Necromunda rulebook - Games Workshop

NECROMUNDA
During the movement phase you can move your
models as you wish in accordance with the rules
given below. Move your model fighters one at a
time and finish moving each before moving the
next one. You can move your fighters in any
order except where noted below.
1 CHARGERS
If you want a model to charge at an enemy
and attack him hand-to-hand then you must
do this before moving any other models.
When you charge you must declare to your
opponent that you are charging and indicate
which enemy model you are attacking.
2 COMPULSORY MOVES
Sometimes a model is obliged to move in a
certain way and this is called a ‘compulsory
move’. For example, a fighter whose nerve
breaks must run away from his enemies and
take cover. Make all your compulsory moves
before finishing any remaining movement.
3 THE REST
Once you have moved chargers and
compulsory movers you can move the rest of
your models as you wish.
MOVEMENT
10
Justice in the Underhive is a rough and ready
affair, administered chiefly by the local Guilder
Courts under the supervision of each settlement’s
most powerful Guilders. These rich and
influential individuals keep the peace inside the
towns and oversee any trading that goes on
there.
The Guilders hire local fighters called Watchmen
to man the gates and walk the streets during
lights out. If bigger problems arise, such as
outlaw gangs raiding the surrounding holes, the
Guilders pay local gang leaders to deal with
them. This provides a lucrative income for the
most successful gangs. Strangers, trouble-makers
and quarrelsome citizens are targeted by the
diligent Watchmen and dealt with by means of a
swift crack on the head or a night in the pit.
Belligerent or persistent types are hauled up
before the next Guilder Court for trial and
sentence.
MOVING
During their movement phase models can move
up to their move rate in inches in any direction.
Most fighters have a move characteristic (M) of 4
and so can move 4" in any direction including up
or down ladders.
In normal circumstances you do not have to
move the full permitted distance or at all if you
do not wish. Any exceptions are described later
and invariably involve either charges or
compulsory moves.
RUNNING
The normal 4" move represents a person moving
at a fairly rapid rate but allowing time to aim and
shoot a weapon and generally observe what is
going on around him. If you wish a model can
move much quicker than this – he can run! A
running fighter can move at double speed: 8"
rather than 4", for example.
A running model loses his chance to shoot in the
turn. He is concentrating on running and is not
prepared to fight, having shouldered his
weapons or replaced them in holsters. You
should declare that models are running as they
move, as this will help to remind both players
that the model is unable to shoot that turn.
If a running model approaches within 8" of an
enemy that he can see he must stop immediately.
The runner is surprised to find an opponent so
close and immediately stops to draw a weapon
or ready himself to fight.