Turnip28 Artillery Rules
These can be used to
represent any manner of weird
and wonderful types of long
ranged weapons, from actual
cannons to esoteric rockets or
even a giant creature hurling
things.
Artillery pieces and their crews
are represented as a single
large model with the following
Stats:
M A Acc Re
D6” 3 5+ 4+
When an artillery piece is
deployed to the battlefield,
secretly choose an artillery
card to be loaded into the gun
and place it face down next to
the model. The artillery cards
are overleaf
Activation
Artillery reacts differently to
some orders, as detailed
below.
• Volley: May not
rotate or move, but
gets a +1 to hit.
• Advance: Gun may
rotate on the spot up
to 180 degrees and
then shoot.
• March/Charge: Gun
may move d6"
• Load: Gun may rotate
on the spot up to 180
degrees and then
load. Choose a new
artillery card to place
next to the gun.
If a loaded artillery piece ever
blunders, remove the artillery
card next to it and replace it
with one that the opponent and d6 (or d12 if available) to
randomly selects (no peeking!) work out the direction.
This final resting point is where
the shot lands. Work out any
Shooting
effects detailed on the card
If an artillery piece is loaded from this Target Point.
(ie, it has an artillery card next
Units that are affected by
to it) then it may fire when
artillery shooting may return
given a relevant Activation.
fire in the normal fashion.
They may not return fire in
However, they may only do so
reaction to being fired upon.
after the effects of the artillery
Artillery effects are detailed on card are worked out.
their cards, but some of the
shots use a similar method of
determining shot placement, Loading
detailed below:
After shooting, a cannon must
The firer chooses a point receive a load order before it
within a 45 degree arc to the can fire again. Alternatively,
front of their artillery piece. they may attempt to quick
Mark this point with a counter. load a shot after making a
firing action. Roll a D6. On a
Now reveal the artillery card.
4+, you reload successfully.
Only reveal the card at this
Anything else, your opponent
stage, in case you blundered
picks a random artillery card to
and the opponent randomly
be loaded for your next firing
selected a new card for you!
action (ie, like the blunder).
Now roll for the range of the
shot. The amount of dice
rolled for the range is shown Artillery in Melee
on the card. Now measure this
If an artillery piece passes its
distance from the gun to the
Panic test (and it is loaded) it
target point. If it falls short of
may carry out a firing action. It
the target point, move the
must declare a model within
target marker to the distance
the charging unit to be the
rolled from the gun. If it
target point.
reaches or exceeds the
distance to the target point, Artillery pieces involved in a
then it strikes the intended melee action will only score a
point. hit on a 6.
If the artillery card states that
a shot may scatter, you then
Artillery and Retreating
must make an Acc test, with a
+1 if you made a volley action.
If an artillery piece is ever
If the Acc test is failed, the forced to Retreat, it is
target point scatters 1d6" per immediately removed from
18" travelled. If you have no play as the crew scatter and
run for their lives.
scatter dice, use the clockray
template included opposite
 Turnip28 Artillery Rules
Beehive Shot
Range: 6xD6” May
Scatter
Any unit that is within d6" of the
Target Point receives D6 -3 panic
tokens and must make an
immediate Panic test. If failed,
they will Retreat.
A canister of enraged bees. Some
cool story about it.
Plus some other ideas about what
it could represent.
An Actual Cannonball
Range: 8xD6” Will Not Scatter
Hits everything in a straight line
measured from the firing artillery
piece to the Target Point.
Target hit by this must –1 from
their Resilience roll.
How boring.
Toad Shot
Range: 5xD6” May
Scatter
After working out where the shot
lands, score a hit on everyone
within 2". Now scatter the shot
again, rolling 2d6 for distance. If
you roll a 1 on either dice, the
shot comes to a rest and nothing
else happens. Any other result
shows the new landing point for
the shot. Again work out hits in a
2" radius. Continue this until you
roll a 1 on either of the distance
dice.
Two mismatched rounds of shot,
connected by a chain.
Or maybe an actual Toad...
Self Destruct!
Range: - Will Not
Scatter
Everyone within 2D6" of the
Artillery Piece is takes a hit and
the Artillery Piece is removed from
the game.
In desperation or by accident...
Carcass Shot
Range: 6xD6” May
Scatter
Creates a new area of dangerous
terrain in a 2" radius circle from
the Target Point. (Does this
disperse on a 5+ each turn? Or
stays for the whole game?)
Making a few markers will help.
Stuffed with lime, sulphur, pitch
and odd poisonous roots, this shot
bursts on impact and creates
noxious fumes and gasses,
treacherous to all who breath it.
Or actual body parts.
Grape Shot
Range: 4xD6 Will Not Scatter
Hits everything in a fat 4" wide
thing that comes out from the
barrel. Or use a template?
Like a giant blunderbuss.
Spare a leg for the gun!