One Page Micro Sci-Fi – Rules v3.2.
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General Principles
The Most Important Rule: Whenever a rule is
unclear or does not seem quite right, use common
sense and personal preference. Have fun!
Elements/Units: An element (elm) is a 6mm model
or some small models on a single base. A unit is 1-9
elms. Elm/unit profiles are detailed in the Army lists.
Quality Tests: Whenever you take a Quality (Q) test,
roll one six-sided die. If the roll is equal to or higher
than the elm’s Q value, it is successful.
Line of sight (LOS): If a straight line from the base or
hull of one elm to another does not cross an opaque
obstacle or at least 1” of cover, there is mutual LOS.
Before we begin...
Baisc Army Composition: For every 6” of shortest
table edge, each player may spend up to 1500 pts.
Preparation: The game is played on a flat surface, at
least 2’ x 2’, up to 1½ times longer than wide. Roll
off. The winner chooses the edge/corner to deploy
first, up to 8” in. His opponent deploys opposite.
Winning: Play 1x(longest table edge in 6”) rounds.
Count elms lost; player with least % lost, wins.
Playing the Game
The game is played in rounds. Pick a colour for each
player; put one coloured token for each unit into a
cup, then draw one at random. The owner activates
a unit (not yet activated this round) and completes
all the actions for it. Then draw another token.
Actions
All elms in an activated unit must do one of:
Action [abbrev.] Notes
Hold [Hld] May shoot.
Advance [Adv] May shoot after moving.
Rush [Rsh] May not shoot.
Charge [Chg] Move into melee.
General Movement
Elms may move up to the ‘M’ rating in inches in Adv,
x2 if in Rsh/Chg, turn/face in any direction, and may
only move within 1” of enemy elms in Chg. After
moving, all a unit’s elms must be within a 6” circle.
Terrain Move Modifiers
Difficult Terrain: Wheeled/tracked elms move
through bad going at half speed, and expend 1” to
cross a linear obstacle. Walking elms ignore all but
the most difficult terrain, e.g. swamp, shallow water.
Dangerous Terrain: Roll one die for every elm that
moves across dangerous terrain or activates in it.
Elms take one automatic wound if you roll a 1. Roll a
die per ½“ moved in total if in a minefield or lava.
Check for kills after moving through the terrain.
Weapons
Weapon characteristics in the Army lists are:
Name(GFM,Range,Ax,Px,Wx,Special Rules)
‘G’ weapons can shoot only at Ground targets (and
Skimmers), ‘F’ only at Flyers, ‘M’ only in melee.
Shooting
Elms must target the nearest Ground or Flyer (player
chooses) enemy unit in LOS and arc to at least one
of their elms, unless that enemy unit has already
been targeted during this activation or is pinned.
Elms shoot one at a time, and may fire all weapons
in Hld, one ‘type’ in Adv and none in Chg. One
enemy elm can be targeted per Attack Die (A).
Take a Q test per A: each success is a hit. For each
hit, roll equal/more than the following to wound:
TARGET DEFENCE (D) RATING
if ‘D’ = 7+ or more and the hit is from
MINUS
2 outside the front 180 arc, is in melee,
under Area fire or attacked by Flyers
MINUS firer Penetration (P) rating
PLUS terrain fire modifiers
Unmodified ‘1’s fail. If 7+ or more is needed, a
natural ‘6’ then a 4+ always succeeds.
Terrain Fire Modifiers
Cover: An elm within or up to 1” behind cover adds
the following to its ‘D’ rating against shooting (only):
+1 light friendly elms, high grass, night,
cover smoke, hedges, bushes, trees
+2 heavy buildings, ruins, walls. sandbags,
cover trenches, ditches, rocks,
+3 solidcover
bunkers, shooting from vehicles
or armoured constructions
Melee: Reroll all melee hits against elms
defending higher terrain, heavy or solid cover.
Melee
Setup: Elms in Chg must move as close as possible to
an enemy target unit, and then enemy elms may
choose to do the same by moving up to 1”.
Fighting: All attackers within 1” of an enemy attack
with all Mel weapons, resolved like shooting. Then
any surviving defenders hit back the same way.
Result: Look at total wounds caused. If a unit caused
less, it must take a morale test unless the enemy
unit is lost. If either unit is lost, the other may move
by up to half its ‘M’ rating. If not, then the activating
unit must move back to its original starting position.
And: Units may only Chg one enemy unit per
activation. If targets are collocated, Chg the one
with an elm nearest to the attacker before moving.
Converting Wounds to Kills
Multiply wounds taken by the attacking weapon’s
‘W’ rating. If the total number of wounds taken at
any time is equal to or greater than and elm’s ‘T’
rating, it is lost. Otherwise, after a unit has done all
its shooting, each melee round and at the end of any
activation, roll a suitable polyhedral die for each
wounded elm in any Army. If the roll is:
More than the ‘T’ rating = reroll
Less than or equal to wounds = elm lost
More than wounds = no effect, remove wounds
Morale
When: After a unit has checked one or more
wounds (regardless of the result), it may need to
check morale. This happens if it is already pinned, is
half strength or less, or has just lost a melee.
Roll against Q: If failed, all elms are pinned until
after its next activation. If the fail was from melee
and at least half its original elms are lost, or the unit
is already pinned, then it routs (is lost).
Pinned units: are in Hld and reroll all successful hits
from shooting or melee until unpinned.
Reserve and Leaving the Table
Up to half a player’s units may start in Reserve. From
Round 2 on (player’s choice), its first activation is, on
a 4+, place in Adv on a table edge not in enemy
deployment and then move/fire. Units that fail to
come on the table at all, or leave it for any reason
(except Flyers) are lost for victory purposes.
Flyers
General: Flyers do not physically interact with
terrain or any other models except when using the
Transport() rule. They may not engage in melee.
Non-Flyer units targeting them reroll successful hits.
Deployment: Flyers always begin in Reserve and
goes back into Reserve if they leave the table.
Activation: A Flyer may pivot by up to 45° and then
must move 12”-24” in a straight line. If this move
puts it on top of another unit or terrain it must keep
moving straight until it has space to be placed on the
table. Flyers can fire all weapons even when moving,
and cannot rearm or reload while in Reserve.
Special Rules
AA: Does not reroll hits against Flyers.
Agile: If a Vehicle, may turn any amount during
movement; if a Flyer, may pivot up to 90.
Area(G,C”,Ax,Px,Wx,Special Rules): Place a circle,
diameter C”, in range/LOS.Roll a die. On 1,2 the
enemy may move it by up to 2x” in any direction,
including off-table. Then all elms (in either Army)
touched by it take ‘A’ hits with a separate 4+ save,
then use ‘P’ and ‘W’ ratings as normal.
Bomb: Drop by a Flyer onto a target up to 1” of its
flight path at any point during movement.
Desant: May start the game in Reserve. When
activated from Reserve, instead of a table edge, is
placed anywhere on-table at least 6” from all enemy
units. Then roll a die: on a 1-2 the opponent may
move it up to 2d6” to a valid position (not off-table),
including into Dangerous Terrain and/or melee,
which is resolved immediately with the Desant unit
activated in Chg. If it loses the melee, the whole unit
is lost. Otherwise, the Desant unit can only choose
Adv or Hld as its first on-table action.
EMP: If hits any elm whose main functions are based
on mechanical or electrical technology, ignores ‘D’
values/modifiers values and causes wounds on a 2+ .
F+M: May be fired (once only) at any point during its
movement if in Adv.
FanOut(x): All elms must be in a circle diameter x”.
Fear: Enemy units without the Fear rule must take a
morale test before fighting melee with this unit. If
failed, the failing unit rerolls any successful hits.
Fearless: Add +1 to morale tests for this unit.
Fixed: Only fires in a 90 arc to the front or as shown
Furious(x): +x melee dice in Chg. May make half a
Chg move when disembarking from Transports.
Hover: Flyers with this rule have no minimum move.
If not moving, they may pivot up to 180.
Impact(x): If in Chg, adds x ‘A’ dice to this weapon.
Indirect: Ignores the ‘nearest target’ rules. May be
fired at enemies that are not within LOS. Targets not
within LOS, or Spotted, gain a special 4+ save.
Leader: Add +1 to the morale tests of friendly units
within 4”. Stacks with Fearless.
Limited: Can only be used once per battle.
Linked: Rerolls misses.
Load(x): May use Transport(), taking up x spaces.
Min(x): No fire at a target less than x” away.
OpenTop: Non-Ordnance Passengers may fire one
weapon type from this elm. If defending against a
Chg, they may use their melee weapons in defence.
Ordnance: Cannot fire and move, or be moved, in
the same activation. If Fixed, may pivot unless
restricted, but must pass a Q test to then fire.
Outpost: Has the Scout rule but can only deploy
outside enemy deployment areas.
Pinpoint: Hits on 2+ and ignores terrain fire mods.
Poison(x): Doubles the ‘W’ rating against targets
with biological components (including a living crew).
Psychic(x): When this elm is activated roll x dice. It
may use one psychic spell from its Army list that has
a number in brackets which is equal to or lower than
the highest die roll. Comms(x) works the same way.
This ability is used before movement and firing.
Reactive: Fires first in melee even if not in Chg.
Resolve kills immediately. If enemy also has Reactive
weapons, they fire simultaneously.
Regen: Ignore each wound on 5+.
Reload(x): Cannot fire for x activations after firing.
Rending: If an attack die hits on an unmodified roll
of 6, the die automatically becomes a wound.
Rip: Ignores terrain fire modifiers.
Scout: Deployed after all other non-scout units have
been placed. Before the first round, you may place it
anywhere on-table over 4” from enemy units (if
both players have Scouts, roll off to see who deploys
first, then alternate until all have been placed).
Shell: Ignores the ‘D-2 to outside front arc’ modifier.
Shoot(x): Roll x+ to hit instead of Q.
Skimmer: Has the Strider rule but can overfly enemy
elms and ignores dangerous terrain. Must end move
more than 1” from enemy unless in Chg.
Sniper: Ignores the ‘nearest target’ rules.
Spray(GF,x”,y”,Ax,Px,Wx,Special Rules): Shooting
creates an isosceles triangle with a point at the firer,
altitude x”, base y”. All elms touched by it are hit in
the same way as if under Area fire.
Spotter: If has LOS to an enemy elm under Indirect
fire, shooter ignores special 4+ save.
Stealth: Always counts as in at least obscured cover.
Strider: Ignores difficult terrain move effects.
Strike: Flyers with this rule are placed on-table
normally, have an unlimited move in their first
activation, and leave the table in their second.
Titan(x): A unit comprising a single model with x
elms, each one separately detailed in the Army lists.
Each elm is targeted, takes wounds and is lost
individually. Successful hits target random elms; the
shooter can target a specific elm but must reroll
successful hits. Test for wounds/kills on individual
components/elms as normal. Lost elms are useless,
may result in further effects when destroyed and
count towards morale effects.
Transport(x): Has x Load() spaces available. Elms
may embark by Adv into contact; immobile elms can
embark if within 1” of a Transport. Activated
embarked elms may disembark up to 1” away in
Adv. If an elm is within a Transport when it is
destroyed it must roll 2+ (4+ if a Flyer) to survive: its
unit takes a morale test and dismounts. Units may
be mounted in Transports at the start of the game.
Uncommon(xk): Only one can be bought per full ‘x’
thousand pts. If no value given, only one is available.
Vehicle: Vehicles may turn anywhere during
movement to a max of 180. Following a road does
not count towards this. They reverse at half speed.