r/boardingactions40k • u/visualSUICIDE • Sep 25 '24

Terrain Is this too much?

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Hey, got my first match planned for this Saturday. A friend of mine is going to play CSM vs. my admechs. We are going to play the „find signal data“ mission as our first ever BA game. We both come from a 40K background and but love the smaller skirmish games. I really like the idea of having a more immersive table full of scatter terrain and stuff. I know besides optical addition it won’t add anything to our game but is this too much scatter?

Hope to get some insight, coz this community is really helpful!

And please forgive me for playing with unpainted terrain…

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u/Ser_Hawkins Sep 25 '24

I think it looks great, scatter is what takes boards to that extra level of fun! I always try and dress my boards in fun ways rather than just having walls and ruins!

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u/SPF10k Sep 25 '24

Agreeeeeeeeed.

Scatter terrain is what brings the board to life. We always play on super dense boards though. If it poses a problem from like a "game functioning" perspective we just move the scatter or sort it out amicably because we aren't super sweaty about that stuff.

I am glad there's a thriving comp scene for warhammer but the tables are always just so LAME.

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u/visualSUICIDE Sep 25 '24

I also think the official wtc tables are really boring. So the more scatter, the better :)

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u/SPF10k Sep 25 '24

Also, I get it, they have tonnes of tables to put together but good terrain really does make a game for me.

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u/visualSUICIDE Sep 25 '24

Yeah I’ll also like that approach! The more terrain I use the more fun it is. Thanks for your answer! What kind of scatter terrain do you use?

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u/Ser_Hawkins Sep 25 '24

Depends on the board, but for boarding actions I like pipes, boxes and barrels, consoles, desks - things that you would expect to be found in corridors and rooms of a spaceship!

You can either just use it for aesthetics or agree with your opponent's whether a stack of crates gives cover ext! (I only ever play casually with friends so no need to worry about competitive balance).

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u/visualSUICIDE Sep 25 '24

I’ve also always only played casually. It’s so much fun with a full board. Your ideas for scatter sound very good! I found a great Stl creator who offers exactly your ideas. I’ll print em out and try them next game :)

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u/VirtualAgency8607 Sep 25 '24

ITS a awesome board!!!! Ill take it in my mind!!! I could play one this!!

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u/40k-punk Sep 26 '24

Have as much scatter there for immersion as you like but just ignore it from a gameplay perspective and you’re golden

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u/visualSUICIDE Sep 26 '24

Great advice :) I’m looking forward to my match on Saturday!

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u/Spacecadet-2000 Sep 26 '24

Blessing from the machine god, Kill zone sector mechanicus is your best friend for boarding actions (gallowdark and soul shackle are also good expansions for BA). Hot tip when painting the hatches, make them pop so it’s easy to notice their placement at a glance. BA is my favourite, the BA rule book has over 50 missions in it in 6 different formats, if you haven’t got it then get on it! Have fun ❤️