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What is Kill Team; For those who have never played
Topic Started: 31 Aug 2014, 10:36 PM (735 Views)
scrubber
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Evening all,
I have heard of Kill team, and remember casting loads of necron wall for an AB event, but have never played or seen the game myself.
So for those not in the know, could someone briefly explain what the game is about. :)
Edited by scrubber, 31 Aug 2014, 10:38 PM.
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TL;DR: Basically 40k at a small skirmish scale. 250 points per side made from Kill Team specific army lists, complete with campaign support. Matches usually take 30-60 minutes to complete and utilize ALOT of terrain pieces.

Long Version: It's a "mod" to the regular 40k game, focussing on small squads duking it out instead of having huge armies clash. You built a 250 point list using HoR Kill Teams very own army lists. These lists contain the same models as the corresponding codex, but only offer a "condensed" choice. They are divided into three different model types: leaders (of which you have to take one, big surprise here), core models (usually a codex' troop choices) and special (mixup of Elites, Fast Attack and Heavy Support). In Kill Team, models in general act on their own, not as a unit (there are some exceptions to this for "spammy" armies, like IG or 'nids). So those 5 regular Tac Space Marines making up the core portion of your list don't act as a single unit, but as five individual models that can all perform various actions indepent from each other.
Because of the skirmish nature of the game, there are several alteration to the original 40k ruleset. These include simplistic changes such as altering the area of effect a battle standard has, convert effects that would affect an entire unit, add some refined rules to move around in ruins or even add an optional "injury chart" to add some longevity.

That should be the gist of it. There are of course several other differences to 40k, but I think you get the point. For any specifics, just blast ahead :)

/edit: typo'ing it up...
Edited by Ctaeh, 1 Sep 2014, 01:23 AM.
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Sounds like an intresting change to "standard" big games of 40k . I hope to give this a test at some point.
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Just as Ctaeh said, its a modification for warhammer 40K. You play with a small force made of individual models rather than squads (though some armies like tyranids have those). Similar to Necromunda or Mordheim.

You can find the army lists at the HOR Kill Team website though you stil need your army codex ofc (for weapon lists, abilities explanations, etc). The army lists are superb. Most of them well thought and very faithful to 40k's fluff. All lists that are version 3.0 or later are adapted for 7th edition.

Where i live it has really made an impact. Its fast, fun and you dont need to carry 3 bags of miniatures every time you feel like playing. Furthermore its cheap to collect a small warband like these (well, cheaper than a 40 k army for sure) so it gives you the opportunity to test factions you have never played with. F.e. In my case i built a Deathwatch force but i have plans to build up a small Chaos Marines warband and a small Harlequin Troupe in the future.
Edited by Dealer, 1 Sep 2014, 11:45 AM.
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Which edition of 40k are the rules meant to mod?
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