TANNHÄUSER HOUSE VARIANT RULES
BY ARTEMUS MAXMIMUS
--- NEW RULES & CHANGES ---
CRATES
Whenever an Action circle is to have a Crate Token on
it, instead place 3 random Crate Tokens on it, stacked
facedown.
Whenever a character searches a crate, he looks at the
top token (without showing it to the other player). If he
does not take it, it is placed face-down on the bottom
of the stack.
COMMAND POINT (CP) CRATES
When Crate Tokens with CP on them are found, they
are placed next to the player’s CP stack. If they are not
used that turn, they are added to that player’s pool
after the next Refresh Phase and the token is then
discarded.
INVENTORY
Equipment with the ‘Ability’, ‘Ritual’, ‘Hermetica’,
‘Liturgy’, ‘Medal’, ‘Rank’, or ‘Ally’ traits do not take
up one of the 4 inventory spots on a character’s card.
Place these tokens on the left-hand corner of the
character’s card instead (or just use the equipment
cards).
MELEE
Melee represents a battlefield situation where 2 or more
soldiers are engaged in a back-and-forth deadly
exchange of quick blows, dodges, blocks, and
counterattacks in close quarters that can even turn into a
standoff. Because of the nature of this attack, the
characters must focus all of their attention at either
escaping or neutralizing the enemy, or face death
themselves. Moreover, just as it’s not wise to take a Knife
to a Gun Fight, you shouldn’t take a Cannon to a Knife
Fight – large firearms, mind-taxing esoteric weapons,
and even small grenades are useless in this situation.
Whenever a character attacks another adjacent
character with a ‘Hand-to-Hand’ weapon (or Unarmed
with Bare Hands), both characters engage in MELEE.
Place a Melee Marker between the two characters on
the board. A character may be engaged in Melee with
more than one enemy at a time.
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Characters engaged in Melee cannot move and may
only use the Attack Action during their Activation.
ATTACKING WHILE IN MELEE
Characters engaged in Melee can only Attack
adjacent characters (this includes Counterattacks and
Overwatch Attacks). Weapon usage is limited:
‘Un-armed’, ‘Hand-to-Hand’, & ‘Pistol’ weapons
may be used as normal to Attack an adjacent
character.
‘Automatic’, ‘Heavy’ & ‘Mental’ weapons may not
be fired or used at all while engaged in Melee.
Other characters not engaged in Melee may target a
character in Melee with ranged attacks. However, the
attack roll applies to ALL characters engaged in that
Melee (friendly fire will result when firing upon a
close-quarters combat!)
ESCAPING MELEE
You must ESCAPE MELEE in order to move or act as
normal during your activation, either away from or
through an enemy with a Bull Rush.
To Escape Melee with any and all characters, you may
choose to spend 1 CP – OR – the enemy may launch
a free Melee attack before you escape (if the
escaping character is engaged with more than one
enemy at once, he must pay CP = to the number of
enemies, or suffer a free Melee attack from each
before moving). The character may now continue his
turn as normal, but must first move at least 1 circle
away or attempt a Bull Rush.
Characters with the SNEAK ability may always
escape freely from Melee (they do not need to spend
1 CP or suffer a free melee attack).\
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COMMAND POINTS
Command points may be used on:
Call in Reinforcement....……………………..…..3 CP
Re-Roll Initiative …………...………………………1 CP
Set Overwatch …………….…………………………1 CP
Counterattack………..……..……………………….1 CP
Stat Increase*…………………………………………1 CP
Move +1………………………………………………..1 CP
Escape Melee.………………..….……………….…1 CP
*Stat Increase: Lasts until end of turn (use
marker)
GRENADES
Grenades can be thrown to target a circle on your
character’s path up to X circles away, where X = the
character’s current Combat Value (including any
modifiers).
EXAMPLE: Ozo can throw his Stielhandgrenate up to 6
spaces away when at full health, Since his Combat Value
is 6. When on his last row of health, he can only throw it
4 spaces away (unless he is equipped with Supernatural
Strength, which allows Ozo to always use his best
Combat Value of 6).
Grenades may then Bounce for additional distance
and can leave the path:
BOUNCING
If the player throwing the grenade would like to try to
bounce it, that player rolls 1 die. On the result of:
10: The Active player may bounce the Grenade up to 2
circles away from the targeted circle, in any
direction.
2-9: The Active player may bounce the Grenade up to
1 circle away from the targeted circle, in any
direction.
1: The Opponent may bounce the Grenade up to 2
circles away from the targeted circle, in any
direction.
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Grenades of the same type may be stacked on the
same space in a character’s inventory. The types of
grenades are as follows:
FRAG GRENADES
Frag Grenades place a Rubble Token on the target
circle.
Characters on the target circle and all adjacent circles
suffer 4 Automatic Successes (roll a separate Shock
Roll for each affected character).
FIRE GRENADES
Fire Grenades place 3 Fire Tokens on the targeted
circle. Place Fire Markers on each adjacent circle.
Remove 1 Fire Token during each Refresh Phase;
when the last one is removed, remove the
corresponding Fire Markers as well.
When thrown, characters on the target circle and all
adjacent circles suffer 3 Automatic Successes (roll a
separate Shock Roll for each affected character).
Whenever a character moves onto a circle with a Fire
Token or Marker, that character suffers 3 Automatic
Successes (roll a Shock Roll for the character).
SMOKE GRENADES
Smoke Grenades place 3 Smoke Tokens on the
targeted circle. Place Smokescreen Markers on
affected paths as well, as visual aid. Remove 1 Smoke
Token during each Refresh Phase; when the last one is
removed, remove the corresponding Smokescreen
markers as well. All paths shared with the targeted
circle are SMOKED as long as the Smoke Tokens
remain in play.
Restrictions of Smoke:
Each circle on a Smoked path has a movement
penalty of -1
Weapons, Equipment, Abilities, etc. that
require line of sight can only target an
adjacent circle while the character using it or
the target is on a Smoked path
Characters on a Smoked path roll 2 fewer dice
for all Attacks, Shock Rolls,
Tests, and Duels
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PULSE GRENADES
Pulse Grenades may place Stunned Tokens next to
each affected character sharing a path with the
targeted circle.
Stunned characters use their lowest row of values by
default (can be modified) and CP may not be spent on
them.
Upon activating, a stunned character removes the
Stunned Token. That character’s activation
immediately ends.
BLAST TRAIT
Certain Weapons & Grenades now have the ‘Blast’
trait (see ‘Changes to Equipment Rules’ for listing) that
forces the character(s) to move away from the blast
when wounded. When a character takes at least 1
wound from equipment that has Blast:
The character must move a number of spaces
away from the targeted circle of the Blast
equal to the number of wounds suffered.
The character ignores movement penalty
circles, cannot move through any characters,
but can enter a new path.
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This movement does not trigger Overwatch.
If the character cannot move the full number of
spaces away from the targeted circle, the
character suffers one additional, Automatic
Wound.
If more than 1 character is affected by a Blast:
The character on the targeted circle
rolls Shock Roll first and moves away,
if wounded.
Then the active player rolls Shock
Rolls and moves any of his affected
characters, in any order
The remaining player(s) then roll
Shock Rolls and move any wounded
characters.
EXAMPLE: The Schocktruppen (1) throws a
Stielhandgrenate at Barry’s circle (2), either in
desperation or stupidity. Barry rolls first as the
targeted character, and takes 2 wounds – he must
move 2 spaces away from his circle (2). Since he
cannot move through the Schocktruppen (1) or
Aponi (3), he must move adjacent to MacNeal (4)
and will not suffer further wounds from this
Grenade. The Active player’s Schocktruppen then
rolls his Shock Roll and amazingly avoids any
wounds, and stays put. Tala then rolls her Shock Roll
and takes 1 wound. She must also move 1 space
away: she cannot move into the targeted circle (2)
as this is not away from the blast, so she chooses to
move to the blue-green circle adjacent to the
Dexterity Objective (she could also have moved to
the adjacent red or other blue-green circles).
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--- NEW EQUIPMENT RULES ---
AN-M11
[Ramirez, Delta]
Fire Grenade.
BOUNCING BETTY
[Ramirez]
Hardware. Blast. As an Action, place this token on
any adjacent circle. Whenever any character moves
into this circle it explodes and is removed, dealing 4
Automatic Successes to this and all adjacent circles.
Ramirez may also spend an Action to detonate this
token remotely. Only characters with the
ENGINEERING skill may use this hardware to place or
to pick up if adjacent.
BOXING
[MacNeal]
Ability. +2 dice to Unarmed Attacks. When Attacking
Unarmed in Melee, if you roll a Natural 10, you may
move the target up to 2 circles away from. This
movement may trigger Overwatch.
THE BROTHERS BOMB
[Ramirez]
Hardware. Blast. As an Action, place this token on
any adjacent circle. At the end of each character’s
Activation, move this token 2 circles in any direction,
ignoring movement penalties. If this token moves
adjacent to a character, it explodes and is removed,
dealing 4 Automatic Successes to its circle and all
adjacent circles.
CG84
[Hoax]
Pulse Grenade. Each character sharing a path with
the targeted circle receives 1 Stunned token.
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CHRONOGRAPH OF JAN RUZE
[Hoss]
Occult. Hardware. Instead of moving, you may
engage in a Mental Duel with any character on the
board. If you win, you may switch places with that
character. This does not require an action.
If Hoss rolls a Natural 1 on the duel, he is phased out of
time: place 1 Stunned token next to Hoss and his turn
immediately ends.
F1 Frag Grenade
[Gorgei, Wolf]
Frag Grenade. Blast.
FRP29
[Ramirez]
Grenade. Explodes with sticky stuff – removes all fire
& smoke!
IIKAAH
[Aponi]
Ritual. As an Action, place this token on your circle.
All friendly characters on the same path as Iikaah
receive a +1 bonus to their Stamina Values. Tala may
repeat this on subsequent turns, moving the Iikaah
token to her current circle.
JOSHUA T1/T2
[Hoax]
Hardware. Hoax may not be Counterattacked while
Joshua T1/T2 is equipped.
WHILE VISIBLE:
Spend an Action to become Invisible.
choose one of three opaque tokens
numbered 1-3 on one side without
showing opponent and place this
token face-down on character sheet
(on illustration area), then the
remaining 1-2 tokens at the top of the
sheet. Place the Visible Hoax model on
the token on the picture - this token
represents the TRUE Hoax. The others,
the FALSE ones. Place the 2-3 Invisible
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Hoax models on the board as normal,
in any order.
WHILE INVISIBLE:
An Invisible Hoax model may not be targeted
by the opponent.
Upon activation, each Invisible Hoax model
can move up to Hoax’s current movement
points.
Only True Hoax can perform Actions.
An Invisible Hoax model is revealed when:
Any time it’s on a Smoked path
An enemy character moves adjacent to an
Invisible model (no Bull Rush necessary)
An Invisible model suffers Successes to
defend against or is to take an Automatic
Wound
Hoax declares an Action
To Reveal:
Show whether the number on the base
corresponds to a False or True Hoax token.
If FALSE, the Invisible model is simply
removed from the board (along with
token) and the enemy character resumes
his Activation as normal, the
successes/wounds are ignored, or Hoax's
Action is lost
If TRUE, replace the Invisible model with
the Visible model, and remove all other
Invisible models from the board. The
enemy may continue turn if spotted, Hoax
rolls Shock Roll against the splash
damage, or Hoax continues her turn if
result of controlling player.
ACTIONS (always verify that it is the TRUE
Hoax declaring the Action - Actions declared
by FALSE models are lost.) What happens to
Hoax after the Action depends on the Action:
Attack w/ ‘Pistol’ or ‘Automatic’ &
Capturing a Flag: Reveal & verify True
Hoax, then complete Action. Hoax remains
Visible after the Action.
Attack w/ ‘Hand-to-Hand’ weapon, Throw
Grenade, Search Crate, Pick Up / Pass
Equipment, Complete Objective: Reveal
& verify True Hoax, complete action, then
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Hoax becomes Invisible again
automatically, as above, after the Action.
Even though revealed when declaring the
Action, Hoax is considered Invisible until
the Action is complete (and may still be
Invisible afterwards).
It is possible for only 1 Invisible Hoax
remaining on the board at any time.
Hoax cannot become Invisible while carrying
a Flag (or other large item, such as a wounded
Hero)
KAALI
[Irishka]
METEOPS: have the Blast trait.
Keep Firing
[Schocktruppen]
Ability. While on Overwatch, you remain on
Overwatch until the beginning of the next turn. You
also roll 2 fewer dice in your attacks while on
Overwatch, but this number may be modified.
M-1929-C BULLET
[MacNeal]
When you wound an enemy with the Colt .45 1911 AS
Pistol, you must place this token on the target’s
character sheet (it does not take up inventory slot).
While a character is marked with this token, all
characters add a +1 Bonus to the result of each when
making Attack rolls against him. This token may only
be on one character’s sheet at a time.
M15
[Aponi, Alpha, Delta, Crates]
Smoke Grenade.
MARK 19 MOD A1
[Ramirez]
Weapon, Automatic, Heavy. Blast. When attacking
with this weapon, choose any circle on your path.
Make a separate attack roll for each character on or
adjacent to the target circle. Only characters with the
WEAPONRY skill may use this weapon.
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MARTYR
[Irina]
Ability. Once per game, when you die, discard this
token and re-enter play on the following turn as a
reinforcement would, at no CP cost, with only Mask
of Samheim & the Nagant Special in your
Inventory.
MKII A1
[Brown, Alpha, Crates]
Frag Grenade. Blast.
MULTIPLE TARGETS
[Gorgei]
Ability. After making any Attack, Gorgei may
immediately launch a second Attack against any legal
target using his lowest Combat Value (although this
may be modified). Can only be used with PPSH-41s
and cannot be used with Extra Ammo.
Not Dead Yet
[Stosstruppen]
Ability. Once per game, when you die, you may re-
enter play the following turn on the circle you died on
or the closest circle, but with only Demon Taint in your
inventory.
SHA-NA-RA
[Heizinger]
Occult, Mental. As an Action, engage in a Mental
Duel with any target within range of (your Mental
Value +1). This target may be out-of-path. If you WIN,
the target suffers Automatic Wounds equal to the
difference failed by. If you LOSE, Heizinger suffers
Automatic Wounds equal to the difference failed by.
SILENCER
[Yula]
Hardware. This token does not take up an additional
inventory slot (it attaches to the Luger 1900). Attacks
with the silenced Luger 1900 cannot be
Counterattacked. If you were not on the target’s path
at the start of your activation, the target receives a -1
penalty to all dice results on his Shock Roll.
STIEHLHANDGRENATE
[Ozo, Schocktruppen, Crates]
Frag Grenade. Blast.
Tesla Coil
[Zor’ka, Irina, Irishka]
Hardware. When you are wounded by a Melee
Attack, your attacker suffers 2 Automatic Successes.
If this character suffers successes from a Magnifier
attack or Tesla Pulse Coil Grenade, they are ignored.
Tesla Super Coil
[Irina, Irishka]
Hardware. When you are wounded by a Melee
Attack, your attacker suffers 4 Automatic Successes.
If this character suffers successes from a Magnifier
attack or Tesla Pulse Coil Grenade, they are ignored.
TESLA PULSE COIL GRENADE
[Zazigag]
Pulse Grenade. Each character sharing a path with
the targeted circle suffers 3 Automatic Successes. Any
character who is wounded as a result also receives 1
Stun Token, unless equipped with a Tesla Coil or
Super Coil.
TNT 440GR
[Aponi]
Frag Grenade. Blast. This Grenade deals 5 Automatic
Successes instead of 4, and leaves a Rubble Token
with -2 Movement Penalty. Double the Blast movement
for all wounded characters. (All other rules remain
unchanged)
WALTHER PP-S
[Eva]
Weapon, Pistol. Attacks with this weapon may not be
Counterattacked. If you were not on the target’s path
at the start of your activation, the target receives a -1
penalty to all dice results on his Shock Roll.