Kill Team Solo and Co-op Rules Revealed

[@dominicharris5851]

Out of everything that's been shown so far, the solo play is what I'm the most excited about. I have severe social anxiety and have only been to play a few face to face games. Having the option for more narrative gameplay seems like a lot of fun !

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Ah nice, yeah tbh it looks really great. Sounds super fun and engaging even when playing alone

[@frki3238]

Curious to see what the initial missions will be and bit of a surprise they will be free going forward. I like how overall basic the NPOs look, it can make initial missions simple while leaving room to complicate things later in the campaign. I want to see the details for the wounds pool for NPOs. Sort of a rebrand of the points system but would like to see what they deem appropriate for NPO numbers. Thank you for taking the precious time out of your busy schedule to make another video for the hungry masses, how truly blessed we are :D

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah, sounds like a lot of depth without being too complex Haha no worries, anything for my fans 🥳

[@georgiybogdanov3042]

I hope GW keeps some extra features for narrative play (like strategic assets) or at least progression mechanics for operatives

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah that would be nice to keep some of it

[@JimCrimmins]

Very excited about the solo option.. None of my locals play KT now suddenly all my box sets and crews become viable.. And maybe this is an easier way to convert a few of them..

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yup, looks like the best way to get people into Kill Team!

[@Deuce234]

Love solo and coop. Hoping there’s still a narrative aspect to it with battle honors and such.

[@ancientmariner9460]

Oh I like the idea very much. Always wanted to try my KT against horde Nids or Necrons. My Sallies, be it Intercessors, Phobos or Scouts teaming up with Kriegsters, Nuns with guns or Kasrkin... This will surely be fun and the possibilities are almost limitless. (plus will sure get me into owning more Kill Teams)

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yup its only limited by your imagination which is great

[@tiredguy2753]

Looks like they are building off the dark tide ai system , which is a solid system to use . I really like how they encourage miniature agnostic as well .

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yup, solid and minature agnostic is great too.

[@DoomStarRequiem]

This is big for GW, Miniature Agnostic, almost unbelievable.

[@tiredguy2753]

@@DoomStarRequiem yeah I thought I would never see GW use mini agnostic in a sentence… use some deadzone minis as the opposing side etc…

Got relatives who only want to play co-op games so that might be a good way to try KT with them.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Oooh sounds like the perfect way

[@Mandrewlochner]

TWO NEW CO OP MISSIONS ARE ON THE DOWNLOAD PAGE FOR KILLTEAM!!! SO DOPE SO HYPE PLEASE

[@oscarosc3109]

I hope that Gallowdark killzone/terrain and Betha Decima, Octarius... (just the terrain) will be avaible for regular purchasing for people like me that are arriving late a this kill team party lol. Also I hope this system evolves to full scenario linked campaigns, to have something similar to Blackstone fortress or Space Hulk, of course with inches measuring and moving instead of grid/hexes. Really excited to see how this game mode develops.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Terrain should come back and the linked campaigns would be very cool

[@neeeeeeeek9]

combine this new solo/co-op mode rules with the last stand mission pack would be insane. the perfect beerhammer game mode

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah friends vs the horde

[@craevhergames]

I am a complete noob. Can you point me in the right direction please?

[@Gaardian]

They are really cooking with this. Co-op games are going to be the future IMO. For those doubting look at the deep rock galactic board game. It's amazing.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah they totally are imo, coop so much fun

[@Badbufon]

i love the sandbox feel of it, making new NPOs looks pretty easy and it seems they will have different profiles on cards which makes everything pretty simple to manage.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yup, looks simple yet fun

[@nicholasleyva6305]

Ngl ive been waiting for a very long time for this.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

It looks like the wait was worth it!

[@joshwright3217]

Hopefully there’s still narrative pvp rules

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Hopefully, but may be tied to general play now?

[@Marc_4]

Yes, hopefully. I love the co-op idea, but it's a completely different thing.

[@WitekStraus]

So does this mean that opening doors in ItD will now works differently? Because these NPOs don't seem to be performing any mission actions of I am not mistaken.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

They smash doors open repeatedly with their heads

[@araistel1980]

I'm really excited about Solo and Co-Op :) Even though the compendium teams are gone in the new edition, they still can be used in PvE of Solo and Co-OP !

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yup, nids killing is still possible haha

[@Thorgrimm]

It looks like a great option to have for teaching a new player. However the targeting by NPOs are the hardest rules to write in any co-op game and it’s a bit telling they didn’t mention them. I’m sure it’ll get refined over time or we’ll rely on the old reliable d6.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

I think it'll be the latter 😅

[@polus134]

Very excited for killteam coop

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

It looks like a lot of fun

[@mykeycuento5576]

Solo and coop kill team is perfect for me as I am spending more and more time at home and family, and less energy to go to my FLGS.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yup, looks better than current narrative rules too

[@nateszigeti3653]

seeing a lot of tyranids in those photos, interesting...

[@franciscadigan3876]

I'm curious how they will do deployment and ploys in Solo/Coop. What do you think about ploys in this mode?

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

They'll probably all be active but not sure how

[@johndamarell]

I plaly mainly Solo Kill team games so this is a big deal for myself. My 11 year old son likes playing are own co op rules more than often than normal kill team rules so this will add to that. Also We have the Dark tide board game and have found this to be excellent as it is thermatic and we are working together for the win.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Ohhh nice, seems perfect for you both then!

[@Keithslawinski]

Yea while there are a few 40k models that can be ported over to specific kill teams, I will miss getting to use my Tyranids, Krootox, and Stealth Battle suits. I guess it's a soft consolation they can be used in PvE, but the compendium was a really nice onboarding tool for friends interested in trying a "rules light" warband with models they already owned.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah true but at least we'll have free rules for all the teams now

[@MercenaryQ]

Hopefully I can convert some other players with this new system. Very cool idea!

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Oooh nice, yeah I'm looking to get more of my locals into it too!

[@timopin2009]

I like it. It is another way to play the game, and I am all for it. Not everyone wants a sweaty beard experience.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yup, and you can make it more fun with narrative twists too!

[@sirderik]

wow, so the image behind you made me recall, why don't we have a lictor killteam yet? like we had lictors in first edition killteam as a whole thing for nids players to break the rules with, 4 lictors just playing ailens the movie....so why don't we have like a elite lictor team... and it cant because of there "level" because we have genestealer patriachs and heavy interssecors and before 3rd we had stealth suits.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Well partly because it would be something like 3 or 4 lictors...which would mostly all be the same and over £100 to collect

[@TheBaronVSP]

Kinda weird they have pics of the Night Lords and Mandrakes kill teams throughout the article, and we cant buy the kits.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

They'll likely drop with new boxes when the new edition drops

[@emilytalkstabletop]

You’re going to be at nova? Which days?

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Every day of NOVA!

[@emilytalkstabletop]

@@CanYouRollaCrit well try to stop by and say hi

[@kojinko]

I may have missed it before, any ideas on pricing?

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

No idea yet

[@uwesca6263]

The rules remind me of darktide. Which is good. I am looking forward to it.😊

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Oooh nice, yeah looks like more refined Dark Tide

[@Thedagda801]

Realistically for myself solo play is what I am mostly going to play.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Oooh nice

[@Gidonamor]

I hope we'll still have PvP narrative

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Hopefully

[@pbutch217]

Solo doesnt personally appeal to me but coop definitely does. Be good fun to actually play with friends against a common enemy opposed to playing against them. No feel bad moments in coop!

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah exactly! Especially as there's no way to grief your ally 😂

[@pbutch217]

@CanYouRollaCrit it's hard to tell from the article but I assume therell be 3 profiles. A human level one, brute and heavy. Could make some cool thematic NPO teams. Like some cultists, some daemons and a couple of csm for example

[@zacharyagnew3516]

Any signs of a tyranid kill team?

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Nope

[@Damnedlegion40k]

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[@citizendisco]

A lot of scope for making our own missions I’m sure.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah hopefully so

[@johnmc181280]

I think it sucks that they don't use an official 3-player mode. This “We play in threes but one party shares a squad” is not a real 3-player mode, but actually just a 2-player mode, quite nice for beginners.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

You can still split it up a bit more for 3 players imo

[@__Al_Ex__]

I’d like some lore accurate options, i.e. you merge tau with black templars. During the initiative phase, roll 1 d6 per tau. On a 2+ that tau is slaughtered. Or if it’s dark angels, during the end of the final turning point.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

That'd be great, just make sure not to fall vs DA 😂

[@robertchmielecki2580]

Cool that this exists, and I will try it out for sure, but I wish GW had taken advantage of the experience of co-op board game designers, who have worked for decades on optimising the automa player in their games. As it is, I expect the problem of automa actions taking longer than actual player actions to arise quite frequently, resulting in a game where set up, tear down, upkeep and cranking the automa engine take up 80% of time spent with the game.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Ah interesting but it doesn't look like that so far? Depends on how many NPOs are used tho

[@robertchmielecki2580]

Board games have discovered quite a long time ago, that, for better flow and less downtime, it's ok for automa enemies to follow simpler rules than those for player characters (factions etc). It's the results that matter, not the processes. Guess I will have to wait and see, my hopes for this mode are pretty high :)

[@TheTheshadow32]

I only buy and play games that have some kind of solo play these days.

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Then the new kill team is perfect for you (:

[@Lirretobb]

Totally suspicious at 06:40 : *"3rd edition terrain* and ITD - those are the most fun..." You're just teasing us to keep the 'playtester' rumours alive, yeah!? 😁

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

I'm not 🥲

[@alt4g]

I think solo play could have potential as a team trial mode, where you don't feel bad for always looking stuff up against a real person

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Yeah deffo will be good for practicing

[@carlstanford7607]

She’s a classic bully

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Who is 🤔

[@TriarchHobbies89]

Solo sounds fun. Everyone around here plays big 40k to show off their wallets. Kill Team is looked down on as "a game for poors" (not my words).

[@CanYouRollaCrit]

Oh that doesn't sound great ):