GRAND TACTICS

15MM SCI-FI

UPDATE 1 – Version 1.0 Official Rulebook

Contents
Your Formation: Page 2

Movement and Shooting: Page 3

Hand to hand combat: Page 4

Leadership and Morale: Page 4

Terrain and cover: Page 5

Objectives: Page 5

Solo Play: Page 6

Scenarios: Page 7

Traits: Page 8

Introduction
Grand Tactics is a 15mm Sci-Fi platoon+ sized game
set in the Grand Fleet Admiral universe. Build your
formation and battle over distant colonies with a
variety of units and factions.
All modelling and rules are created by a single
developer, so the game is heavily reliant upon
community input and feedback. This is an
opportunity for you, the player, to both have a say in
how your favourite faction plays and to be able to
see your own ideas of scenarios and game
adjustments make it into the official rules. The best
way to contact me with ideas and suggestions is via
the community Discord. This rulebook will be
updated monthly, adding factions, scenarios, more
units, and more options for your forces.
Preparing a game
Grand Tactics is designed to accommodate many
table sizes, understanding that players may not
have a 6'x4' table they can always play on.
However, to play the game there are some required
items. Most will be available on the store, such as
models and terrain, however there are a few items
you will need to acquire yourself.
- Tape measure
- Many 10-sided Dice
- Numbered Activation tokens (Free on store)
- Infantry models and vehicles.
- Terrain
You will also need a table to play the game on. In the
Scenarios section there are specific scenarios you
can play based on your table size. Grand Tactics is
best played on tables around 6'x4' however you can
still get great smaller games going with as little as
2'x2' tables.

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Your formation
In Grand Tactics, formations are made up of
sections, with each section being activated at a time.
Each Turn, players will alternatively draw a section
activation token from the bag. Each numbered token
in the bag will represent one of the sections within a
player’s formation.
Each section will have activation points it can spend
to do actions based on the units within it. The
average number of activation points is 5 for a
section. Sections are split into teams which you
spend the points on to activate them. The higher
skilled the section is the more points they will likely
have. Teams within a section must stay within 8” of
each other.
Example: Anglo European Fusilier sections are split
into 2 teams with 5 activation points to spend in the
section. Each can spend a maximum of 3 points per
turn. Player chooses to spend 2 points on a team
and 3 points on the other team.
Move
Unit can move up to its maximum move value.
Movement can be affected by terrain. A unit can
move multiple times per activation, even after
shooting.
Shoot
Unit can shoot at any targets within range. Some
weapons have the trait “Heavy” which require the
unit to not move before shooting that activation
representing weapon set up time. Some weapons
have the trait “Guided” which requires the unit to not
move after they fire during their activation. This
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means that some teams will have to stay in the open
while they guide their weapons towards their target.
Go to ground (Infantry only)
Unit goes to ground, reducing shooting rolls against
this unit by -1 until it’s next activation. Place down
‘gone to ground’ token to show the unit has gone to
ground.
Overwatch
Unit prepares for enemy activations. Can either
interrupt during an enemy movement and shoot or
return fire after being shot at through an enemy
activation. Place down ‘overwatch’ token to show
unit is prepared in overwatch. All shooting during
overwatch gets a -1 to hit roll.
Drone Control
Unit can activate attached drone/drones. Some
drones can just move but others may be able to
move and shoot with a single activation point.
Interact (Infantry only)
Unit can interact with a terrain feature or objective.
Some objectives may require a unit to spend an
activation point to seize control of them. E.G a
communications console or an orbital weapons
control panel.
Coordinate fire support
Some formations may have available fire support
from nearby artillery or ships in orbit. This will not
be available every turn but specific teams or
vehicles with long range comm devices can call in
fire.
Transport load / Unload
Units within a vehicle transport can spend one of
their tokens to unload from the vehicle. They are
placed within 1” of the entry point of the vehicle.
The unit within the vehicle spends the point not the
vehicle itself. The same applies for units entering a
vehicle, a single activation token is required.
Consolidate Section
If both teams in a section have taken casualties they
can choose to consolidate into a single team. They
must be within 2” of one another to do this.
Movement
All units in Grand Tactics have a movement value in
inches represented in their stats. This shows the
distance they can move per activation point spent
choosing to move.
A single team or vehicle can spend up to 3 activation
points per turn, this means if a unit has a move stat
of 4” then they can move up to a limit of 12” per turn
if all points are spent moving.
Movement can sometimes be deadly as it can trigger
an enemy’s overwatch.
Moving through terrain
Some terrain is classed as ‘difficult terrain’ and
costs multiple activation points to move through.
To move a unit up onto terrain, it is measured from
the ground to the ledge they are attempting to climb
onto. If the distance from ground to the ledge is
greater than the movement value, then the unit
cannot move up onto it. If a unit drops off terrain
higher than 4” then they must take an armour save.
Failed save means death for each failure.
Shooting
All shots are rolled using D10’s and hit on 5+ before
modifiers. 10+ is the max a roll to hit can be after
modifiers are applied.
- Range is the distance in which the weapon can
target and shoot at enemies.
- Power is the stopping power of the weapon and
how well they pierce enemy armour. Against
infantry this is the modifier to the save roll. Against
Vehicles this is the number you add to your D10 roll
to see if it pierces the armour.
- Shots is the number of dice that are rolled for
each weapon when it is fired by a unit.
- Traits can affect how the weapon operates. These
can be found in the ‘weapon traits’ section of the
book. There are a wide range of these.
Weapon Range Power Shots Traits
M3 Battle Rifle 30” 0 1
M70 Automatic Rifle 40” 2 3 Heavy
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Shooting procedure
- Unit declares to shoot at enemy unit.
- Measure range of weapons in unit and count
number of shots. This is the number of dice to use.
Make sure to keep weapons with different power
separate.
- Roll to hit using D10’s needing 5+, add modifiers.
- Tally number of hits with each weapon. Defender
then rolls that many armour saves. Armour saves
are modified by the power of shooting weapon.
- Each failed save is a wound. Most infantry have a
single wound. Models are killed from closest to the
shooter first going backwards.
Shooting at vehicles
Units with the ‘vehicle’ trait act slightly differently to
other units. When shooting at a unit with this trait,
rolling to hit is the same, however, you must then
roll to damage the vehicle. This is done by rolling a
D10 and adding your weapons ‘power’. If the outcome
is greater than the armour of your target, then it
damages the vehicle. This means that if your target’s
armour is 12 and your weapons power is below 3, it
is impossible to damage the vehicle with that
weapon.
Vehicles often have different armour values
depending on which angle they are being shot from.
Check the vehicle you are targeting before shooting
your weapons. Some weapons have the ‘top attack’
trait which means they always target the top
armour of a vehicle no matter the angle they shoot
from.
A vehicle has hull points. Every damage point taken
is a hull point removed. Each time a hull point is
removed the player must roll a D10 on the damage
table, with different possible effects. Once the
vehicle is reduced to 0 hull points it is wrecked but
does not explode. If you roll the same effect twice
then the second roll is treated as ‘no effect’ and just
removes a hull point as per usual.
If a vehicle explodes, then all units embarked within
the building and within 3” must make a single
armour save, taking a wound if failed.
DMG roll Effect
1-5 No effect
5-6 Immobilised
7-8 Weapon destroyed; Shooter decides
9-10 Vehicle explodes
If a vehicle is wrecked while infantry is embarked,
then they automatically dismount the vehicle, and
may make a single move activation in any direction.
Hand to hand combat (CQB)
All units in Grand Tactics have a CQB weapon option
listed. These have the same stat titles as the ranged
weapons but some work in a slightly different way.
-The higher range number of the fighting teams gets
to attack first, if they are the same then the player
who initiated CQB attacks first.
-Power works in the same way, reducing the
armour save of the foe.
-Shots is the number of dice rolled in the attack.
-Traits work in the same way, giving special abilities
to weapons.
To engage in CQB you must move your unit within
range of the enemy using your CQB weapon range
stat. Once this is done both units then consolidate
into combat. After all attacks are rolled then the
side that has lost more units must roll a leadership
save. Upon passing, the combat carries on next time
one of the units within it is activated. Upon a failure,
the unit retreats from combat 4” and must all take
an addition armour save, each fail is a death chosen
by the player retreating.
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Unless stated otherwise, units cannot shoot into CQB
combat.
Leadership and Morale
All Infantry units have a ‘Leadership’ stat. This
shows their willingness to fight when taking losses.
At the end of the turn, all teams on the table who
took casualties during the turn must roll a
leadership save using their stat. If failed, then the
team becomes ‘broken’ and a broken token is placed
next to them. They must then make a single move
backwards towards their table edge.
If the team moves outside 8” of their coherence with
their other team within the section, then that team is
destroyed.
Next activation the team which is not broken must
spend an activation token to rally the broken team.
They may then both act as normal. If both teams are
broken, then both teams rally but cannot activate
this turn.
If a unit is only made up of one team, then they must
use an activation token to rally and then act as
normal.
Vehicle Leadership
At the end of the turn, if a vehicle has been hit by
any weapons during the turn, then it must roll a 4+
save. If failed, then it makes a single reverse move
backwards (Move stat -2”) as it reverses out of
danger. A vehicle cannot reverse off the table.
If it suffered damage that turn, then the save
becomes 8+ as the crew inside are in shock and
possibly facing injuries.
Terrain and Cover Setting a table up with terrain

Terrain is a big part of Grand Tactics and players
who make good use of cover will have a large
advantage against their adversaries. A team who
has gone to ground behind heavy cover will be shot
at on 9+ rolls while a team running in the open will
be hit on 5+’s.
Grand tactics requires a healthy amount of terrain,
both line of sight blocking and also light cover.
Some vehicles and heavy weapons can be quite
deadly, so units must make good use of the available
terrain. Here is a good example of a 6’x4’ table:

Cover in Grand Tactics is very straight forward. You

are either in no cover, light cover, or heavy cover.
The level of cover you are protected by will affect
the to hit roll of incoming shots. Players must
choose before game start what terrain features
grant light and heavy cover.

Cover type Shooting modifier

Light cover -2
Heavy cover -3
Light cover examples: Smoke, bushes, foliage,
craters, small dips in terrain, units blocking. Very
partial heavy cover blocking.
Heavy cover examples: Buildings, inside windows,
sandbags, concrete barriers, vehicles, Rocks.
Obscuring terrain
A unit which is partially obscured by line of sight
blocking terrain does not get a cover save unless in
some form of cover. But when shot, models outside
of line of sight cannot be killed. E.G a 6-man team is
shot at, but 4 of them are out of line of sight, behind
terrain. This means only 2 of them can be killed by
shooting. If the unit takes 3 wounds from shooting,
then only 2 will die.
Take it in turns before game start to set up a piece
of terrain. Its important to set up terrain before
players know which side they are deploying on and
even what the scenario is!
Objectives
Objectives are a key part of most scenarios on
Grand Tactics. Unless stated in the scenario, an
objective or objective marker requires a team to be
within 2” of it and for them to use 1 activation point
to activate the objective.
At the end of each turn, any objective that has been
activated by a team that turn earns that player a
single point.
An objective may only score 1 point per player per
turn, however, may score a point to both players if
both player’s teams have activated it.

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Solo Play
We understand that not everyone has access to an
abundance of friends and family who are keen on
always playing your favourite tabletop games with
you. That’s why we’ve decided to try and make solo
play a good option for our game.
To start playing solo you will first need to print your
2 forces. The first will be your own force, created as
if you were playing against another player. However,
the second will be a somewhat preset AI force,
which includes a default force with an expanded
random unit or two to ensure the player is met with
a challenge and to make every game different.
Of course, the player is allowed to design their own
AI preset lists as well.
We ask that you give us feedback on the system so
that we can make improvements!
Deployment
To deploy forces in solo games, you must first
deploy your full force, then pull activation tokens out
of the bag (both yours and AI)
All AI unit tokens pulled before any Player tokens
drawn, must be placed in line with an objective.
Once a Player token is drawn, then the next AI unit
token drawn is placed in line with that player unit.
When the next player token is drawn the AI
deployment changes to be in line with that unit until
the next is drawn etc.
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Movement and Shooting
When an AI unit is activated to move, they will
always try to keep units in cover as they understand
how valuable it is.
You must attempt to move the unit towards the
direction of the nearest objective, moving behind
some kind of cover. If a unit cannot make it to cover
then within a single activation, then roll a D10.
1-2 Stay In cover, go to 3-10 Move into open
ground and Overwatch
Depending on if the team is in range of an enemy
unit with their weapons, they have a different
chance to move up. Roll a d10 and see what they do:
Within Range and LOS No Target
1-2 Full Advance 1-2 Full Advance
3-5 Advance and shoot 3-5 Full Advance
6-10 Go to Ground, 6-10 Advance then
Shoot, then Overwatch Overwatch
If a team is not in range but has the option to move
to cover and then be in range to shoot in the same
activation, then they will always do so.
If a unit has only CQB weapons, then it will always
full advance into combat when it can, however, will
use the cover-to-cover rolls as per usual unless
within range of engagement.
Objectives
The AI will always choose to defend objectives.
Unlike the player, the AI doesn’t need to activate an
objective to score on it, it only needs to have a unit
within 2” to get the point.
Once a unit is within the objective range they will
always go to ground, shoot, and overwatch if they
can do so.
Scenarios

Sector Secure Capture and Hold

Three basic objectives are placed down across the
middle of the table.
Deploy using activation tokens. Deployment zone is
12” away from the central line.
First player to reach 8 points wins.
4 basic objectives are placed down within 8” of the
central point on the table. Each player can place 2
objectives.
Deploy using activation tokens. Deployment zone is
14” away from the central line.
First player to reach 7 points wins.

Ground War
Each player places three basic objectives on their
own side within 16” of the central line. Objectives on
each side cannot be closer than 8” together but
cannot be further than 12” apart.
Deploy using activation tokens. Deployment zone is
12” away from the central line.
You can only score points on your opponent’s
objectives. First to 4 points wins.
Seize and Secure
Highest roller is defender. Defender places three
basic objectives down across the middle of the table,
and three basic objectives on their own side within
16” of the central line. Objectives back from the
central line cannot be closer than 8” together but
cannot be further than 12” apart.
Ambush
Highest roller is defender. Defender places two
basic objectives down across the middle of the table.
They cannot be within 8” of each other. The Attacker
then places a third objective down on the central
line which cannot be further than 14” away from
another objective.
Defender deploys within 2” of the central line on
either side. Attacker deploys after. Attacker
deployment zone is 12” away from either side of the
central line.
First player to reach 8 points wins. Once the
Attacker activates an objective the defender can no
longer score points from it for the rest of the game.

Defender deploys full force up to middle line;

attacker then deploys over 14” away from central
line.

Attacker wins if they activate 4 or more objectives.

Once an objective is activated, it is locked and
cannot be deactivated by the defender.

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Traits Single Use
Once this weapon is fired it can no longer be used
this game.
Brutal
This weapon has a lot of stopping power. If an
Top Attack
infantry team or vehicle takes a hit with this weapon
This weapon launches up into the air and angles
– even if no penetration is caused. The unit must
itself to hit the top of the target. Hits against
take a morale test.
vehicles uses the vehicles ‘Top’ armour value when
determining penetration of armour.
Burnout
This weapon has the option of overcharged allowing
Torrent
the user to fire double the number of shots at once
This weapon engulfs the target and cover they are
in one shooting activation; however, it cannot fire
behind in flame, acid, or plasma. Units targeted by
again this game.
this weapon act as if they are not in any cover.

CQB
This weapon is to be used in close combat only.

Corrosive
This weapon corrodes enemy armour. Each turn a
vehicle takes hits from a weapon with this trait, its
armour on all sides reduces by 1 next turn.

Explosive X
This weapon hits X targets in a team per shot that
has hit.

Guide
This weapon requires the shooter to guide the
weapon to towards the target after they have fired.
A team cannot move in the same activation after
they have fired this weapon.

Heavy
This weapon is heavy to move and takes time to set
up ready to fire. It requires 2 activation tokens to
shoot this weapon if it is being used by Infantry. Has
no effect on vehicles.

Indirect
This weapon can fire at a target without needing
direct line of sight. However, at least one other
friendly unit must have line of sight on the target.

Quick
This weapon is lightweight and can be used on the
move. This weapon can be fired during movement
and doesn’t require a shooting point to be used.