Now it's time to use your fully assembled (and partially painted) Tau Fire Warriors to play some Warhammer 40,000. This is a really simple scenario that you can play with a friend to introduce the game and get a feel for the flow of play.

Hopelessly outnumbered, Tau Fire Warriors prepare to make their final stand.

OVERVIEW
As members of the Fire caste, Tau Fire Warriors spend their days either in battle or preparing for it. This day, your squad is engaged in combat simulations in the battle dome of their sept world. The simulations are non-lethal, but the training may yet save the lives of many Tau. For the Greater Good!

ARMIES
This scenario uses the contents of the Tau Fire Warriors boxed set (14 models). Each player controls six Fire Warriors armed however you choose, and a single Drone.

SCENARIO SPECIAL RULES
Use the Loose Formation and To the Death! special rules.

Loose Formation.
Since the scenario is a small combat action, models do not need to follow the Squad Coherency rules. Each model can move wherever it wants!

To the Death!
All those involved know death well and do not fear it. You may ignore any and all Morale rules during the game.

Fire Warriors battle the Imperial Guard.

SET UP
1) Place an appropriate number of ruins, buildings, and other terrain on a 2' x 2' table or area. If you don't have any painted terrain, feel free to use common items as proxies (eg, that soda can sure looks like a storage tank to me).

2) Roll a D6. The player with the high roll chooses a table edge and places a single model anywhere along that edge. The other player then places a model along the opposite table edge. Alternate placing models until all 10 are in place.

3) Roll a D6. The player with the high roll chooses who takes the 1st turn.

MISSION OBJECTIVE
Annihilate the enemy! The last Tau player standing is the winner.

RESERVES
At the start of a player's 6th turn and each subsequent turn, roll a D6. A roll of 5+ means that a Fire Warrior has arrived as a reinforcement (drawn from casualties from combat in earlier turns). This model may immediately move into play from anywhere along that player's edge of the table.

GAME LENGTH-
The game lasts until the mission objective has been met.

LINE OF RETREAT
In the name of the Greater Good, you cannot retreat!

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