A Quick Mercenary Question

[GMAN]

Hey all

I like the idea of Merceneries. They kind of remind me of Star Players in Blood Bowl. I like how they can be used so even new players can jump into a campaign against players with a few games under their belt.

One quick question is. What happens if the player needing the mercenaries to join in can't afford them but are also too weak to play against the other gangs? Are they just going to get build up slowly while getting beaten up until they can afford mercenaries?

This is a question that srprung to mind and thought some one whos been in this situation might be able to shed a bit of light on it.

 

[locarno24]

If the opposing player has less Credits spent on his force, he may freely add models from his Mercenary List until the Credit value of his force is equal to that of his opponent – he may not use mercenaries to take a force of greater value than that of his opponent.

Essentially it works almost exactly like blood bowl inducements being used to hire star players - use the hired help to bulk out the difference.

 

[MongooseMatt]

Mercenaries are effectively free - you can automatically get as many as needed to fill in the gap between your total value and that of your opponent's.

 

[GMAN]

I was being stupid and hadn't noticed the "may freely add" bit. DUHHH. Thanks for the replys.