Snow and Ice Ideas

Retlaw has recently written a great thread about a slippery-ice rule variant in which the figure slides until it is stopped by something. This got the little gears in my head turning. Here are the rules I’ve come up with:

Slick-Ice Rules:
If a figure moves onto a Slick-Ice tile, the figure must continue to move in its current heading until: A) Its path is blocked by some object, enemy figure, or engaged friendly figure; B) It encounters an increase in elevation, a water tile, or the edge of the board; or C) The figure’s maximum move number is reached. When the figure has been stopped, its movement is over. The figure will take any disengagement attacks as it slides past enemy figures.

I’m currently putting together plans for a frozen lake battlefield in which the figures slide around like ice-skaters. Most of the map will be the icy lake with a few strategically placed blocks of ice and snow floating in it. I’ve also considered putting a few water tiles here and there which would cause a wound instantly upon entering the freezing water.

Another thought. This same board could be used in another scenario in which the ice is treated as Thin-Ice. I’m not sure whether I would want to roll the 20-sided die every time a figure moves across the ice to determine damage (I did something like this in my Trench Warfare Battlefield) or give the winner of initiative a chance to remove an ice tile and replace it with a water tile. I think I like the latter idea better. It’s similar to my Bailey Inferno Battlefield or the official scenario, Deadly Encounter in which molten lava spurted out of a volcano in the middle of the board. (Deadly Encounter is still one of my favorite scenarios!)



I have also been working on a couple of mountain maps. One uses only an original Master Set and the other is the same mountain augmented with ice and snow. My wife and I played the bare mountain but found it rather boring. What might make it more interesting is a “solely occupy your opponent’s starting-zone” type scenario.


The ice and snow variation seams much more interesting. Here’s a scenario that you might not have seen before… ever changing weather conditions. At the beginning of each round you would roll the 20-sided die to determine if the snow and ice: remain normal, become Heavy-Snow and normal ice, or normal snow and Slippery-Ice.

Let me know your thoughts on these ideas or other suggestions by posting comments to my blog below. Thanks for reading.