VPs are awarded in the following ways:
Reducing an opponent's figures health to 0 or
“General Solo, is your strike team assembled?" -
General Crix Madine, Return of the Jedi.
THE RULES
Based on the skirmish rules for Imperial Assault, Strike
Team is a large scale skirmish played on a 3'x3'
tabletop battlefield as opposed to the regular game
tiles. In a game of Imperial Assault: Strike Team, both
you and your opponent will have a warband of fighters
that you will be using to play an exciting large scale
skirmish encounter using your figures. Figures will
deploy opposite ends of the table in "deployment
zones", in an area no more than 4" from the tables
edge.
Range and Movement
Where range and movement values in a regular game
of Imperial Assault are measured in squares on the
game tiles, all measurements in Imperial Assault:
Strike Team are measured in inches. 1 square = 1 inch.
Where you see any game text that mentions squares,
you may interpret this as inches for the purpose of
Imperial Assault: Strike Team. You may pre-measure
and range or movement distance before using them.
Rounds and Turns
A game of Imperial Assault: Strike Team is played
across a number of Rounds. Within each Round,
players alternate taking Turns, activating their figures,
until both players have completed
activating their whole Strike Team. There are no set
number of Rounds, a game is played until one player
reaches 100 Victory Points (VPs) or by eliminating all
of the opponents figures from the table, whichever
happens first.
more (and therefore eliminating the figure from
the table): You gain VPs = to that figures deploy
cost.
Eliminating an opponent's unique (■) figure from
the table: +5 VP
The player who eliminated the most of their
opponents figures this Round: +10 VP (+0 VP if
none, + 5 VP if a draw).
There are no restrictions for the number of
skirmish upgrade cards you may have in your
Deployment deck, but you may only include on
copy of each unique skirmish upgrade card
All VP values are cumulative, meaning if you
eliminate a unique figure, you gain VPs = to that
figures deploy cost AND the +5 VP for being
unique.
Call in Reinforcements
At the start of your turn, you may call in
reinforcements. To do this, you must have fewer
figures on the table than the Group Limit on the
corresponding Deployment Card. You subtract the
amount of VP from your total, equivalent to that
figure's reinforcement cost. You cannot reinforce
figures if you don't have enough VP to do so.
The Structure of a Strike Team
Strike Teams are made up of 80 points worth of
Deployment cards. You must include cards only
from the one affiliation (Rebels, Imperials, Scum)
and you may include Skirmish Upgrade Cards
matching the affiliation. You may include neutral
Deployment cards in your Strike Team. Cards that
allow you to use Deployment cards from other
affiliations (i.e Temporary Alliance) may be
included. You do not simply just pick 80 points
worth of deployment cards to use in your Strike
Team. Deployment cards can only be included as
part of a strict hierarchy, which not only gives the
Strike Teams a more militarised feel to them, but
also helps keeps Strike Teams fair and balanced.
For every three non-unique regular (gray) Deployment
cards in your Deployment deck, you may include the
following:
TWO Elite (red) Deployment cards
ONE Massive card
ONE unique Deployment card
If a Deployment card shares multiple traits listed
above it counts as both for inclusion purposes. For
example, if you choose to include Luke Skywalker,
Hero of the Rebellion in your Deployment deck, he is
both Elite and unique, so he takes up both an Elite
Deployment slot as well as the unique Deployment
slot. You cannot include the listed above cards in your
Deployment deck otherwise.
Strike Team Leader
You may nominate one of your unique
Deployment cards to act as your Strike Team
Leader. You may equip them with either the
Heroic or Legendary reward card from the Core
Set of the game. They cannot have both cards,
and limit one per Strike Team.
Command Cards
Your Command deck must follow these
restrictions:
Deck Size: Each Strike Team's Command Deck
must include exactly 20 Command Cards.
Command Cost: The total cost of your Command
cards must be 20 or fewer points.
Duplicate Restrictions: The same restrictions and
limitations as in a regular skirmish still apply.
During the last step of setup, players draw the
top 5 cards of their Command deck. At the start
of your turn, you may draw one additional card
into your hand from your Command deck. Also, if
you have fewer VP than your opponent, you may
draw an additional card.
Terrain
When setting up your game, players may take
in turns placing one piece of terrain on the
tabletop. Players alternate until a player has
no more remaining pieces. You cannot have
more than 25% of the tabletop covered in
terrain. Each piece of terrain cannot be placed
with 4" of another piece of terrain or a
deployment zone. Terrain represents
buildings, trees, water hazards, rocks etc.
When placing a piece of terrain, it may contain
the following attributes:
Impassable: Unless a figure has the mobile
attribute, they cannot pass through the
terrain. The terrain generally blocks the line of
sight for a figure, unless it is physically sorter
than a figures line of sight. Example: Walls,
large rocks, huge trees.
Difficult: Unless the figure has the mobile
attribute, they must spend additional
movement points in inches equivalent to the
terrains size when passing through this
terrain. Example: Water, rubble, bushes.
Make a note of the type of terrain when it is
placed on the table.
Winning a Game
When 100 VPs are reached by either player, it
is assumed the opposing Strike Team are
overwhelmed by their enemy and can no-
longer function as a fighting force. They
retreat from the table.
If all of a player's figures are eliminated from
the table, he loses the game immediately,
regardless of victory points.
Changes from a Regular Skirmish
Some changes have been made deliberate
and are listed in this section, however, if you
feel a rule or guideline isn't explained in
depth, then you may refer to the Imperial
Assault Core Game Skirmish Guide for
clarification.
Missions: Missions have been taken away
entirely in this edition of the Imperial Assault:
Strike Team Rules. This does not mean they won't
return at a later date, they have been omitted so
players can enjoy the freedom of learning this
new game system without also having to
interpret rules for missions. Where a card or rule
mentions "Mission", the word is replaced by
"Game" (i.e "At the start of each Mission" would
now read "At the start of each Game").

Rules BETA version 0.15 by Nathan Castles

Update log:
(12/03/2018): initial concept rules created
(12/04/2018): BETA (0.1) first beta released
to public
(13/04/2018): BETA (0.15) omitted Range
and Movement rules added

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