First Mission Choice

bastion said,

The mission looks OK ..my only issue is with the third 'Objective of opportunity' - automatically doling out points just because someone decided not to include a unit/model type is inherently unfair - punishing whomever decides not to use those models and setting them at a disadvantage before the game even starts.
(granted, the odds of someone NOT bringing at least one armored/monstrous unit is slim....but still...)

porkuslime said,

Except, of course.. last night. LOL.

That third bullet point has now been amended.

besthegreat said,

Play tested.  Overall this was a fun mission and forces you to battle all over the board.  The bonus objective adds a bit a flavor to the game.  The 5 objectives encourages players to take more troops).  Sometimes power gamers will take minimum troops which may allow for cheese builds and is no fun to play against.

It's good to see 5th edition rules in play this year.

I give it a thumbs up.

Matt Wendling said,

It is odd that units deploy before objectives.  In the standard 3 missions, objectives are placed before forces are placed.

This is similar to spearhead deployment, except the 9" from table center -- why 9" instead of 12" per normal spearhead?

In spearhead, reserves enter from the long table edge.  Where to reserves enter from in this scenario?

Do Objectives of Opportunity 1 & 2 only count for the highest point in each army, or both armies?  For example, if both my opponent's HQ cost less than mine, they are not the most expensive HQ, therefore, can I NOT earn this objective of opportunity?

For Opportunity 2, I think you are saying that jump infantry do not count as infantry.  Right?  You could probably clean this language up a bit.  I'm pretty sure bikes are never considered infantry -- why list them?  This list should be limited to "other than HQ or Jump Infantry".