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Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net.If you are already a member then feel free to. I would second the request for 2nded-Tau. Quick update. I've been on holiday so all I've been up to is reading rules and completing my 2nd codex collection. A happy surprise was finding a huge pile of 2nd ed era White Dwarfs round my boyfriend's parent's house which I had thrown out ages ago so very helpful reading.Our core members are digging out their older models to add to their armies and painting newer ones according to the style of the time.We also have a Squat player who is VERY enthusiastic about the short beardy ones and is converting up more models.Hoefully we can get a game or two in before 6th ed arrives so the real work can begin.
Timd wrote:Our group was working on 2nd edition v2.5 rules when 3rd edition came out. 3rd was so bad we quit playing, but 5th was a huge improvement and I'm hoping that 6th will be better (assuming most of the leaked rules are used).MissionsWe did the same.
I had all the 3rd and 4th edition codices converted to 2nd editition word documents (squats too). I think I still have those.I'm pretty sure I can still think in 2nd edition, it was the edition I did most of my work with. I might still remember every obscure rule that existed. I basically have no life right now so I would be highly useful if you wanted my help.
The problem is I might forget about this when something else comes up, so you'd have to email me (erikwfg@gmail.com). There are some things we should talk about too. Like are you trying to revive 2nd for real (and thus probably getting banned in some way) or trying to make a conversion file so people who play 5th can make it more like 2nd? Because 2nd was good, but 5th made a few things better.If you somehow made a YMDC forum for 2nd edition i'd gladly answer things there whenever I can. Are we allowed to post on YMDC for older editions?Just let me know if you want my help I guess, step 1.ps?- I might have a prime condition 2nd edition box and dark millenium set, sellable. Timd wrote: Automatically Appended Next Post:ok scratching my head here.
Force Weapons anyone? Cant see them in the 2nd ed smurf codex. Damn being at work and not having access to everything!!There were 3 force weapons, axe (10 pts), sword (10 pts), and rod (15 pts). All were wargear cards, all added mastery level to your strength. Axe and sword held 1 force card, rod held 3.
Axe and sword could expend that held card for an additional save modifier on hits (-3 ax, -2 sword i think). I don't think rod could expend like that.Automatically Appended Next Post. DeSade wrote:Honestly, as long as you're tweaking things, you may want to audit all the codexes and get units' weapon options more in line with later editions. I have a few reasons for this:I agree with this statement but not for the same reasons.1 of us in my world still hasn't coverted their models from 2nd edition loadouts to modern, but that's a very special situation.True cheeser orks had sword, power sword, bolt pistol, plasma pistol. One of our people played them that way almost always. Things that like aren't a big deal because tactically they can be overcome. Due to the cost of fielding that unit, it ends up being half the size it would normally be.
Overall overequipping was never that big a deal.We also had the opposite opinion of how battles went when it came to sitting in cover or actually doing things with basic squads. Most of us fielded 'realistic' armies, aka our marines used mainly tactical squads, etc.
While 2nd edition was the game that gave the name 'Characterhammer', those characters could be tactically overcome, or just blasted with heavy weapons. When normal squads were fielded and used, they could do alot of things. It all really came down to the player's amount of.
Because there were just rivers of velveeta in 2nd edition, that is why all the later editions were dumbed down and restricted.2nd works great for special game scenarios, but not as good for having realistic armies in massive battles. I still don't know if I like the idea of 2nd coming back as it was, or whether a similar modified game is the better choice.
Either way, I think some things do have to change, like psychic power use, if for no other reason that there is no way for people to get access to those cards anymore.Idk, plus I have to go right now. I'll check back later.This message was edited 2 times.
Last update was at 2012/06/03 00:26:55. I know I'm bringing up a thread that's been dead for 6 months or so, but I just found this through a web search on a whim.
Is anyone still participating in this 'revival' project?Myself and my gaming group have never stopped playing 2nd ed.we even still have the original 40k boxed set(and 3 or 4 others) that we bought new when it first came out. Not only that, we used to play Rogue Trader and I still retain most of those books as well.The unfortunate part is that our gaming group is just not what it used to be. Obviously we are all older gamers since we've been around to play Rogue Trader and many of our members have gone for different reasons-2 have died, one is incarcerated for his terrible decisions, one went crazy and 2 or 3 others have just drifted away for other unknown reasons. That leaves 3 of us.and we still play very often. This past week I played twice in a series of campaign games-one against each of the other 2 remaining players in the group. With the exception of Necrons and Adeptus Mechanicus we have all of the armies.
This includes complete Adeptus Arbites, Sisters of Battle, Grey Knights and Squat armies. Some of these armies are absolutely massive since most of the players that have disappeared over the years left their armies with the group. To add to this, many of the miniatures that we own are very old, I've personally got 2 RT(rogue trader) dreadnoughts, a RT land raider, RT attack bike and many, many RT trooper/character minis.I do agree that the rules are clunky compared to the newer rules (which I've never played), but we like the complex and ultra-realistic flavor of the games we play and have no interest in changing versions. I am interested in seeing any rules that some might have come up with concerning some of the troop types and armies that were not available in 2nd ed. We also have a set of campaign rules that we developed years ago for use with any number of players that I will attempt to post here tomorrow after I get them off of my other computer. We've run campaigns using these rules many times and a few of them have lasted nearly a year.If you have any questions regarding rulings in 2nd ed, ask away. Though we do use a few 'non-standard' rules, by and large we go strictly by the book and the three of us have read them many times, almost to the point of memorization in some cases.Currently involved in a campaign using my CSM army-in total miniatures that I own, this is at least 20,000 points(2nd ed points) of models and probably more.3 big toolboxes full of figs, vehicles and bunkers.
And that's just one of my armies, though it is arguably the groups largest single army.If anyone is interested I will post those campaign rules soon. They aren't long and are a little abstract, but they work well and have been playtested many times. Like all rules though, they would probably need to be slightly modified to fit with any particular play group. A model armed with a pistol weapon may forgo its usual (2'?
4'?) follow-up move for winning a combat. Instead it may apply a single 'Dodge This.'
Attack to an enemy within (The usual follow-up distance. This is a single shot from the pistol that automatically hits. Roll to wound and save as normal.We began playing this just before the switch over to 3rd Ed amongst my friends. It led to some brilliant cinematic moments, such as an Imperial Guard sergeant blasting a Genestealer in the face at the last second! The hey day of GW when their rules could win independent awards.I have been playing since RT (when a land raider cost you 750pts) and had great fun under those rules.
2ed was a nice refinement of their skirmish rules when characters still had character.3ed (or Special K) was GW's break from a characterful game into a more generic Sci-Fi wargame and you needed to appeal to buy many models to make a viable army and more besides for variety. That's when I stopped playing although I did keep painting.
I bought the rules (from eBay) for 4th edition (Kiddy K) but it couldn't tempt me back to the table top (despite some pretty new Eldar bits).6th edition did but only because I already had such large amounts of Eldar. EBay gobbled up the Marines, Tau (which I never used) and Imp Guard.2ed was slow to play because it was characterful and individual. When individuals matter, play slows down as individuals have indvidual kit.
The newer editions no longer even seem to even follow the fluff, you know, the bit that actually made 40K different from other wargames.That being said,I play 6th edition at the gaming club I have recently joined as that's what they play, and it's kind of fun but only if you like dumping down loads of troops, but I can't tempt any of my friends that are ex-gamers or never been games to play as you need to many troops to play.This week I shall be playing 2ed again; Eldar vs Nurgle Marines. It will be great fun. Tales may be told.2ed was a different game than 6th edition: skirmish vs mini-apocalypse.Some of us remember that particular edition with fondness simple because it wasn't so generic as 6th edition. I'm finally getting enough material to play 2nd ed games.
I came into the hobby portion (primarily a painter, modeller) of the game right at the tail end of it, and never got to play it so it's a great bunch of nostalgia that really doesn't take any extra models to revert to if you have modern edition forces.So far I have:-Datafax cards for all the vehicles that will feasibly hit the table in my games.-Ultramarines, Eldar, and Chaos Codexes. Planning on Orks, Angels of Death, and Sisters of Battle-Rulebook and Wargear book. Still need Codex Imperialis-I plan to download the 'Battle Bible' PDF off a Scribd link I found here on Dakka for my Wargear and Psychic power needs, as I don't want to do the work/price to get all the original cards. I can always make Psychic/Warp Cards with a MSWord template and print them.Does anyone have the Battle Bible PDF that they can send to me? I don't really want to pay the '24 Access' fee to get it off Scribd, but I dearly need that document to play my games!I assume this link is to the 'Battle Bible' that everyone mentions?This message was edited 1 time.
Last update was at 2013/02/19 00:00:33. Personally I'd prefer an updated release of the 2nd Edition rules, a re-envisioning, a spiritual successor, a 2.5 if you will. Some of the rules could definitely be simplified (sustained fire dice, use of cards, etcs) and a perfect time to tweak some of the rules that didn't work so well.
Just treat the second edition rules like GW treated the 4th, 5th, and 6th edition books, in other words if you tweak it far enough that the Codex's are invalid or are in desperate need of fixing (and not because of just power creep).And if this project is rigor I'd gladly take up the helm.This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2013/03/11 03:53:07.
This special Warhammer 40,000 scenario allows players to recreate a deadly firefight between a crack team sent out on a deadly mission and the defending troops ordered to stop them. It could be a team of Ork Kommandos sneaking into a Necron tomb complex, a pack of Kroot Mercenaries sent to 'liberate' a priceless Dark Eldar artefact from its twisted shrine, or a squad of Space Marine scouts avoiding patrolling Gun Drones as they make their way to assassinate a Tau Ethereal; the possibilities really are endless! Kill team is designed to be played with a small number of models, each of which is treated as an individual unit. This means games will be quick: you'll easily finish a game in a lunchtime, and may even have time for a rematch. In addition we've we've included a special rule for 'Specialist Troopers' that is perfect for those players that like to convert models in their armies.
So click off the safety catch and ensure you brought along those extra ammo clips. It's a battle to the death, and only the most ruthless warriors will survive. Neither Play may place any units in Reserves under any circumstances. This means you may not take any Flyers, and units are unable to leave the table and enter Continuous Reserves. Units that have to be deployed via Deep Strike such as Codex Daemons forces and Drop Pods must deploy as normal units within the Deployment zone instead. You may select an army using any current Warhammer 40,000 Codex, including any Warhammer 40,000 current legal Forgeworld Army Lists and units.
You may not select units from out-of-date Codexes, Apocalypse or Planet Strike, etc. All units must be selected from the same Codex (no Allies) and you are not able to take any Fortifications. You must select your force following all restrictions of each Codex, including minimum squad sizes, numbers of models required for weapons and wargear, and any 1+ requirements for units within the Elites, Troops and Fast Attack slots. Kill Team is ideally played on a table that is three or four feet square. Much smaller than this and models will start on top of each other, and much larger they may never find each other! Place as much terrain as you can on the table - in Kill Team the more terrain the better. Split the table into four quarters and roll-off to see which player picks the quarter they will deploy in.
The opposing player deploys in the opposing quarter. The player that won the roll-off deploys first. He must deploy all of his army in his deployment area, anywhere that is more than 9' from the centre of the table. Units that normally have to be deployed via Deep Strike such as models from Codex Daemons and Drop Pods must deploy in the same manner as regular models within the deployment zone. His opponent then does likewise. Neither side may place any units in reserve. The battle continues until one side has been reduced to half its starting number of models or less.
Once a player's army has been reduced to half strength he must take a leadership test at the start of each of his turns; if he fails the test then his army flees and the other player wins the battle. If the test is passed then the battle continues, but the player will have to take another test at the start of his next turn.
Note that it is entirely possible for both player's to have to take Leadership testes at the start of their turns and that the first one to fail will lose the battle. The Leadership test is always taken using the highest Leadership of any of the player's surviving models. Apply a -1 modifier to the second test a player has to take, a -2 modifier to the third test and so on. Each player is allowed to pick up to three different ‘Specialists’ that benefit from one of the universal special rules listed below. Each player picks their specialists out loud before at the start of the mission, before the armies deploy. Each Specialist counts as having one of the Universal Special Rules.
You must say which rule applies when you declare the model is a Specialist. For example, you might say ‘This model is a specialist Tank Hunter’, or ‘This Specialist is Fearless’, and so on. Keep a note as to which rule applies to which Specialist. All Specialists on the same side must pick different special rules, and you may not give more than one specialist rule to each model.