Judge Dredd Apocalypse War Feedback

[judgedoug]

Hi all,
here's my feedback thread for the Apocalypse War rules for Judge Dredd. I will be playing a game this Saturday so I'll have more proper feedback then.

First glance, however, Lawmasters are weird. Additionally a normal Judge on a Lawmaster can become 'crippled' which doesn't make sense to me (just get off the bike!) because it's a multhit model.

Judges should be able to exit Lawmasters. I propose Lawmasters may be added for +50 points as normal, but just provide the following benefits:

Lawmaster: The Judge's statline becomes a Lawmaster (below) until the Lawmaster is destroyed (or voluntarily abandonded). A Judge may either fire the Bike Cannon or his Lawgiver during a Shoot action. A Judge may abandon a Lawmaster at the beginning of a Move action, in which case the Judge reverts back to his normal statline.

Type          Move  Close Combat   Target  Armour  WtF        Traits
Lawmaster     12"     as rider      4+      4+     as rider   Hits 2
The Lawmaster is equipped with Bike Cannon.

 

[judgedoug]

Also, the Widowmaker 2000 wasn't introduced until 2114, and the Apocalypse War is 2104, so technically shouldn't be available for Judges.

Lawmasters should also have a Laser Cannon in addition to the Bike Cannon. Additionally they can fire stun gas grenades, here's my quick take on the rules for that:

Stun Gas Grenades: When a unit with Stun Gas Grenades performs a successful Charge action against an enemy, they charged enemy not React to the Charge action.

 

[judgedoug]

Lawgiver
Ricochet: Lawgiver changes its Shooting Dice to 2xD6 and ignores any Cover the target may be in.