Rogue Traders draft rules for BFG

[BaronIveagh]

Yes , Battlefleet Koronus will be the next cool supplement for Rogue Trader. 

Yeesh, I'm sorry I wrote a positive review of Edge of the Abyss for DR, ok? (Much to some of the FFG authors astonishment)  I, for one, actually enjoyed that book.  (And I tend to leave Adam France to tear FFG new buttholes if they screw up)

[horizon]

What? You didn't get the:  at all. Try another route...


FFG produces cool stuff.

[Plaxor]

So one thing I noticed Nate, under the 'rogue traders in battlefleet gothic' fleet list (allies) it says any...fleet may take 1 rogue trader cruiser... shouldn't this say any fleet may take one rogue trader capital ship? or one rogue trader cruiser and any number of rogue trader light cruisers/heavy transports?

[flybywire-E2C]

So one thing I noticed Nate, under the 'rogue traders in battlefleet gothic' fleet list (allies) it says any...fleet may take 1 rogue trader cruiser... shouldn't this say any fleet may take one rogue trader capital ship? or one rogue trader cruiser and any number of rogue trader light cruisers/heavy transports?

Thanks! fixed- will be posted soon...

- Nate

[Plaxor]

Any chance we could get a specific name for the rogue trader cruiser such as the Hydra class?

Heres a fluff blurb:

Thousands of Hydra class cruisers have been made by the forge worlds of esteban and the ship is in wide use amongst the segmentum ultima fleets. These ships often find their way into use by Rogue Traders of the Imperium, as the ship is of a easily reproducible design, as well as the Imperial Navies authorities preferring to grant Rogue Traders ships without lance-type weaponry. A few vessels of older and different design have found their way into the hands of the Rogue Traders, but the Hydra is by far the most common.


Edit:
The Hydra's production dropped strikingly with the development of the Dominator class in segmentum ultima. Now being viewed as somewhat obsolete, the Hydra seems to find itself in the hands of Rogue Traders more and more.

[BaronIveagh]

Any chance we could get a specific name for the rogue trader cruiser such as the Hydra class?

Heres a fluff blurb:

Thousands of Hydra class cruisers have been made by the forge worlds of esteban and the ship is in wide use amongst the segmentum ultima fleets. These ships often find their way into use by Rogue Traders of the Imperium, as the ship is of a easily reproducible design, as well as the Imperial Navies authorities preferring to grant Rogue Traders ships without lance-type weaponry. A few vessels of older and different design have found their way into the hands of the Rogue Traders, but the Hydra is by far the most common.


Edit:
The Hydra's production dropped strikingly with the development of the Dominator class in segmentum ultima. Now being viewed as somewhat obsolete, the Hydra seems to find itself in the hands of Rogue Traders more and more.

The rogue trader cruiser mini is a Kar-Dunish (sp escapes me) class cruiser, IIRC. 

[horizon]

Correct. Kar Duniash.

Not really a class but more a prow pattern style.

[lastspartacus]

i didnt realize that existed, or an actual endeavour model.  Links?

[horizon]

The Rogue Trader model is sold by GW.
The Endeavour was once produced by GW, mold broke, bye bye model.
The Zeus existst as an alternative. Check Warp Rift 30.

[flybywire-E2C]

Hi all! BIG changes here! I'll re-post this in all the pertinent places.

First of all, the FAQ/Errata is DONE!!! A LOT of work went into this, an dit will remain in draft form for another week jusnt in case there's a few more kinks to work out that all of us missed, but this is essentially what the FAQ will look like. Sorry it took so long to get right, and sorry we pushed it so close to 2011!! Barring any unforeseen problems, we should be able to stamp this FINAL sometime around December 27th. SPECIAL THANKS to Horizon and Masque- I've decided to give them every dime I make from this effort!   

Rogue Traders DRAFT v3.5: Like the FAQ, the Rogue Traders saw a lot of back and forth so the version number is quite different. VERY SPECIAL THANKS to Sam Shepherd, the creative design lead from Fantasy Flight Games that took the time to square our Rogue Traders with their Rogue Traders! How cool is that?     Now we just have to keep tweaking it until it's right.

Powers of Chaos DRAFT v2.8: A few changes and tweaks here, specifically to the Hecate, Inferno and fleet lists. It's still in work, but we're getting very close to what the final product will look like. Chaos is already a pretty solid fleet so most of the changes here were to correct balancing issues as opposed to anything else.

Inquisition DRAFT v1.4: A few formatting changes and minor tweaks, but nothing really different here- it's still in work.

Well, that's it! The link to all the files is in my signature. I'll be leaving town for a week and will try to stay in touch. Keep your smiles on, game on and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

- Nate

[horizon]

Hi Nate,
Rogue Trader draft is good. But his name his Sam Stewart.

[flybywire-E2C]

Hi Nate,
Rogue Trader draft is good. But his name his Sam Stewart.

I have been up a LONG TIME today!!! 

- Nate

[Zhukov]

In the Victory Points for Scenario Six, it says "escorts count for victory points individually instead of per squadron." Ummm, have they ever been counted per squadron and not individually? If so, I was NEVER aware of that, lol.

-Zhukov

[Sigoroth]

In the Victory Points for Scenario Six, it says "escorts count for victory points individually instead of per squadron." Ummm, have they ever been counted per squadron and not individually? If so, I was NEVER aware of that, lol.

-Zhukov

Yes, in an attempt to make escorts viable their VP rules were changed to be squadron based. You had to destroy at least 50% of the escorts in the squadron to count as crippled, and if one escort survived/disengaged then the squadron would not count as destroyed. Therefore odd sized squadrons became the norm, 3 or 5.

[horizon]

That was a rule from FAQ1.5 and is in the d/l rulebook 1.5.