Star Mogul - Mega Miniatures

out by a players ‘cargo vehicles’ which are essential equipment for a salvage company boss! You can then sellthe salvage later at a handsome profit margin (hopefully).That is a player’s primary goal in the game – to extract as much salvage as you can during a game in this fashionand make as much money as possible afterwards when you sell what you have recovered.However, a player must also attempt to prevent the opponents from gathering salvage in the same manner. If aplayer cannot do this then they will find themselves with little salvage to sell, and also playing against moreformidable opponents in subsequent games as the competition builds their force faster than them because theywill have more money available to them.So, a player will have to engage opponents in firefights, and even in hand to hand combat as well, in the hopethat they can weaken and disrupt the activities of the competition during that game and obtain more salvage tosell.Each player takes it in turns to perform actions (like moving and shooting) with the models within their salvagecompany. But there is a twist – the ‘turns’ players take are interrupted midway with a random dice roll on the ‘Fogof War’ table which can allow a player the ability to increase their level of activity for that turn – OR it can have theopposite effect and allow the opponents to be active instead. In this way a player can be active even when it isn’ttheir turn! This aspect of the game gets even better with more than 2 players as you can end up being moreactive on your opponents’ turns than you can during your own! This adds a level of unpredictability during a gamethat keeps all players involved at all times.A player can leave a game at any time by ‘calling down their drop-ship’ to collect all crew, equipment and salvagein the drop zone. This should not be taken lightly as this imparts advantages to those players still left in the game.The level of competition for the remaining salvage will be reduced for those players – making their lives easier.Also, if a player has crew and equipment left outside of the drop zone as they call their drop ship in, they will beleft behind. This can have a devastating effect on the loyalty of the rest of your salvage crew as your salvage bosswill be seen as a bad leader. However – if a player’s company is in dire straights, calling down the drop ship mightbe the only course of action before the player sees their whole salvage company wiped out!The game ends when all but one of the players has called down their drop ship and evacuated their salvagecompany from the battlefield. The last player standing on the field has the advantage of being able to rally all crewand equipment back to their drop zone without leaving anything behind. However, any remaining salvage must beleft, unless it is already loaded onto a cargo vehicle, as the opponents may shortly be carrying out an orbitalbombardment of the area to neutralize competition. A common practice among cut-throat salvage companies onthe Outer Rim.Once the game is over each player can sell whatever valuable salvage they gained either to the local governmentor on the black market. The money obtained from such sales is used to employ new crew, buy new equipment orif a player is unlucky, just cover the expenses from the last mission.There are other game ‘missions’ that will occur as well. All of them revolve around obtaining valuables from thefield of battle. You might find yourself in a head on battle with an opponent for the ownership of an abandonedmanufacturing plant, or valuable alien artifact site. Or you might find yourself acting under the employment of thelocal law forces to investigate reports of smuggling in a particular area. You might even find yourself doing thesmuggling!Rules Of PlaySalvage Company StructureYour army, or Salvage Company is divided into units. A unit will be either a VEHICLE(s), or a group ofINFANTRY. All units will come under one of these two categories.Infantry units must have at least 4 models in them at the start of the game. Units of vehicles may have anynumber of models in them at the start of the game.8