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Notice: This update is in no way official

and is only compiled for personal use.

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AT-43 v.2

Squad Coherency

All members of a squad must be within 3cm of another squad member. In addition at least 25%

of the members of a unit must be within 10cm of the leader.

Rules

AFV's

AFV's do not block Line of Sight. AFV's provide cover for units smaller than themselves. The

AFV first takes impacts as normal for being in the Field of Fire. The remaining impacts continue

on toward the target unit with the target unit making cover saves as normal for any impacts that

reach it.

AFVs provide cover to troops positioned behind them while issuing a Sheild Formation drillcauses the vehicles to block LoS.

AFVs are capable of moving over low terrain as infantry unless the vehicle has lost have the SPon its propulsion, at this point it can no longer pass over terrain or rush.

Size and Cover

A unit can take cover behind a terrain element that is at least 1/2 its size.

Flying

Any unit that ignores terrain when moving may rush an extra 6cm.

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28mm Terrain Rules for AT-43The following rules will allow you to convert any piece of 28mm terrain to the

AT-43 rule set. All terrain should be discussed and classified before setting up the

table for a game. Examples of what constitutes different types of terrain has been

deliberately omitted from this rule set as much as possible so as to allow playersto decide for themselves how a piece of terrain should be classified and then apply

the appropriate rules to it.

It is recommended that 25% of the play area be covered by terrain. It is also

recommended that Size 6 terrain pieces are limited to two for a 3 x 3 board,

three for a 4 x 4 board, and four for a 4 x 6 board. The long-range shooting

nature of AT-43 play may otherwise be adversely affected.

1) All terrain on the table must have a Size characteristic. If True Line of Sight

does not settle

line-of-sight issues, defer to Size characteristics.

2) Any terrain piece which is considered as providing cover to models within the

borders of the

terrain piece is considered Area Terrain. Half the models in a unit must be within

Area Terrain

in order to take advantage of the standard 5+ Cover Save which may be improved

to 3+ as

normal with a Take Cover drill.

Area Terrain will halve the Combat Movement of any units if even a single model

moves

through the terrain. You may not perform a Rush Movement through Area

Terrain. The entire

base of the terrain piece will be considered part of the Area Terrain.

Area Terrain is not considered WYSIWYG for purposes of blocking Line of

Sight. Its Size

characteristic will determine whether it blocks LOSfor instance, a Size 2 piece

of Area Terrain

will block LOS to Size 2 units or smaller on the other side of the terrain piece.

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3) Difficult Terrain is any terrain piece which does not provide cover, but which

does impede

movement. Difficult Terrain will halve the Combat or Rush movement of any unit

if any of its

models move through the terrain.

4) Impassible Terrain may not be moved through by any unit type. Units capable

of moving

over Impassible Terrain may do so.

5) Dangerous Terrain will halve a Combat Movement if even a single model

moves through the

terrain. You may not perform a Rush Movement through Dangerous Terrain. Any

Infantry model

which remains in Dangerous Terrain at the end of its movement is eliminated.

Combat Striders

or ground vehicles will take 1 SP of damage to their propulsion systems for every

turn in which

their movement ends on Dangerous Terrain.

6) For all structures such as buildings or bunkers, points of entry must be clearly

specified.

AFVs may not move through structure walls, or entrances physically larger than

the AFV.

Units may move an equal horizontal and vertical distance in their turn.

Note: ruined/destroyed structures are considered Area Terrain, but still may not be

entered by

AFVs.Indirect fire weapons may only strike one floor of a building at a time.

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Max Officer Rank

Each Company is limited to one Max Rank officer. The maximum rank

of the officer depends on the number of AP being played. This AP isthe total per side and not just the Assault Force.

AP Total Max Rank

1-500 1

501-1000 2

1001-1500 3

1501-2000 4

2001+ 5

Max Assault Officer Rank

This rule is same as the Max Officer Rank rule except the maximum

rank is determined by the size of the Assault Force.

Max Range for unlimited abilities

For all abilities and weapons that do not have a defined maximum

range, the maximum range band is 12. This includes lock shot

weapons, artillery, laser pointers, "Front Line Officer", and teleporting.

This does not include the Nova Special ability, Disruption,

Interference, or Therian Routines.

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Team Play

The following rules are used when playing with 2 or more players per

side.

Force Construction

1. Each side is only allowed 1 Max Rank Officer.

2. Each player is allowed to play a different faction.

3. Each side has its own AP pool that the players can divide as they

see fit.

4. If playing with officer limits, the max rank is determined by the

AP total of the Side.

During the game

1. The highest ranking officer on a side is the company

commander.

2. Each side only has 1 leadership pool.

3. Each player has their own activation sequence.

4. Each team has one reinforcement point pool.

Unless otherwise noted, each factions advantages and disadvantages

apply only to the

owning player and

not the side.

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Close Combat

When a unit in close combat is fired upon its receives a 6+ cover save that may not bemodified, if this save is passed the shot hits an enemy unit of the enemy players

choosing.

When a unit disengages from combat it may make one move at half speed and if it

chooses to disengage it may do nothing else for the rest of that activation .

OrdersSupressing Fire/Overwatch- follows the normal rules for overwatch but with the

exception that a unit on overwatch may spend its overwatch to cancel an enemy

overwatch. The unit must have Line of Sight to the enemy and must be able to hit the

enemy as in a shooting attack. i.e. a unit with accuracy 1 could cancel a unit at range

6, but not range 7.

(For example, sierra alpha is on overwatch. So is the unit of Krasny soldaty across the

street. Sierra bravo moves and triggers the Krasny Soldatys overwatch. Sierra Alpha

may elect to spend their overwatch to cancel out the enemies.)

Order: Dig in! (2LP) the unit gains a 6+ cover save if in the open and a 4+ cover save

if in cover, this save cannot be negated.

Order: Incoming! (1LP) Whenever a unit would be pinned by a template weapon, it

may ignore the effect of pinning on a 4+, this effect lasts until the start of your next

turn.

Order: Improvised Specialist (2 LP) This order allows one member of a unit to gain

the ability of one of the following specialists on a roll of 6+, this effect lasts until the

start of the next turn.

-Combat Engineer

-Medic-Tech Warfare

-Mechanic

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AT-43

Mission

GeneratorDesigners Notes

Since its release, many serious fans of AT-43 have developed their own pick-up play systems

to provide an alternative to the prescribed terrain setups and play areas that all but two of the

Standard Missions in the rulebook and all the published Scenarios provide. They have alsodeveloped their own rule sets for using terrain other than that which is covered by the official

AT-43 ruleset. There is no agreement on these mission or terrain systems, however, and they

vary widely from user to user.This Mission Generator attempts to accomplish three goals:

1) Create a set of unified rules for use of 28mm terrain in AT-43

2) Create rules for balanced game table setup with or without use of random missions3) Create a table of balanced missions to roll a d6 on for random mission determination

The Mission Generator draws from several different sources including mission systems used at

conventions, a pair of AT-43 random mission card sets, and documents produced by players to

describe how pick-up play is handled in their gaming clubs. It is not meant to replace other

methods of play, but to supplement them.Unfortunately, AT-43 does not have as robust a player base as other games and so the

opportunities for local playtesting have been difficult to create. Therefore, this MissionGenerator is being released in an Alpha state for testing by the general AT-43 community.

This is to be considered a living document.

The success of the Mission Generator can only truly be measured by how widely it is adopted by

the AT-43 community, and therefore it only makes sense that this community have a voice in itsdevelopment. The creators therefore heartily encourage you to send any and all feedback on use

of the Mission Generator to:

[email protected]

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Game Setup RulesStep 1Determine Play Area

Use the following chart:AP Total

1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500+

2 players 3 x 3 3 x 3 4 x 4 4 x 4 4 x 63 players 3 x 3 3 x 3 4 x 4 4 x 4 4 x 6

4 players 4 x 4 4 x 4 4 x 4 4 x 6 4 x 6

Step 2Secondary Objectives and BunkersSecondary Objectives

Each player will have the ability to nominate Secondary Objective positions on the board afterterrain placement. If both players have Container terrain pieces, it is recommended to use

them as Secondary Objectives to keep with the flavor of AT-43. Otherwise, each player may

use coins or other tokens as markers. If using any kind of markers the Secondary Objective is

considered to be a 10cm circle around the marker.Secondary Objectives are placed after all other terrain and Objectives are on the board.

Bunkers

Bunkers may be fielded only through the purchase of Bunker Units per the Operation Frostbiterulebook. All normal rules for Bunkers applythey are to be considered Neutral Drop points,

and Bunker Units may only enter play through a Bunker. Bunkers count towards the

allowance of Drop points allotted to a player (see Step 5Tactical Positions).Size of Play Area

3 x 3 4 x 4 4 x 6

Secondary Objectives per player 2 3 4

Bunkers per player 0-1 0-2 0-3Therian Nanogenerators and Karman Crystal terrain purchases follow the given rules in the

Operation Frostbite rulebook.

Step 3Select MissionIf you wish to use a random mission roll a six-sided die against the mission table at the end of

this document to select the mission to be played.

These Game Setup rules will support simple to the death and objective holding stylemissions. Random Missions 1 and 2 will suggest RP and VP guidelines which you may then

utilize or alter to your tastes. In any case, Mission selection effects terrain placement and tactical

positions, so select your Mission before proceeding.

Step 4Terrain PlacementFor Standard terrain placements, players roll a d6 and the player with the highest roll may choose

who places first. Terrain placement then proceeds clockwise around the table. Containersbeing used as Secondary Objectives, and purchased terrain elements, are not placed in Step

4.

Step 5Tactical PostionsMissions whose Tactical Positions are listed as Standard use the following rules. Unless

specified otherwise by mission setup, players roll a d6 and the winner chooses their access zone

first.

Permanent Access Zones

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All permanent access zones must be determined before any other tactical positions. Players

should roll off for selection of board edge, with the highest number choosing the first edge andselection then proceeding clockwise.

If the mission does not specify the access zones to be used, the permanent access zone placement

will always follow the same patterns, for example:

For play on a 3 x 3 board with four players, each player has a 12 access zone in the middle ofa table edge.

For play on 4 x 6 boards with three players, use the basic setup for the 4 by 4 board but

extend the long zones to 36 and the short zones in the corners for players 2 and 3 to 24.

For play on 4 x 6 boards with two players, use 36 access zones on opposite table edges.

For play on 4 x 6 boards with four players, extend the long zones to 36, each placed in the

middle of a table edge.

Drop Zones and Neutral Access ZonesIf the mission does not specify otherwise, each player gets 2 Drop Zones, or 2 Neutral Access

Zones, or one of each. A Bunker, if purchased by a player, counts as a Drop Zone from this

allotment.

Drop Zones, Bunkers, and Neutral Access Zones are placed after all other terrain.Neutral Access Zones are 20cm in length.No Neutral Access Zone may be placed within 30cm

of a permanent access zone.

Drop Zones may be specified pieces of terrain, or designated locations on the table. Drop Zonesmay not be placed within 30cm of an objective.

VIPlace Objectives and Purchased TerrainIf the mission to be played requires the use of Objectives they should now be placed on the table.

No Objective may be placed within 20cm of any board edge.

No Objective may be placed within 20cm of any other Objective.

No Objective may be placed within 30cm of a permanent access zone.

Secondary Objectives are then placed, followed by purchased terrain pieces.

VIIFinalize ArmiesPlayers should now make any desired adjustments to their army lists, and begin the game.

Special note for high AP-value games:

If players should choose to engage in very high AP-value games, they may wish to increase the

RP generated by capturing and controlling Secondary Objectives as specified by the mission.For 5,0007000 AP games, we suggest doubling the RP amounts.

For games larger than 7000 AP, we suggest tripling them.

Mission 1Kill Em All!

Forces Available:Each player has equal AP available. Assault to Reinforcement ratio is 2:1.

Tactical Positions:Standard.

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Primary Objectives:

- Eliminating an Infantry unit: 2 VP- Eliminating a unit of armored fighting vehicles: 1 VP

- Eliminating an officer: 1 VP

Secondary Objectives:

- Capturing a container or tactical position: 150 RP- Controlling a container or tactical position: 100 RP

Cease Fire:

The game is over after Round 6. The player who has the most Victory Points wins. If any twoplayers have the same number of Victory Points, the game is a draw.

Variations:

For extra variety, roll a d6 after the Kill Em All! Mission is rolled.1-2Play the mission as normal

3-4Scouting Mission! Assault to Reinforcement ratio becomes 1:3. Capturing a secondary

objective is now worth 250 RP, and Controlling a secondary objective is 200 RP.

4-6Assassination! Company Commanders on foot are worth 3 VP. Company Commanders

in Type 2 or higher Combat Striders are worth 5 VP. You may generate VP on a singleCommander twice, once for destroying their Combat Strider, and again for killing them on foot.

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Mission 2Hold That Ground!

Forces Available:Each player has equal AP available. Assault to reinforcement ratio is 2:1.

Tactical Positions:

Standard

Primary Objective:The center of the board is designated Objective Point Alpha.

- Capturing Point Alpha: 5 VP

- Controlling Point Alpha: 1 VP- Eliminating any enemy unit: 1 VP



Cease Fire:The game is over after Round 6. The player who has the most Victory Points wins. If any two

players have the same number of Victory Points, the game is a draw.

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Mission 3Resource Control


Tactical Positions:

Standard

Primary Objectives:A number of Objectives equal to the # of players +1 is to be placed on the table. The players roll

a d6, and the winner chooses who places the first Objective.

- Controlling an Objective: 1 VP

Secondary Objectives:- Capturing a container: 150 RP

- Controlling a container: 100 RP

Cease Fire:The game is over after Round 6, or when one player has 5 VP after the Control Phase. If all the

players have the same number of victory points the game is a draw.

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Mission 4Combat Landing


Tactical Positions:

Each player is given three Landing Zone markers. Each marker will create a Deployment Zone

in a 10cm radius around the marker.The players roll a d6 and the players with the highest roll chooses who places the first token.

Placement then proceeds clockwise.

No Landing Zone marker may be placed within 20cm of another Landing Zone token.Each player then also places one 20cm Neutral Access Zone on a table edge. There may not be

two Neutral Access Zones on a single table edge.

Primary Objectives:- Eliminating an Infantry unit: 2 VP

- Eliminating a unit of armored fighting vehicles: 1 VP

- Eliminating an officer: 1 VP



Cease Fire:The game is over after Round 6. The player who has the most Victory Points wins. If any two

players have the same number of Victory Points, the game is a draw. If only one players army

remains on the table by the end of the game, that player is the winner by default.

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Mission 5Hold The Line!

Forces Available:For an even number of players, each player has an equal number of AP available. For three

players, the Defender gets twice the combined AP of the Attacking players. For four players

there will be two Defenders operating as a team, and two Attackers operating as a team.

The assault to reinforcement ratios are as follows: for the Attacker(s) 3:1, for the Defender(s)1:1.

Tactical Positions:

Prepared Position (see the main AT-43 rulebook).Each player rolls a d6. The winner will be the Defender for this mission. If there are 4 players

the Defender may either choose a willing partner, or the remaining players roll a d6 and the

winner is the second Defender.

The Defender chooses a table edge (it must be a long table edge on a 4 by 6 table), and has a

Deployment Zone from this table edge to the middle of the table. The opposite table edge is the

Attackers permanent access zone.

The Defender then places one 30cm long Neutral Access Zone on a remaining table edge,

The Attacker is allowed to place 2 Drop Points. The only restriction is that they may not bewithin 30cm of the Neutral Access Zone.

Primary Objectives:Beginning at the end of Turn 2, either team may begin accruing Victory Points.

During the Control Phase, the Defender earns 5 VP for every turn that the Attacker has no units

in his half of the table, and 2 VP for every turn the Attacker does have units in his half of the

table.

The Attacker earns 3 VP for every turn he has units in the Defenders half of the table. In

addition, the Attacker earns VP for evacuating units off the opposite table edge from his access

zone: 5 VP for infantry units and 2 VP for AFV units.

Secondary Objectives:- Capturing a container or tactical position: 200 RP

- Controlling a container or tactical position: 150 RP

Cease Fire:The game is over after Round 6 or when one player earns 15 VP. If two players or two teams

have the same number of VP, the game is a Draw.

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Mission 6Rescue


Tactical Positions:

Access Zones are Standard. No Drop Points may be placed within 30cm of the table center.

Primary Objectives:After all Tactical Positions have been determined, put a model in the direct center of the table.

This is the model to be Rescued. It may not be killed.

In order to Rescue the model, an Infantry or Soldier unit must end its movement withinCoherency range. The Rescue model is then considered part of the Infantry or Soldier unit,

which becomes the Escort unit. To win the game, an Escort unit must evacuate itself entirely off

any table edge.If the Escort unit is engaged in Close combat, the Rescue model is detached from the unit and

must be re-acquired by an Infantry or Soldier unit. If the Escort unit is destroyed, the Rescue

model is now considered Free.

At the beginning of every game Round in which the Rescue model is unescorted, it will panic

due to the battle taking place around it and make a 14cm movement in a random direction. Placethe template over the Rescue model and roll a d6 to determine the direction.

The Rescue model is subject to all normal terrain restrictions. It will move towards the closestentrance of a building that its path encounters. If it encounters Dangerous or Impassive terrain,

it will finish its movement along the edge of that terrain element adhering as closely as possible

to the direction rolled.

If it reaches a board edge it will remain on the board and finish its movement adhering as closelyas possible to the direction rolled.



Cease Fire:

The game is over when the Rescue model is Evacuated from the battle, or after 6 turns on a 3 x

3 table, 7 turns on a 4 x 4 table, or 8 turns on a 4 x 6 table.

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Appendix I: Assault/Reinforcement SplitsThe AT-43 Mission Generator expresses Assault/Reinforcement splits as ratios in

order to support the widest potential Company AP sizes as possible.

Use the following chart to cross-reference the total AP of your Companies with the

given Assault/Reinforcement split for your mission to determine the size of your

Assault Force.

Each row represents the split for Companies whose AP begins at the value listed,

and up to the value of the following row. For example, a 1750 AP company uses

the 1500 row. A 6300 AP Company uses the 6000 row. AP Size of Assault Force

Total CompanyAP1:1

Split2:1

split

3:1split

1500 750 1000 1125

2000 1000 1300 1500

2500 1250 1700 1875

3000 1500 2000 2250

3500 1750 2300 2625

4000 2000 2700 3000

4500 2250 3000 3375

5000 2500 3300 3750

5500 2750 3700 4125

6000 3000 4000 4500

6500 3250 4300 4875

7000 3500 4700 5250

7500 3750 5000 5625

8000 4000 5300 6000

8500 4250 5700 6375

9000 4500 6000 6750

9500 4750 6300 7125

10000 5000 6700 7500

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