THE EMPIRE STEAM TANK - RULES
Welcome fellow engineers! The hour of our greatest triumph is here, for I, Alessio Cavatore, have returned from Altdorf, bringing with me news of the most powerful of the Empire's war engines, the mighty Steam Tank.
One notable exception from the new Empire army book was the Steam Tank. Despite all the concerns of players wanting to field their beloved engines we always had a plan for this metal behemoth. The Steam Tank was one of many models to be released exclusively through White Dwarf.
Writing the rules for the new Steam Tank has been really quite difficult. The model is absolutely monstrous, huge! And it's so weird and different from anything else I have written rules for.
Well, such a great model certainly was screaming for special rules. It would have been a bit dull to simply make it into a very tough chariot and so I've embarked on this crusade to achieve something special and unique without going too wacky.
I have to admit that I wanted to make the Tank powerful; in my opinion it deserved to be something the enemy pays attention to. The risk, of course, was to make it too powerful and indestructible, therefore ruining game balance.
The machine you are going to read about is the result of much hard work, and play, here in the Studio.
I'm confident that Empire players will like the Steam Tank, but I hope that their opponents will agree that it is about right for its points cost and that there are ways to neutralise it. Sure the Tank is scary, but it can be dealt with and it's very good against certain kinds of armies while not too brilliant against others.
But what are you waiting for? Delve in and have some fun!
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Related Links:
Empire Reference Sheet | Steam Tank FAQ
