Neuroshima Hex! 3.0: New York
Neuroshima Hex! 3.0: New York Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Army Description
The army's advantage is the diversity of units, including a lot of shooting units. A great strength is the Headquarters, which gives additional endurance points, and the presence of spies, which can use enemy modules.
The army's disadvantage is a smaller possibility of creating strong offensive coalitions, and the fact that the HQ's special ability is rather defensive.
Tactical Advice
The New York HQ should be surrounded by its own units as soon as possible to strengthen them and create a hard-to-break wall around the HQ. As the game proceeds, refill empty spaces around the HQ as quickly as possible. When the HQ is strongly defended, New York can better attack the enemy.
Tactical advice for the opponent: Even if it means sacrificing your own units, the hexes around New York's HQ should be occupied - it's still preferable to sacrifice a friendly unit leaving an empty space by the HQ than to have a NY unit with additional endurance there.
Components
35 New York tiles, 9 wound tokens, 2 New York HQ tokens, 1 Net token, 6 replacement tokens and 1 replacement tile, rulebook.
Common Problems
More on Mine
If during the game the board is filled up and no single space is left - except for one with a Mine tile, a Battle is not yet commenced. If a Unit tile is put on a Mine tile it is destroyed and a Battle is not yet commenced.
More on Spy
Spy have to be linked to enemy Modules (it's not enough to be just placed adjacent) to use its bonuses.
A Spy placed adjacent to Neojungle's HQ does not become a part of the Motherland, thus he cannot receive the bonuses received by the Motherland from its Modules. But if the Spy is directly linked to a Neojungle Module he receives that Module's bonus in the normal way.
More on Medic in New York
If a Medic adjacent to NY's HQ takes a wound, it is killed and removed from the board immediately – bonus from NY's HQ will not help him in that situation.
New York in Multiplayer Game
The HQ doesn't give a bonus to an ally's HQ.
New Rules
Foundation Tiles
Foundation tiles are a new type of tiles possessed by some armies.
A Foundation tile can only be placed on an empty hex. Once it is placed, any unit (friendly or enemy) can be placed or moved onto (or be pushed onto, etc.) a Foundation tile. Foundation tiles are not considered units, and they cannot be moved, pushed, netted, taken over etc. They can be destroyed only by Instant Action tiles (Sniper, Grenade, Air Strike, Small Bomb). Foundation tiles do not block lines of fire: it is possible to shoot over them. For the purposes of Battles evoked by a fully occupied board, a hex with only a Foundation tile is not considered an occupied hex.
Unit Reference
The printed sheet lists each New York unit with its abilities. The number printed after each unit's name is shown in parentheses below as printed. The numerals printed on the unit hex icons are not explained in the printed text and are not transcribed here.
HQ (1)
The HQ gives its own adjacent units one additional Toughness point (if the unit receives one wound it doesn't die - instead a wound marker should be placed on it). If such a unit becomes nonadjacent to the HQ, or when the HQ is caught in a net, the unit immediately loses the additional Toughness, and it could die immediately as a result (if it was still alive only thanks to the additional Toughness point from the HQ).
Shotgun (1)
Like most shooters, the shotgun hits the first enemy unit in the line of fire. If the target was adjacent to the Shotgun it gets 3 wounds, 2 wounds if it is 2 hexes away, 1 wound if it is 3 hexes away, and no damage if it is farther away. No bonuses increasing firepower have an effect on the shotgun. Armor protects from the Shotgun attack in the normal way.
Shooter (1)
Ranged attack.
Net Fighter (1)
Net.
Pusher (1)
Melee attack. Armor & Toughness. Push back - once during each of your turns (even the turn when it is placed on the board) – he can push back one adjacent enemy unit freely.
The printed sheet shows the Pusher's value as "X" with the legend "X - tiles count".
Sniper (1)
Inflicts 1 wound on a single chosen enemy unit. May not hit enemy HQs.
Sergeant (1)
Connected units can perform an additional attack in the Initiative phase that follows its last Initiative phase. If a unit performs attacks in two Initiative phases, the additional, third, attack is performed in the phase that follows the other two. If all attacks are taken in Initiative phase 0, the additional action is lost and cannot be performed.
Spy-Cleaner (1)
Melee attack. Spy.
Hammer (2)
Melee attack.
Battle (5)
A Battle begins. After Battle, player's turn ends. Not useable if any player drew their last tile.
Steel Boxer (2)
Melee attack in Initiative 1 & 2.
Move (2)
Move a unit to an adjacent, unoccupied hex and/or turn it in any direction desired.
Push Back (1)
Push an adjacent enemy unit 1 hex away to unoccupied hex. If choice, enemy player selects hex.
Officer I (2)
Connected units +1 Strength in Melee combat.
Officer II (2)
Connected units +1 Strength in Ranged combat.
Scout (2)
Connected units +1 Initiative.
Spy-Shooter (2)
Ranged attack. Armor. Spy.
Sharpshooter (2)
Ranged attack. Sharpshooter.
Cop (2)
Melee attack.
Rocket Launcher (1)
The Rocket enters the adjacent hex in the direction indicated on the tile, and then it can go two additional hexes (empty or occupied by friendly units), not necessarily in a straight line, chosen by the owner. The first enemy it hits (including HQ) receives 3 wounds. It moves over the owner's tiles without hitting them. No bonuses increasing firepower have effect on the rocket launcher. Armor protects from the Rocket attack in the normal way.
Mine (2)
Foundation tile. If any unit (friendly or enemy, except HQ) is placed or moved onto a Mine, both the unit and the Mine are automatically destroyed, and are removed from the board. If a Headquarters is placed or moved onto a mine, the Mine is destroyed, but the Headquarters remains unwounded. Medic can absorb damage inflicted by a Mine in a normal way.
Keyword Notes
Sharpshooter
A Sharpshooter can choose which enemy unit in the line of fire it shoots (it does not need to be the first enemy unit.) The armor of the unit being shot at works normally against the shot.
Spy
A Spy can link itself to enemy Modules or Headquarters as if they were friendly Modules or Headquarters, automatically receiving their bonuses and benefits (Note that the module can still aid allies that are connected to it). If a Medic module is linked to several units (including a Spy) which all take damage simultaneously, then as usual the module's owner decides which linked unit will be cured.
Example of Rocket Launcher Shot
The Rocket Launcher fires a rocket at the adjacent hex in the direction of the line of fire. It is unoccupied by enemy unit, so the rocket can go two additional hexes (if they are not occupied by friendly units). These hexes do not have to be in a straight line, so the player decides that the rocket turns right and goes over space occupied by another unit of New York, and then it turns left onto the hex occupied by the HQ of the Hegemony. It is hit and receives 3 wounds.