Visto che mi è stato gentilmente chiesto di spiegare che cosa sia Euro, ho deciso di aprire una discussione al riguardo.
Partiamo col dire che è un formato di Warhammer Fantasy ove vigono alcune limitazioni che vanno a incidere sia sul regolamento base del suddetto gioco, sia sui singoli armybooks.
L'obiettivo prefissato è quello di rendere il gioco il più equilibrato possibile, o almeno questo è il suo intento, infatti si potrà facilmente notare come alcuni eserciti possano essere oggettivamente classificati come più scarsi di altri, solitamente ciò riguarda Lde di vecchia data, quali Elfi silvani, Bretonnia etc, tuttavia si può notare come anche eserciti che possiedono libri di ottava edizione vengano considerati inferiori, un'esempio sono Orchi e Goblin e Tomb kings.
Terminato questo incipit di considerevole lunghezza, ma essenziale per capire la nascita di tale formato, partiamo con l'analizzare i cambiamenti apportati alle regole.
Innanzitutto vi sono modifiche alle regole base.
1. Rule changes:
• Up to 2 Characters per unit can get "look out sir" against the following spells: Dwellers Below, Final Transmutation and Dreaded 13th. Normal requirements for Look Out, Sir! apply.
• BSBs can take all the equipment their unit type has access to as if they weren't BSBs. Wood Elf BSB can take kindreds and do not lose their longbow.
2. Magic Restrictions:
• An army may use up to maximum 12 power dice during each magic phase
• A player can never use more than 5 power dice to cast a spell, no matter the source. For the Lore of Death and the Okkam's Mindrazor spell, this is lowered to 4 power dice.
• Apart from Winds of Magic, an army may only generate up to 2 additional Power or Dispel Dice per magic phase (including channelling). Any extra dice above this is discarded and lost.
3. Army building restrictions
• All the Army building restrictions are applied only during the creation of the roster, and may be ignored during the game (for example, by joining characters to units or creating new units)
• The army lists allowed are those from any of the currently published GW Army Books, and The Legion of Azgorh from Tamurkhan. No other unit or army list may be used on the event.
• Special or Named Characters are not allowed
• Fozzrik’s Folding Fortress may not be taken.
• Units cannot be more than 60 models nor 450 points. This does not apply to characters.
• All army sizes are 2400 pt, except when specifically stated in brackets.
Si denota subito come:
a) Non siano ammessi personaggi speciali.
b) Contro alcuni potenti incantesimi venga concesso il tiro attento signore!
c) Le magie più forti abbiano un limite di dadi per essere lanciate.
d) Vi sia un limite massimo in punti per ogni unità, che può subire variazioni a seconda dell'esercito.
e) Le liste vengano fatte a 2400 punti, ma vi sono alcune eccezioni per alcuni eserciti volte al fine di migliorare il precario equilibrio del gioco, che varia con l'uscita di ogni Lde.
Qui invece abbiamo le ultime limitazioni ai vari eserciti di Warhammer
Beastmen (2700)
• Maximum unit point cost is increased to 550
• Victory points achieved against Beastmen are decreased by 10%
• Units with Beastmen Ambush may alternatively deploy as if they had the Ambushers special rule (Note that this doesn’t require an equal or bigger unit not ambushing). Beastlords and Wargors may be allocated to join such units, and will enter the game with the corresponding unit.
Bretonnia
Chaos Dwarfs (The Legion of Azgorh)
• K'daai Destroyer/War Machine/Hellcannon (max 1)/Chalice of Blood and Darkness/Sorceror-Prophet with Lore of Death, max 4
• Chalice of Blood and Darkness (counts as 2)/Death magic in the army/Dispel Scroll, max 2
• Ashstorm and Flames of Azgorh can’t be cast with more than 4 Power Dice
Daemons of Chaos
• Beast of Nurgle, max 8 models in total and 4 models per unit
• More than 4 Beast of Nurgle models present in the army/Skull Cannon (max 1)/Nurgle BSB/Great Unclean One with Lore of Death, max 2
Dark Elves
• Reaper Bolt Thrower (counts as 10)/Shade models (count as 2)/Darkshards models (count as 0.5)/Dark Riders models with Repeater Crossbow, max 70
• Dark Rider units, Characters on Dark Steed, max 3 each
• Each 5 (or fraction) Doomfire Warlock models/Supreme Sorceress with Lore of Death/Sacrificial Dagger, max 2
• Arnzipal’s Black Horror can’t be cast with more than 4 Power Dice
Dwarfs
• Can generate up to 4 Dispel Dice per phase instead of 2
• Anvil of Doom/Grudge Thrower/Cannon/Organ Gun/2nd Bolt Thrower, max 4
• Anvil of Doom/Spelleater Rune/Spellbreaking Rune/Master Rune of Balance, max 2
Empire
• Each 2 (or fraction) Demigryph models after the first 4/Hellblaster Volleygun/Great Cannon (max 2)/Steam Tank (max 1, counts as 2)/War Altar with 2 or more Light Wizards in the army (counts as 2), max 5
High Elves
• Book of Hoeth/Banner of the World Dragon/2nd Unmounted Frostheart Phoenix, max 1
• 2nd Unmounted Frostheart Phoenix (counts as 2)/Lord on Monster/Dispel Scroll/Silverhelms present in the army, max 3
• Archmage with Lore of Shadow or Death cannot use Book of Hoeth
• Models armed with shooting weapons (Eagle Claw Bolt Throwers count as 6 each), max 70
• Ellyrian Reaver units, max 3
Lizardmen
• Saurus Scar-Veteran on Cold One/Each 3 (or fraction) Salamander models, max 3
• Becalming Cogitation/Dispel Scroll/Channeling Staff and Harmonic Convergence on the same model/Slann with Lore of Death (not including Wandering Deliberations), max 2
• Skink Skirmisher units, max 4
Ogre Kingdoms
• Gnoblar units, max 3
• Crown of Command/Ironblaster/Each 8 (or fraction) Mournfang Models, max 2
• 2nd Ironblaster/Lord Characters present in the army, max 1
• Hellheart/Dispel Scroll, max 1
Orcs and Goblins (2500)
Skaven
• Rat Swarm units, Giant Rat units, Warlock Engineers, max 3 each
• Skaven Slave models, max 120
• Gutter Runner units, max 2
• 2nd Warp Lightning Cannon (counts as 2)/2nd Doomwheel/Hellpit Abomination (max 1)/Screaming Bell, max 2
• Doom Rocket/Brass Orb/Power Scroll/Screaming Bell, max 2
Tomb Kings (2700)
• Maximum unit point cost is increased to 550
• Victory points achieved against Tomb Kings are decreased by 10%
• Skeleton Archer models, max 80
• Neferra's Scrolls of Mighty Incantations can't be taken by model with Lore of Death
Vampire Counts
• Zombies, max 3 units and 120 models
• Spirit Host units/Hexwraith units (max 2)/Ethereal characters (max 2)/Cairn Wraith units, max 3
• Red Fury/Death Magic present in the army/More than 8 Crypt Horror models/More than 10 Hexwraith models, max 2
• Quickblood on Vampire Lord/2nd Lord Choice/Terrorgheist (max 1)/2nd Banshee, max 2
Warriors of Chaos
• Exalted Hero on Daemonic Mount/Daemon Prince/Core Chaos Chariots present in the army (max 3)/Skullcrusher units, max 4
• Daemon Prince/Chimera, max 2
• Hellcannon/Lore of Death present in the army/Lore of Tzeentch present in the army, max 2
• Third Eye of Tzeentch/Talisman of Preservation/Armour of Destiny, max 1 on the same model
• Chaos Armour/Soul Feeder/Dragonhelm/Dragonbane Gem/Wizard level(s)/Daemon of Nurgle/Flying/Lore of Death or Nurgle, max 3 on the same Daemon Prince
Wood Elves (2500)
• Glade Guard models (excluding scouts), max 50
• All elves in the army have ASF (Wild Riders are Elves. This does not affect mounts)
• Wizards may choose spells from any of the 8 Common Lores
• Forest Spirit's Ward Save is not negated by Magical Attacks
Come si può facilmente constatare tutti gli eserciti hanno delle limitazioni, tuttavia quelli ritenuti più deboli hanno anche alcuni bonus, come ad esempio regole speciali d'armata aggiuntive (Elfi silvani), aumento del limite di 2400 punti, etc.
Se avrete delle domande sarò ben felice di rispondere