#MAELSTROM GAME SINGLE PLAYER UPDATE#

These rules don't accomplish anything in the Matched Play mission, and make even less sense in a 'Maelstrom' setting. No Random Game Length, the Inability to Table your opponent, and the 'Rule of 3' are all still around as well. Help me understand how unachievable objectives were fun, like the Necron destroy a vehicle objective against Tyranids, how is being handed this objective fun or fair when Thousand Sons have 0 such objectives? The issue was fixed by allowing people to cut out cards from their decks pre-game but that might actually have been a worse option than just discarding impossible objectives because it took longer to set up before the game while discarding/re-rolling impossible objectives was spread out across the turns and didn't involve any active choice, just recognition that the objective is impossible. Like the current Matched Play mission, it's like they expanded on the Tournament pack of rolling each turn, instead of an actual Maelstrom Objective set. This removed a core feature of Maelstrom from 7th/8th, and is unnecessary in the current rules since objectives don't hang around until you achieve them. A stupid inclusion based on a common house rule fix to the 7e Maelstrom where you could discard an objective if it wasn't achievable.

#MAELSTROM GAME SINGLE PLAYER UPDATE#

Last update was at 9 11:12:51Īkar wrote: There is a 'Unachievable Objective' rule as well. It's looking more and more like we're going to have to wait until Warhammer 40k X before we see any improvement on the game. Maelstrom was the last hope for those in the 40k community holding out for something playable, or even functional. The sadder effect is that players who have been pushed out of the Matched Play Mission, are now being pushed out of the Maelstrom format if this makes it to a final form. There is a 'Unachievable Objective' rule as well. Functionally, it's no different than the Current Mission where you have ~15 points that you can score each turn, which is stupid since we already have a mission pack with that mechanic in it. I can only see this slowing down the game more until cards are released. At the start of each Battle Round, players will generate a random objective from each of the chosen categories for the turn with slight variations based on which actual mission is being played. Like the current Mission, Players will be able to select 3 'Categories' that will remain through the game. Makes sense since players are back to placing their own objectives. Other than that, all they did was removed the 'Primary' mission objective from the MP mission and expand the new 'Secondary' mission Mechanic. It doesn't make any sense, or have any impact on the outcome of the games in the Matched Play mission and unfortunately it won't now because of how Objectives are generated. Deployment Zones being detached from the missions is an improvement over the current Mission. An unnecessary fix to the rest of the Beta rules, but at least their addressing the only issue with the 7e Maelstrom rules in relation to the size of the game. Second, is that there is a different level depending on the size of the game. First, Players are back to placing objectives where it makes sense for their respective armies. I'll give the rules credit as there are two really positive things about it. I read the new WD and the Maelstrom rules and the only question I have is 'Who the hell is responsible for writing this atrocity'? Might be a bit early, but this discussion is going to come.

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