Don't Breathe

Beware of poison gas as you assault enemy bunkers or drive back the attackers with the power of mustard gas!

Before picking their Forces, the players must decide who is the attacker and who is the defender in this scenario. The player with the most models in their Warband (ignoring their Threshold Values or Field Strength) is the attacker in this scenario and their opponent is the defender. If both players have the same number of models, they roll-off and the winner decides who will be the attacker and who will be the defender.

The players roll-off and the winner sets up the terrain for the game. This scenario uses the No Man’s Land battlefield archetype and requires a battlefield that is 48" by 48". When setting up the terrain for this scenario, do not set up any terrain in either Deployment Zone.

The players roll-off. The winner of the roll-off chooses which Deployment Zone will be theirs. The other Deployment Zone is their opponent’s. Before any models are deployed, the defender must set up their trench lines, Bunkers, and Gas Mine Markers as described below. The players then alternate deploying their models one at a time, starting with the attacker. The players alternate deploying their models one at a time, starting with the attacker. The defender may deploy a maximum of 6 models. The attacker may deploy a maximum of 6+D3 models. Any models that cannot be deployed are available as reinforcements (see below). Models must be set up wholly within their own Deployment Zone. If a player runs out of models to set up, the other player sets up all their remaining models, one after another, until they have none left. Once the players have set up their models, deployment ends, and the game begins.

Defending Trench Lines

The defender must set up six Trench sections that are at least 8" long at the locations shown on the map. They can add additional Trench sections of any size if they wish to, but all must be set up wholly within their Deployment Zone and more than 3" from the centre of where any of the Bunker Markers will be placed.

Bunker Markers

The Bunker Markers represent heavily armoured entrenchments. After the Defender has set up their Trenches, they must set up four terrain pieces on top of where a Bunker Marker will be set up. They must use Intact Building terrain pieces if available (if they run out of Buildings, they can use whatever terrain pieces they wish). Place each Bunker Marker anywhere on the terrain piece that covers its starting position; the whole of the terrain piece is treated as the Bunker in this scenario.

Gas Mine Markers

After the defender sets up their Trenches, they can set up 12 Gas Mine Markers. At least 8 of the Gas Mine Markers must be placed wholly within the Gas Mine Placement Area. Up to 4 can be placed wholly within the defender’s Deployment Zone. After setting the Gas Mine Markers up, the defender must secretly write down which 4 of the Gas Mine Markers are duds. All of the other Gas Mine Markers are live.

Infiltrators can deploy normally or by using their special deployment rules. Attacking models that deploy using their special deployment rules cannot deploy within 8" of a Bunker Marker.

At the end of the fifth Turn, the attacker rolls a D6. On a 1 or 2, the game ends immediately. On a 3 or more, the game will end at the end of the sixth Turn.

A player wins this scenario immediately if there are no enemy models on the battlefield, or if the opposing Warband flees (typically due to failing a Morale Check). Otherwise, the player with more Victory Points at the end of the game is the winner.

At the start of each Turn, the players roll-off. The winner rolls a D3 to see how many reinforcement models each of the players can deploy. The players then alternate deploying reinforcement models, one at a time, starting with the player that won the roll-off. Reinforcement models must be deployed touching the edge of the battlefield, wholly within their Deployment Zone, and more than 8" from the closest enemy model. If a player runs out of reinforcement models, the opposing player can set up any remaining reinforcements they have available up to the limit set for the turn. Players must set up reinforcements if they have any available and are allowed to do so (you can’t choose to hold them back).

Models on the attacking side with the ELITE Keyword have Demo Charges even if they are not usually allowed to take Battlekit or Equipment. A model that has Demo Charges can take the following ACTIONS (no Success Rolls are necessary):