40k Terrain Rules | Elmo Miniatures

Saffron Slam 40K Terrain Rules

1) Old World players click HERE!

2) Find your layout photo below (the orientation will differ from game to game).

3) Read the listed rules and agree these with your opponent.

4) Have a great game!

Some general, Saffron Slam specific rules to be aware of:

a) All ground floor windows in any building are considered to have been boarded up and block Line of Sight (LOS).

b) All 'Hills' at the Saffron Slam block LOS across them.

Propaganda Town

Buildings - use 'Ruins' rules, models cannot end their move inside the building (but can climb on top as normal)

Fortified Walls - use 'Ruins' rules

Fortified Gate - use 'Ruins' rules, gate can be opened/closed by any unit within 1" at any point during the Movement Phase (it has no rules when open)

Containers - use 'Hills' rules

Barricades - use 'Barricades' rules

Bunker Complex - use 'Ruins' rules

Wizard's Castle

If the mission being played uses an Objective Marker in the centre of the board, the Wizard's Tower IS the objective. Models touching the base of the Tower are considered to be in range of the Objective.

Castle Ruins & Wizard's Tower - use 'Ruins' rules

Rocks - use 'Hills' rules

Woodland (move trees to position models within) - use 'Woods' rules with the addition that these features block LOS across them and units wholly within them have the Stealth Keyword (except Towering/Aircraft units)

Barricades - use 'Barricades' rules

Highland Monastery

Rocks - use 'Hills' rules

Rocky Barricades - use 'Barricades' rules

Monastery - use 'Ruins' rules

Mechanicus Badlands

Power Station - use 'Hills' rules

Large Rocks - use 'Hills' rules

Generators and Pipe Stacks - use 'Hills' rules

Rock Walls - use 'Barricades' rules

Demios Spaceport

Large Crates - use 'Hills' rules

Skyshield Landing Pad - use 'Ruins' rules

Mechanicus Structures - use 'Ruins' rules

Ruins - use 'Ruins' rules

Small Crate Walls - use 'Barricades' rules

Cathedral City 1*

Ruins - use 'Ruins' rules

Barricades - use 'Barricades' rules

*no cheese(y) puns please

Ancient Badlands

Rock Formations (all sizes) and Columns - use 'Hills' rules

Guard Vehicles - use 'Battlefield Debris' rules with the addition that units wholly obscured by these features have the Stealth Keyword (except Towering/Aircraft units)

Craters - use 'Craters' rules with the addition that units wholly within the crater gain the Stealth keyword

Barrel Walls - use 'Barricades' rules

Ruined City

Ruins - use 'Ruins' rules

Silos - use 'Ruins' rules

The RAVINE!

Farm Buildings - use 'Ruins' rules

Rock Formations - use 'Hills' rules

Hedgerows - use 'Barricades' rules

Cathedral City 2*

Ruins - use 'Ruins' rules

Barricades - use 'Barricades' rules

*I'm serious, cheese puns are not mature

Pylon Research Facility

If the mission being played uses an Objective Marker in the centre of the board, the Pylon IS the objective. Models touching the base of the Pylon are considered to be in range of the Objective.

Hab Blocks - use 'Buildings' rules with the addition that these terrain pieces block LOS across them. You can lift the roof to place miniatures inside.

Electric Fences - use 'Barricades' rules with the exception that all unit types can freely move through these features, and units obscured by these features gain the 'Stealth' Keyword (except Towering/Aircraft units)

Craters - use 'Craters' rules with the addition that units wholly within the crater gain the Stealth keyword

Pylon Redoubt - use 'Ruins' rules

Frozen Security Compound

Hab Blocks - use 'Buildings' rules with the addition that these terrain pieces block LOS across them. You can lift the roof to place miniatures inside.

Craters - use 'Craters' rules with the addition that units wholly within the crater gain the Stealth keyword

Power Lines - use 'Battlefield Debris' rules

Mechanicus Structures - use 'Ruins' rules

Pipelines - use 'Barricades' rules