, roll individually for each model in
your Special Operations Group. That model will
arrive on a d6 roll of: 4+ on turn one, 3+ on turn
two, automatically on turn three.
The fifth quarter: Please note that for the sake of
this game, we divide the table into five quarters:
one in each corner and a non-standard fifth in
the middle of the table. The fifth quarter is always
created by drawing a 6-inch radius from the
center of the table.
Various missions may require your Special
Operations Group to push into any number of
table quarters, so please keep in mind that each
of the five quarters represents not only a viable
deployment zone but also a potential victory
condition.
Note: throughout this section and beyond, we will
refer to the act of drawing cards; however, all the
information on the cards mentioned herein has
been included in this ruleset. If you do not have
these cards available, please randomly select
these with a d6 or d10 instead.

Available models will then roll (again, individually)

a second time to determine the manner of their
entry. Reserves arrive as follows:

1: any table edge opponents choice, but

controlling player may still decide where on
that edge.
2: the table edge left of the controlling player.
3: the table edge closest to the controlling player.
4: the table edge right of the controlling player.
5-6: any table edge controlling players choice.

A model must enter the table from a point at least

12 inches from an enemy model already on the
table. If a model is unable to enter the game
because of this restriction, it will be placed back
into reserves and will roll again in the following
turn.

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 SPECIAL OPERATIONS: KILLZONE - GAMES
Missions
In order to represent strategic complexity of a Special Operations mission on the tabletop, we recommend
the following dynamic approach to mission selection:
Primary Mission:
Before Deployment, players draw a single
Primary Mission card. This card is played face
up on the table, and each player will be working
toward that primary objective for this mission. The
Primary Mission is worth 6 possible Mission
Points. Each Primary Mission card includes a
description for partial success of that mission.
Partial mission completion is worth 3 Mission
Points.
Note: The specific primary mission brief will
describe in detail how one might achieve a partial
success in any mission (e.g.: fulfilling all but one
requirement, etc).
Callous Disregard: If a player chooses to do so,
he may earn an additional Mission Point for any
Secondary and/or Tertiary Mission by revealing
the mission to his opponent before play has
started. The bonus point will only be rewarded for
a mission both revealed and completed. This is a
rather bold gesture, reserved for those Special
Operation Groups either uninterested in the subtle
arts, or those too desperate to care.
Fortune favors the brave. If you both declare and
complete your Secondary and your Tertiary
Mission (with the aforementioned level of callous
disregard), you earn an additional Mission Point
for being so extraordinarily brash.
Otherwise, Secondary and Tertiary Missions
should remain secret until the end of the game.
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Secondary and Tertiary Missions:
After Deployment but before Scout and Infiltrate
actions, each player then draws a single
Secondary Mission card and a single Tertiary
Mission card. These are kept confidential and
only revealed at the end of the game when
players calculate Mission Points and Victory
Conditions (discussed in greater detail below).
Secondary Missions are worth 3 Mission Points
and Tertiary Missions are worth 1 Mission Point.
A Desperate Gamble: At any point in the game, a
player may discard the Tertiary Mission card and
draw an additional Fate card. A player who does
so will automatically forfeit any possible Mission
Points for that Tertiary Mission.
Note: again, the following pages outline the
specific objectives for primary, secondary, and
tertiary missions. If you do not have cards
available to select and generate those missions,
please simply roll a d6 for each appropriate
mission and record the results (secretly when
necessary).
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Ending the Game: Although individual Missions
may have alternative triggers for concluding play,
the following will almost always end the game,
and should be considered the standard
mechanism unless otherwise stated. There are
two possible triggers to end the standard game:
-After Four: After turn four, a game will begin to
end if one player has completed the Primary
Mission requirements; however, the game can
only do so if that mission remains completed
through the oppositions next full player turn
(allowing one final gasp at glory).
Note: in order to end a game, a mission must be
complete for at least two consecutive player turns
(thus might end mid game turn), and a game
cannot end before the fourth turn unless one team
has been tabled. If a player has been tabled to
end the game, Mission Points are still only allotted
for completed missions, no matter how brutally
one trounces an opponent.
-After Seven: the game will always end at the
conclusion of turn seven regardless of mission
success or failure.
Kill Points: A few missions will require that you
calculate Kill Points to help determine the relative
success of a mission. Before a game, we
recommend that you record the original value of
your team and keep a note of this number on your
roster where you may reference it easily if called
upon to do so.
Every model has a Kill Point value, which can be
determined by using this (quite simple) dynamic:
move the decimal point over and round up. For
example: if the total value of a model is 0-9 = 1
Kill Point, 10-19 = 2 Kill Points, 20-29 = 3 Kill
Points, and so on.
Your team earns KPs for each enemy that is
violently removed from play. You do not earn KPs
for models that flee, are fleeing, or are otherwise
removed from the table.
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Victory Conditions: In the murky world of
Special Operations, the relative success or failure
of a mission can be a difficult matter to measure.
Often, rival teams will thwart an enemys primary
objective only to discover that other valuable
assets have been compromised, destroyed, co-
opted, or otherwise negated.
Victory can be measured according to the
following chart:
Condition: Mission Points:
Primary Mission complete: +6
or partial completion: +3
Secondary Mission complete: +3
(and callous disregard) +1
Tertiary Mission complete: +1
(and callous disregard) +1
double disregard +1
The player with the most Mission Points at the
conclusion of the game wins.
Note: In the elusive perfect game, a player may
earn as many as 13 total Mission Points:
(+6 for Primary Mission, +3 for Secondary
Mission, +1 for Callous Disregard, +1 for Tertiary
Mission, +1 for Callous Disregard, +1 bonus for
double Disregard = 13 Mission Points).
We have yet to see it happen.
-gotta say, we wasnt finking about holdin til
the fleet came. We wasnt finking about much
beyond the mud and the feth and the
whereabouts of our next set of ration bars.
Greenies dont like our food, see. So it was all
just out there... waiting. Only problem was,
there was this couple of thousand Orks and, to
them, WE was the food.
-Veteran Guardsman Pullo, 31st Hadeshive
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Primary Missions:
1. Kill Points
You must destroy the enemys Special Operations
Group. Each enemy model has a Kill Point value,
which can be determined by using this (quite
simple) dynamic: move the decimal point over
and round up.
Record the KP value for each model you destroy.
As usual, your team only earns KPs for each
enemy that is violently removed from play.
A team that reduces the enemy to below one
quarter its original Kill Points successfully
completes this mission.
Partial Completion: if a team reduces the enemy
to below one half its original Kill Points.
Deployment: Quarters, Halves
2. Sweep and Clear
With this sweep and clear order, your team must
clean a path for the next wave.
Markers are set up and interact with secondary
missions as usual; however, they are not fixed.
Upon contact with a marker, a model will lose all
remaining movement that player turn.
Subsequently, an unencumbered model may
move a marker up to 6 inches in any player turn.
If that model is killed, the marker falls directly
underneath his base. All else remains as normal.
In order to complete this mission, you must bring
at least one marker completely into your
deployment zone.
Partial Completion: if any two markers end the
game completely within your table half.
Deployment: Halves
3. Capture and Control
Your team must capture and control a vital area
in no-mans land; it is imperative that you both
hold this area and keep it free of enemy
interference: think king of the hill.
You must bring all surviving models into the fifth
quarter and remove all enemy models from the
same in order to successfully complete this
mission.
Partial Completion: if a player ends the game with
all surviving models in the fifth quarter but does
not control it.
Deployment: Reserves
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4. Reconnaissance
Your team has a scouting obligation. The more
reconnaissance you can perform in the field, the
better.
Your team must end the game with at least one
model in four of the five possible table quarters
(see the fifth quarter). Any individual model may
only ever claim a single quarter.
Partial Completion: if a team ends the game with
a model in three of the five table quarters.
Deployment: Quarters
5. Withdrawal
Two Special Operations Groups have found
themselves on the wrong end of no-mans land
and must strategically withdraw from their
respective missions.
Each team must get half of its original Kill Points
value into the enemys deployment zone.
Partial Completion: if a team ends the game with
all models out of its deployment zone but only one
quarter of its original Kill Points in the enemy
zone.
Deployment: Quarters, Halves
6. Ambush
The intelligence was flawless, but the ambush
has gone to hell. The combat zone has turned
into a free-for-all.
The Attacking player goes first, begins in reserve,
and must end the game with a quarter of its
original Kill Points value inside the fifth quarter.
The Defending player deploys second, places all
appropriate models within the fifth quarter, and
must end the game with a quarter of its original
Kill Points value within 6 inches of any table edge.
Partial Completion: none -its all or nothing.
Deployment: Fifth Quarter, Reserves
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Secondary Missions:
1. Munitions
One marker represents a cache of munitions that
must be destroyed.
If an unencumbered model in base-to-base
contact with the objective marker reveals marker
1, it has found the munitions, which will explode at
the end of the next full game turn (after contact).
The explosion is centered on the objective
marker: S6 AP-, Large Blast. The munitions must
explode before the end of the game in order to
successfully complete this mission objective (all
the better if the explosion causes the end of the
game).
2. Standard Template Construct
One marker represents an invaluable component
for a standard template construct; as such,
your team has an astonishing opportunity, and
you must get your hands on a construct
component in order to learn what you can while
you may.
If an unencumbered model in base-to-base
contact with the objective marker reveals marker
2, it has located the STC.
In order to complete this mission, one member of
your team must end the game in base contact
with the marker. No other model may be in
contact with the marker.
3. Intelligence Cache
One marker represents a vital intelligence cache
from which you must upload information.
If an unencumbered model in base-to-base
contact with the objective marker reveals marker
3, it must remain in contact with that marker for
one full game turn.
The model may shoot during the upload process
(game turn), but may not move or engage in close
combat. Collection completes the mission
objective even if the model in question is later
eliminated from the game.
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4. Transmitter
You must hold the high ground in this sector in
order to set up a beacon transmitter.
When the game ends, you must hold the highest
non-impassible level of terrain on the table, with
no enemy models within 3 inches (or one level).
If two or more pieces of elevated terrain are of
equivalent height, the one with the largest
footprint/base is the objective. If there is still a tie,
the qualifying piece of terrain that is closest to the
center of the table is the objective. If there is still a
tie, any one qualifying piece will fulfill the objective
(cardholders choice).
5. Lead from the Front
Morale within your Special Operations Group has
suffered recently. Each member of your Special
Operations Group looks to the team leader for an
unspoken, unquantifiable boost. It is time to lead
by example.
Your team leader must survive the game, inflict
two wounds, and end closer to an enemy model
than any friendly model in order to successfully
complete this mission objective.
6. Reverse Engineering
Secretly identify and record one enemy model
carrying either a Template, Incisive, Suppressive,
or Heavy weapon other than the team leader.
Command has issued orders to recover a specific
piece of enemy wargear from that individual in
order to reverse engineer it.
This model must be killed in Assault in order to
successfully complete this mission objective.
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Tertiary Missions:
1. Just Breathe, Rookie
Secretly mark one model from your Special
Operations Roster other than your team leader.
This is the Rookie. Even among an elite Special
Operations Group, someone has to be the new
guy. Your job is to keep the Rookie alive until he
gets some experience under his belt.
This model must survive the game in order to
successfully complete this mission objective.
2. Traitor
Secretly identify and record one enemy model
other than the team leader. This model is the
Traitor; he is an extremely important sleeper
agent within the enemys ranks, and you must
keep him alive for future activation.
Although an enemy nonetheless, the Traitor must
survive the game in order to successfully
complete this mission objective.
3. Vaingloryhound
Secretly mark one model from your Special
Operations Roster other than your team leader.
This is the glory hound; this model has been
feeling a bit headstrong lately, perhaps a bit too
much so.
Keep close record of each wound inflicted by your
team members. The glory hound must exceed the
tally of wounds caused by any other model on
your team (including the team leader) in order to
successfully complete this mission objective.
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4.Vendetta
Secretly mark one model from your Special
Operations Roster other than your team leader.
This model enjoys a profoundly personal grudge
against the enemy Special Operations Group and
will stop at nothing to grind this Vendetta under
his heel.
Keep close track of the Kill Points value for each
enemy model specifically killed by this individual.
This model must kill twice his own value in Kill
Points to successfully complete this mission
objective.
5. Sabotage
Your team has been monitoring enemy activity
and may have found a way to sabotage an
unguarded target of interest.
In order to successfully complete this mission,
you must destroy two objective markers (with the
following profile: T5 W2) not including any marker
relevant to your own primary and/or secondary
mission objective this game.
6. Culprit
Secretly identify and record one enemy model
other than the team leader. This model carries an
important token rightfully belonging to your army;
he is known as the culprit.
You must kill the culprit and reclaim the token
from the point where he fell. If you reclaim the
token, you may carry it with no movement penalty
either for collection or after. If any subsequent
model is killed while holding the token, the token
remains in play and can be retrieved by either
side.
One member of your team must be holding the
item when the game ends to successfully
complete this mission objective.
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Fate:
These cards are designed to add a statistically improbable, but appropriately cinematic, element to a
Killzone game. They are not necessarily balanced, and are deliberately designed to offer your team an
improbable boon in the grand, heroic Hollywood tradition.

Each player selects a single card for every team in his Special Operations Group immediately after
deployment but before the beginning of play. If you do not have cards available, generate your Fate by
rolling a d10 and secretly recording the results.

Most Fate cards have some element of restriction as to when that card can be revealed. Pay close
attention, as these often mimic the fickle nature of Fate. These cards will invariably influence crucial
events in the game -and we recommend you do so with an appropriate dramatic finesse.

1. Get down now! 6. Fickle Fortune

Select one model (either from your team or your
opponents). This model must immediately go to
ground without making a pinning test.
You may reveal this card at the beginning of either
player turn.
2. Poison
The moment you play this card, one models
close combat weapon gains the characteristic
Poison (2+) for a single Assault phase.
The moment you play this card, one individual
model from your team may borrow a single
Universal Special Rule or skill upgrade from any
enemy model on the table; the enemy model may
not benefit from this USR for the active period of
this card, which lasts for the equivalent of one
entire game turn (ie: two player turns including the
one in which the card becomes active).
You may reveal this card at any moment in your
player turn.

This card may be revealed during any Assault 7. Bullet time

phase in the game.
3. Adrenaline Rush
The moment you play this card, one model of
your choice benefits from the Fleet Universal
Special Rule for one turn.
You may reveal this card at any moment in your
player turn: Movement, Shooting, or Assault.
4. Im the best at what I do
When you activate this card, a single model from
your team gains the Furious Charge Universal
Special Rule for the remainder of your player turn.
You may reveal this card at any moment in your
player turn.
5. You keep using that word
The moment you play this card one individual
model from the opposing team loses a single
Universal Special Rule or skill upgrade for the
equivalent of one entire game turn (ie: two player
turns including the one in which the card becomes
active).
This card may be played during any phase of
either players turn.
Once revealed, this card forces a single enemy
model to re-roll all successful wounds from any
attacks that he makes for one phase (either the
Shooting or Assault phase, but not both).
This card can be played during any phase in
either player turn
8. Die, you git
The moment you play this card, one model from
your team may re-roll any/all of its failed rolls to
wound in a single phase (Shooting or Assault).
You may only re-roll any given result once so
this card may not be used to re-re-roll a failed
result.
This card may be revealed at any point in either
player turn.
9. No Surrender
The moment you play this card, your team (or any
single member therein) may re-roll a Morale or
Leadership Test.
This card may be revealed at any necessary,
worthwhile point in the game.
10. Trump
Once revealed, this card will automatically negate
the effect of a Fate card played by your adversary.

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 SPECIAL OPERATIONS: KILLZONE - CARDS
Cards
These cards are designed to add a supplemental bit of fun to your Killzone experience. They are optional,
as all the information contained in these cards is also already available to you in this book.

If, like us, you enjoy an extra ounce or two of character, fun, and frivolity in your gaming experience, we
highly recommend picking up a set. We have provided a few examples below, but you are free to explore
other options. To that end, we have taken a liberty of including several blank cards in the set so that you
might create your own Mission and/or Fate cards to suit your specific games and/or campaigns. Enjoy.

As an aside, we presume that players using these cards will do so in good faith and not try to exploit any
ambiguities.

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 SPECIAL OPERATIONS: KILLZONE - ALT
Alternatively
What follows are some alternative rules to further indulge the ambitious but free-spirited impulses that
started Special Operations: Killzone rolling in the first place. The following additional and/or alternative
ideas do not constitute core Killzone rules, but the ideas are compelling and we would feel remiss if we
failed to include them here. Please have a bash at one or more of the following as an alternative to your
standard Killzone gaming -just make sure that your opponent is on the same page (literally and
figuratively). Moreover, we encourage you to discover your own methods for tinkering with the rules, and
to share those ideas with us if you please.

Alternate Phases: a fair few playtesters have
experimented with the idea of breaking the turn
down into alternating sub-phases, during which
each player performs all actions appropriate to
that phase before moving forward to the next one.
As such, the turn is broken down into the standard
turn components (Movement, Shooting, Assault),
but each player.
Overwatch: you may find an odd situation in
which a model could remain on Overwatch
through two sequential enemy player turns (due to
priority). If this happens, the Overwatch model
may shoot in the second enemy player turn,
provided that there is a viable target and that he
has not already taken himself out of Overwatch by
shooting.

In this instance, we recommend that you fold
charge moves directly into the movement phase
(as with running). Moreover, we also recommend
that both players still fight close combat
encounters in their respective assault phase, as
normal per game turn.
For example: in a new turn, player one performs
all his movements for that turn as normal;
however, player two will then immediately perform
all of his movement actions for that turn, both
including run and charge moves. After this has
been completed, player one will then proceed to
the Shooting phase, followed immediately by
player two. Player one then rolls all assaults, with
all resolutions concluded, before Player two
enacts another subsequent Assault phase to its
natural conclusion.
Priority: the player that deploys first enjoys
Priority for the first turn. After that, each player
rolls a d6 at the beginning of the turn to see who
has Priority for that turn. The winner of the die roll
may choose to go first or second in the current
game turn. If the die roll is a tie, Priority goes to
the person who went second in the previous turn.
After priority has been decided, the controlling
player signals that his model intends to remain in
Overwatch through this subsequent turn by
leaving the Overwatch marker in place. If a model
opts to continue in Overwatch, he treats the entire
turn as if he elected to engage Overwatch in his
own player turn as normal; he cannot, therefore,
perform any action in his player turn.
If the marker is removed after priority of the
second game turn, the model may treat his player
turn as normal. The Overwatch marker must be
removed before the enemy models have moved in
order to do so.
For example: a model goes into Overwatch in the
first half of game turn 1. He does not shoot during
the enemys portion of turn 1, so his Overwatch
status has not been negated. The enemy wins
priority for game turn 2 and decides to go first.
The player controlling the model in Overwatch
must decide immediately to either leave or
remove the Overwatch counter. If the counter
remains, the model may shoot in the enemy
portion of turn 2, but doing so will be the sum of
his actions for that game turn.

Defensive Fire: In a situation like the one

Up and at them: once per game, a player may
automatically steal priority if (and only if) the
opposing player has won priority two turns
consecutively. The stolen priority prevents one
player from dominating two sequential turns.
described above, in which a single player enjoys
two sequential player turns due to the
happenstance of Priority, a model armed with a
Pistol may qualify for a special Defensive Fire
attack.

If a model with a Pistol is assaulted in the enemys

second consecutive turn due to Priority, it may fire
at one assaulting model with a -1 to hit modifier.

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 CONTRIBUTORS CREDITS:
The following people have contributed to this document for no reason other than their love of the
hobby and their desire to make a skirmish game the way they would like to play it. We would like to
thank everyone for their boundless energy and enthusiasm for this project.

Authors: Karitas from Excommunicate Tratoris

Big Jim from Galaxy in Flames
(galaxyinflames.blogspot.com)
Brian from A Gentlemans Ones
(agentelmansones.blogspot.com/)
Skarvald the Troll-faced and
Frozencore Joe from Wolves for the Wolf God
(wolvesforthewolfgod.blogspot.com/)
(excommunicatetratoris.blogspot.com/)
Menzies from the 512th Cadian
(cadian512.blogspot.com/)
Jabber Jabber from Warpstone Flux
(warpstoneflux.blogspot.com/)
Sons of Taurus from Sons of Taurus
(sonsoftaurus.blogspot.com/)

Counter Fett from All Things Fett

Contributors: (counterfett.blogspot.com/)

Magilla Gurilla from Table Top War Geoff from The Independent Characters
(tabletopwar.net/) (theindependentcharacters.com/blog/)

Justin Morgan Tim from Tau of War

Merlin Havlik
AJ/Bestia from the Imperial Truth podcast
(theimperialtruth.blogspot.com/)
(tauofwar.blogspot.com)
as well as... Luke Licens, Master Bryss,
Entropomancer, War009, and Marko
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Team Structure
250 points limit. 5-20 models total. No model
may exceed 80 points (including upgrades), and
no model may have more 25 points of upgrades.
Team Leader: No Heavy Weapons; model gains
+1W if only has one in base statistic; if model
has more than 1W, gains +1A instead.
Standard Restrictions: a team may only select
0-2 models with:
2+ armor save
3 wounds
3+ invulnerable saves
Jump Infantry designation, and/or
Bike, Jetbike, or Cavalry designation.
Weapon Restrictions: a team may field the
following number of non-standard weaponry:
0-3 Template - designated Template
0-3 Incisive - with AP2 or lower
0-3 Suppressive - with 3 or more shots, and/or
0-3 Heavy weapons - designated Heavy.
Unique Models: Models listed as Unique in their
unit composition may not be used.
Wound Limit: No model may have more than 3
wounds in Killzone.
Deployment
Quarters: 12 inch triangle from corner.
Halves: 6 inches from the table edge.
Reserves: each model rolls individually: 4+ on
turn one, 3+ on turn two, automatically on turn
three.
1: any table edge opponents choice.
2: the table edge left of the controlling player.
3: the table edge closest to the controlling player.
4: the table edge right of the controlling player.
5-6: any table edge controlling players choice.
The fifth quarter: 6-inch radius from the center.
Ending the Game
After Four: after turn four, a game will end if one
player has completed the Primary Mission
requirements, but only after the oppositions next
full player turn. If the Mission remains complete,
the game ends immediately.
After Seven: a game will always end at the
conclusion of turn seven regardless of mission
success or failure.

Toughness: No model may have a base

Toughness statistic greater than 5. Primary Mission
1. Kill Points 4. Reconnaissance
Vehicles: No vehicles allowed except a single 2. Sweep and Clear 5. Withdrawal
Walker per team, and only if it has an armor 3. Capture and Control 6. Ambush
rating of 33 or less.
Secondary Mission
1. Munitions 4. Transmitter
The Table 2. Template Construct 5. Lead from the Front
Markers: After the table has been arranged and 3. Intelligence Cache 6. Reverse Engineering
deployment decided, place three markers: one at
the centermost point, and the other two 9 inches Tertiary Mission
along an axis through the remaining no-mans 1. Just Breathe, Rookie 4. Vendetta
land. In either instance, the markers should split 2. Traitor 5. Sabotage
the distance between the deployment zones. 3. Vaingloryhound 6. Culprit
Night Fight: After all deployment and mission
selection, player going first rolls d6 to check
visibility: Mission Points
1: Dawn. Night Fight lasts for the first d3 turns. Primary complete: +6 MPs
2: Dusk. Night Fight begins turn four until end. partial: +3 MPs
3-6: normal light.
Secondary complete: +3 MPs
Visibility for game turn limited to d6+12, for all (and callous disregard) +1 MPs
models and both players. Players alternate as
appropriate. Specific modifiers will add 4 inches Tertiary complete: +1 MPs
only to that models visibility. (and callous disregard) +1 MPs
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General Game Changes
Area Terrain: Any forest or jungle area terrain
will block LOS to a target if there are four or
more inches of area terrain between the target
and the shooting model.
Army of Heroes: Each model in Killzone acts as
a unit of one; however, no single model may
exceed 80 points (including upgrades). All
models in Killzone count as scoring units.
No Deepstriking: No model may teleport or
deepstrike in Killzone, unless the scenario
specifically allows it.
Area of Effect: Any friendly model within 6
inches of a model with an Area of Effect item or
ability gains the benefits from the item.
Pinning: a wound from a weapon with pinning
test causes all models within 6 inches to make
pinning test.
Natural: a roll of 1 always misses, and a roll of 6
always hits.
The Turn
Sequence: The turn sequence works as in
standard 40K.
Movement Phase
Moving in Terrain: difficult terrain reduces
movement to 4 inches. Models with the USR
Move Through Cover ignore terrain movement
penalties.
Running: (movement phase) model adds 4
inches to movement rate for any run move; a
model that runs may neither shoot nor assault
unless it has the Fleet USR. Jump Infantry may
run 4 inches after using their special jump move.
Overwatch: (movement phase) only action the
model may perform in its turn. Mark the model to
delineate clearly its 180 degree fire arc.
Any weapon that is not a Pistol may engage
Overwatch. A model on Overwatch may make a
normal shooting attack in the enemys turn if and
when an enemy appears within its 180 degree
fire arc. If shooting at a target further than 12
inches, the model suffers a -1 modifier to its BS.
Any shots over 24 inches suffer a -2 modifier to
its BS. Models armed with Sniper weapons
ignore BS modifiers.
The controlling player chooses when to fire.
Shooting Phase
Killzone: hits allocated to other enemy models
within 3 inches of the primary target model are in
the Killzone and are eligible secondary targets.
The shooting player must announce if he is
going to implement a Killzone before any dice
are rolled.
The first hit is always against the primary target;
any subsequent hits are allocated one per model
by the owning player to the secondary targets
within the Killzone. The owning player must
allocate at least one hit to each available target
before doubling.
Grenades: (shooting phase) Grenades all count
as Assault 1 weapons. As blast weapons,
grenades will scatter; however, to determine
scatter simply roll the directional die and flip the
template over its own edge in the appropriate
direction (as with barrage weapons).
Defensive grenades are S3 AP- and use the
small blast template. All models hit by a
defensive grenade must take a Pinning test.
Assault grenades are S4 AP- and use the small
blast template.
Anti-armor grenades are S6 AP3 and have no
blast; they do not scatter if they miss.
Assault Phase
Who Can Fight: Models must be in base
contact to fight in an assault; ignore the standard
2 inch rule.
Assault Moves Through Cover: Infantry
models move 4 inches and Beast/Cavalry move
8 inches.
Reactive Assault: (Leadership test) friendly
models within 4 inches of an assaulting enemy
model may choose to counter assault in aid of
their comrade: may then move 4 inches into
base contact with an assaulting enemy model;
no +1A for assault unless model has Counter
Attack USR.
Ignore difficult terrain but not dangerous terrain.
A model in Overwatch may not reactive assault.
Consolidation: Do not roll for consolidation
distances; consolidating models may move up to
4 inches, which is not modified by terrain.