Forum: Firefight

From a recent fight, a small errata was found on the Firefight Scripting Sheet: Advance vs Advance are listed as versus action, where the book...

What happens if you aren't Anvil- or Iron-Trained, have sucky comms, lack Infiltration or right tools for the job, are outnumbered and outgunned by...

Leading into our last BE game there was a good chance a Firefight was going to happen. We'd talked about it before and decided for our first...

I script Close Combat. You script Observe or whatever, anything that means my CC is an Independent test. I roll. I get 2 successes. Is my margin...

When the last character on either side is incapacitated, the firefight ends (p.464 step 10). But what happens in terms of the objectives &...

We've been playing BE for a while now -- almost finished the infiltration phase. And it's been really awesome, I'd say the most fun & satisfying play...

1) In the text it is pretty clear that if your vehicle has ordnance (2) it gets to fire twice with its main gun. Lets say Assault Shuttle armed with...

Hey we are testing firefight: 1) My opponent has a position worth 2, and has starting disposition 3. I have just advanced succesfully, and had 2...

G'Day, How would you mechanically represent a firefight where one side was defending a train on a monorail and the other side was ambushing it? ...

In the description of effects of a Sensor Suite individual action, it says you get a linked test die if you succeed. Normally, a linked test costs...

So, I have questions about Jack Guns and Jack Lasers. I'm reading the brick, and I'm unclear on whether you use the Close Combat skill with them in...

A few questions from running our first firefight demo. 1) If the commander of a unit goes down for a volley or the entire engagement due to a...

Some months after buying the book based on rpg.net buzz, I've found myself with an opportunity to run Fires Over Omac at my local gaming club....

Hello, Is there any examples of multiple units per side in a FF? If not and if it is not too much trouble could someone layout an example of...

We tried out a Firefight the other night. It was... instructive. We pulled some commanders and soldiers from the back of the book, which turns out...

Ultimately, since troops are the “weapons” of the BE universe, I want to get a more concrete idea of how to handle them in BE. When the fight comes...

Okay. Volley One. Bret and Josh have both scripted Advances. Josh wants to get into Close Combat with Bret. Bret wants to stay the hell out of Close...

OK, guys, I need some advice. I am GM'ing Omac as play-by-post, and I am about to launch my big conflict. I am attacking the secret Kerrn warrens (I...

Can you use PT vs Overbearing in close combat? (Instead of using Power to resist.)

"A unit may negate the opposition's range superiority with a successful Advance or Flank manuever. See the unit action descriptions for details." ...