Look forward to this! Maybe "Explain it like I'm five" style? The official video from GW is kind of hard to follow and I plan to play my first match on Friday so perfect timing.
This is a very information dense video, I promise you that. Like my other videos, this is a RESOURCE more than a one time watch kind of thing. Want to learn to play the game? This video has you covered. I explain A LOT and I use visual aids. In theory you don't need the visual aids as I narrate everything as I go, but they're there for those that want to pause the video and read the actual rule from the rulebook. It's not the prettiest video, but it's damn informative. The goal was that if you're paying attention, a single watch of this video can teach you the entire game.
@@AJBlack , the one we use is by Shoobie... 2 pages, and comes right up in a google search... we also used the GW roster generator, to make a roster sheet, then plugged that into the Battlescribe app and played with the output options to get a printout that we liked the layout of... also you can export the battlescribe info into the Companion app for kill team, and use that for a very handy way to track what tactics you can spend your CP on, it will even list what are available to you and your specific models, per phase... All of this is free, aside from some printer ink, and between the cheat sheet, battlescribe printout, and the companion app, we have been helped out a lot... best of luck to you.
This is probably the clearest and most well explained rules video I've ever watched. It is very quick-paced (and I've just read in the comments that you advise viewers to pause the video and read the instructions provided for clarity), but as a complete newbie to playing table top games, what I struggle with most is comprehending the scores: Save 3, plus or minus 1, roll two D6, 4 to save - or whatever. Perhaps a visual calculation would help, because by the time I've visualised the calculation, the narrative has moved on a pace. But that's just me, and honestly, you've done a great job explaining so much in such a short video. I'll definitely have to watch it again, and maybe again, before the penny finally drops!
Thanks! There are definitely a few issues. A lack of structure and explanation in the beginning is one of them. When the next Kill Team releases and I redo this, I'll definitely work to make it a little bit easier to follow, but it's still going to be very fast and most likely require multiple viewings. A learn to play should NOT be 40+ minutes imo
That's an impressive amount of information to cover in 20 minutes. I'm glad you pointed out in a comment that this is meant to be the sort of thing you can go back and reference as opposed to being intended to teach it all in a single go, as I think it would be really tricky for a raw beginner to watch any video straight through and really understand how to play. I think this will definitely help folks who have read the rules, but need an in-game example of how various things work.
Yeah, I mean, if you're REALLY good at absorbing rules then this video will teach you to play KT. But because there's so much on screen, it's not really realistic to expect someone to take EVERYTHING in. At the same time though, all of the datasheets and rules I throw on screen are not actually needed. I say all the rules out loud, and having the screen be so busy was just to "help" but of course it also hinders a certain sense. But I figured, belt and braces, get it all on screen, let the people take from it what they want. Equally, could probably mute the video and still get most of the rules.
Hey, great video! I am relatively new to killteam (been playing for 6 months), but have some constructive criticism on how to teach the game. I find that people interpret and retain information better when they have a framework to place it in. It may help to briefly (30-45 seconds) explain the progression of a battle round prior to walking through your example (initiative->move->psychic->shoot->moral). During the example you could have a graphic on the side of the screen that displays the phases and indicates the one currently active. Maybe have another graphic that steps through the various actions within a turn when they are being done (Shooting with a model select model->select weapon->select target->roll for hit-> etc.). I have used this method to teach both killteam and mtg to people and found a lot of success. I have taken to requesting an outline of turn structure before any other information when learning a new game. Just a thought from an amateur who loves your videos 😊
I thought that you had to roll for ALL weapons on a charge including weapons that you don't normally have to roll for. Learned something new! AWESOME thanks.
Ooh, hold up now. If you're referring to the flamer, as I said in the video that DOES auto hit even in overwatch. The rolling sequence for that is a D6 to determine the NUMBER OF HITS. The you roll to wound. There's no hit roll for auto hitting weapons like flamers :)
Thank you for making a very easy to understand HTP video. We play often enough to forget rules between matches, and this is a fantastic refresher. I will also share it with new players. Well done.
GW should hire you to write their rules for KT 2.0. The rule book is a convoluted mess. Playing with a translated version of the book makes it even worse. Thanks for video :)
Thank you. I feel.like this will be very helpful when trying out kill team for the first time ever after about a 15-20year hiatus from warhammer in total. And extra helpful since i am playing imperial guard. Cheers!
This is basically custom built for you, then! It's pretty information dense, but after understanding this video, you'll have a good grasp on the basics. If you could spread out around, that would be helpful for me :)
@@GlassHalfDead i will indeed send it to my friends tomorrow as well since we're all of us new to this more or less. And with books and stuff we'll probably watch it quite a few times trying to learn how to play over the weekend :). So very much tailored to us and should prove to be very helpful indeed.
Awesome video! I recently purchased the core rules book, and am starting to go through it. I've started building my Killteam, and have started watching battle reports. Btw, I love your dude asking for subs, it totally made me laugh. Subbed!
Very informative - thanks. I found it a bit easier to follow in this one game turn format as opposed to some of the other rules clarifications videos where they are a bit less context for the rule.
I had considered continuing the video and running through the second turn much faster, but ultimately decided it wouldn't really add anything to the actual learning of rules. Glad it was the right choice :)
Excellent video dude! I've been looking for something that very clearly explains the rules and a walk through battle round for ages and this I'd perfect! Thank you!
Trying to learn an entire game with a 20 minute video can be really tough! I'd recommend, now that you've watched this video, track down a Kill Team One Page Reference sheet, and play through it using that as a turn guide. Take it slow, and accept you first few games are going to be slow, but that it speeds up soon enough :)
I asked about this in another comment to someone else's question about charging.... but I thought on a failed charge, you could move any distance up to the charge distance rolled....but it had to be directly towards the charge target...
Just read through the designer's commentary again, and I believe that clears it up... you're totally right, the part about "as close as possible" doesn't just mean directly towards the target, but also basically means the full distance...
Im so close to investing in kill team. But im quite antisocial and am lacking anyone to play with lol. I am working on persuading my brother. This is just an idea linking to this video which was very informative but id really like to see a full battle report style video with a step by step voice over like this.
@@jesubudallah I actually intend to start doing exactly that with my channel. It wouldn't be AS in depth, that's simply too much. But whenever a gun is shot or 2 guys fight, flash up the relevant datasheets etc. Focusing more on strategy than beginner stuff, but still being beginner friendly. A sort of "Kill Team in 15" type thing. Undecided on exact specifics just yet,
@@jesubudallah im also searching for someone in Berlin to practice with as soon as i finished painting my list up. But i personally had great experience with local game stores and so on. Because they were really friendly tho i only was an annoying bystander so far 😅
Excellent. Thanks so much for this. I've been playing KT/watching your vids for about 6 months, and you've really helped to clarify some of the rules for me. Two areas I still find slightly confusing are the Consolidate and Pile-in function. I think I get them, but the rule book is pretty poor at giving examples and nuanced details. You have done a video on charging and areas of control, which was very useful, but personally I'd love a 10 min vid on the whole charge cycle including Pile-in and Consolidate. I've played with a few people, and I think these are two of the main areas that confuse players, as they are both readily used in game, and even though they seem simple can throw up some challenging scenarios (especially for those of us who don't play big 40K). Keep up the good work!
Happy to help and try to grow the community :D Consolidate and Pile in and when/what attacking is legal is pretty complicated. I agree that I need to do a video covering all of it. That will definitely require a script and a lot of thought! It's always a tough one because I have to question how many people really want an indepth guide, because it would be a lot of work but might get sub-1k views, then it just feels sucky. So I'll have to think of how to market it because it's pretty niche. I'll think on it!
@@GlassHalfDead Brilliant, thanks! Though please don’t go to the trouble on my account if your numbers won’t be very high for such a video; I very much appreciate that it’s a more nuanced aspect of the rule set. You’ve already vastly helped my understanding of the game. Speaking of lawyer rules, I actually work for one of the major law firms, and am prone to the odd bit of OCD legalese, to a point where I was so frustrated by the rule book that I actually re-wrote it. Instead of a lengthy time consuming video, how about I just give you my interpretation of both areas of the game below? Pile-in: This is NOT to be used by a model who has failed a charge, in fact models who have failed their charge cannot attack in the Fight Phase unless an enemy model makes a concious choice to successfully counter charge or uses consolidation to bring themselves into 1’’ of the failed charging model. Pile-in is a tactical move and a useful way to swamp targets (if multiple friendly models surround an enemy it may be impossible to retreat or fall back) and therefore get a positional advantage. In essence it’s a consolidation move without having to kill an enemy model. Consolidating: The consolidating model may attack again in that Fight Phase if it reaches within 1’’ an enemy model, but ONLY if it has any attacks left to use. This can be a useful tactic if you have a strong combat model and are confident you can take an opponent out with one attack, leaving you the ability to move on to the next model (provided they are within 3’’ of course) The defending model may also attack in that same Fight Phase (again, as long as it has any attacks left). Consolidation is a valuable strategic positional move to place your models closer to a target in the next round of play, especially if the model can make contact as it means they don’t have to chance a charge/suffer an overwatch. Consolidation should be seen as the ‘adrenaline rush’ models get from combat, and the ability of faster /stronger models to dance or smash their way through enemy ranks. Am I off the mark here? I’d appreciate your feedback. Cheers.
I got annoyed at KT as nothing was being killed, until I watched this video and realised I was rolling 1 die for injury when it should have been 1 die per damage! No wonder it took ages to actually table a model, PLUS I didn't add the Flesh Wound modifier which makes it tougher for said model to survive. THANK YOU
I think it's a great secondary game, even if you still want to play with the big toys of full 40K. I mean, obviously I think it's BETTER purely because of the roster and alternating activations, but I mean there's a REASON, even if it's not for everyone.
Note that the Omnispex removes the cover penalty to injury rolls as well as hit rolls. Not that it would have made any difference with the injury roll made at 14:00ish, but you said in your voice over at that point that a 5 was needed to get an out of action result, whereas because of the Omnispex a 4 would have sufficed.
@@GlassHalfDead what's mistake number 1? In case it's something I'm getting wrong, too. :-) (I did realise that the Tempestor isn't issuing orders and the AdMech aren't doing their Canticles, both of which are core book rules, but that seems not so much like a mistake but rather something not worth going into when you're just trying to demonstrate the core game mechanics. And Ruststalker stats are shown for the Vanguard Alpha partway through the fight phase, but that doesn't actually affect anything.)
@@anotherzingbo Gosh, well I hadn't noticed I messed up the datasheet timing, oops. And yeah, I wasn't counting orders etc. that's too much to add to the video. I called out the Tempestor as hitting on 3s with a -1 from the power fist making it 4s. He's actually normally hitting on 4s, so should have been hitting on 5s. No biggie, and the correct datasheet was in place, and it's not a fundamental messing up of a core rule.
I think it's pretty much the only one! (I checked. It's not. But it's the only one done in this style that isn't just reading from a book). Hope it helps, spread it around as much as you can :D
Great rules refresher, as I'm about to play my first KillTeam Game in over a year! Thanks so much for making this video detailed, but not too long! (Although I do disagree strongly that it is a better game than full scale Warhammer 40.000 ;) )
@@GlassHalfDead Oh, it might just come down to familiarity and what games I grew up with, so I'm totally aware how subjective this is. But I often feel that the bigger the scale of the game, the worse it works with alternating activation patterns. In Skirmish level games, you usually deal with between 6 and 14 activations (plus give or take a few, depending on game and armies). But 40k can vary widely in the number of units and thus activations (especially since super-heavies, Knights, etc. have become a more common sight). So you could deal with an horde army that fights 3 Knights. And since alternating game styles usually have mechanics that revolve around that playstyle, it can seriously throw one side out of the loop if it has siginificantly less activations than the other, enabling easy bait and decoy tactics and playing it safe for the horde. But it might also just be me, slowly getting old and cranky. I'm fully aware of that possibilty ;)
Happy to help! Hope it wasn't too much information, learning in person is ALWAYS easier. If you could spread it around to others interested, that be a big help :)
Great video I'm only a few weeks into kill team so still trying to take it all in n watched this several times which is helping massively. Im unsure though at 7:50 should the electro-priest save on a 6+ not 5, wanna make sure I'm not missing something?
Great help, thank you! I imagine someone who's never played this sort of game having a brain melt, thinking:"However....then...unless...but...as long as...becomes 5+ unless..."
It's not the best written rulebook the world has ever seen, but like all games, if you have someone to guide you through your first 2 games, you'll get it all figured out pretty quickly apart from fringe cases!
I have a Facebook group now where I will sometimes post videos early and give sneak peeks behind the scenes or just chat about my thoughts! facebook.com/groups/glasshalfdead/
Great video, clear and helpful :) Request: if you update this could you use servants with a rogue psycher so we can learn about psychic powers? Please and thank you :)
A great suggestion, adding in the psychic phase would help. I definitely made a few critical mistakes in the structure of this video, but as soon as we've got a new edition this will be the first video I work on, hopefully fixing all the issues :)
@@GlassHalfDead awesome thank you :) this video explained how to play better than any other video ive seen (even better than the official rulebook) so thanks again :)
It was confusing to me too but I think when looking around the rule is that you can't shoot WITH models within 1" of an enemy model. It sounded like he said "cannot shoot AT models within 1" of an enemy model". He reiterates this rule at 17:33 when he says that pistols are the only ranged weapons which CAN be shot while within 1" of an enemy model. Edit: He definitely said AT but that was a mistake I think
Those don't look like any Imperial Guard I remember, are these a unit type I've not yet seen? I have to admit they loom Amazing! Much improved over the Cadian Shocktroops.
@@GlassHalfDead Ahhh, thank you. I just got back in the hobby after a 10 year absence. These make me want to start an IG army with these because they look so amazing! Bravo on the paint sceme!
Great video, love the colour scheme of the scions. The tempestor should of been hitting on a 4 in combat as his ws is 3+ not 4+ this was a mistake i was making too until recently.
Lovely tutorial. Thank you, that has cleared up a few details. Out of curiosity where did you get your status token dice from? They are a very neat and tidy solution
I bought kill team two years ago on release, and have been painting it since (on and off as not much spare time). I still have one scenery piece (the largest) and one tyranid left to paint. I didn't bother using the minis that came with it, as I preferred primaris and tyranids. I just hope I actually enjoy the game after all the hard work 😂 Ps last games workshop game I played was space crusade and heroquest 30 years ago!
@@johnpineapple1824 well hey, if you have any questions, go ahead and ask! If you use Discord, my server has lots of people even better with the rules then myself, and you can ask your questions there whenever they come up as you're playing, as well
Question: Say if your dude is on a 2nd floor with walls and is as close as possible to a window (let's pretend he's pointing his gun at a fully exposed target down below) would the shot be obscured since technically your own model is obscured from the torso down in relation to the target? Or do we determine this as "The shooter's EYEsight -vs- the entirety of the enemy model"? Or is there a rule I skipped that states "if your unit is within 1" of partial cover it doesn't count towards obscurity rules when shooting an enemy".? 3 examples to make this question simple: 1) The Shooter and Target are 12" appart, there's a barrier at the half-way point (6" away from either of them). Target counts as obscured since Shooter can't see his feet. 2) The Shooter and Target are 12" appart, there's a barrier between them but less than 1" away from the Target (AKA Target behind cover). Target counts as obscured since Shooter can only see his head. 3) The Shooter and Target are 12" appart, there's a barrier between them but less than 1" away from the Shooter. (AKA Shooter behind cover). What would the rule be here?
Okay so, I'm going to point you to my video where I go indepth on how exactly line of sight works as I believe I answer you clearly there. If you still have questions, I can clarify after that. ua-cam.com/video/4ywGEc994kE/v-deo.html
@@GlassHalfDead Thanks. So according to that, if I were the Necron at 3:38, or the Vanguard at 1:59 in that video (aiming at a fully exposed Target) the shot would still be -1 to hit because my Necron's/Vanguard's feet are obscured from the Target's perspective?
I feel like this should play more like Battletech. Players alternate moving models and then alternate shooting. But all damage occurs simultaneously. The rules as written seem like they would give too much advantage to the player that goes 1st, but I haven't played Kill Team or 40k yet...
I actually like the concept of all damage happening at the end. However, KT typically gives a huge advantage to whoever goes SECOND. Knowing where your enemy has moved so that you can position is supoer powerful. Stop them from getting the shots they want and focus your fire against the models you want to kill etc.
Haha! Trust me, I tried my best. This is a very information dense video, I promise you that. Like my other videos, this is a RESOURCE more than a one time watch kind of thing. Want to learn to play the game? This video has you covered. I explain A LOT and I use visual aids. It's not the prettiest video, but it's damn informative. The goal was that if you're paying attention, a single watch of this video can teach you the entire game.
Yeah, I think he showed the wrong statline. The model should be a Vanguard Alpha, but he showed the stats of Sicarian Ruststalkers. If you check at 2:57 you can see the Vanguard stats, which shows a WS (Weapon Skill) stat of 4+ (which is your "to Hit" in CC) and an A (Attack) Value of 2, which is the number of attacks.
I believe (hope?!) I picked my words very carefully and used this exact example to show how the injury roll works. The injury roll is ALWAYS (no matter what happened before!) the damage characteristic of the weapon. A 1 damage weapon (like a bolter or lasgun or flamer) will only ever roll 1 dice for the injury roll. A 3 damage weapon will roll 3 dice for the injury roll no matter what came before. the injury roll is related to the damage characteristic not the number of shots!
@@GlassHalfDead I understand that part. But i still thought you make several injury rolls. If a 2 shot bolter, both wound and saves are failed. Then you roll a 1 die injury roll. Resolve it. Then roll a second 1 die injury roll for the subsequent hit. Then resolve that one. This is how i thought multi hits worked.
@@GlassHalfDead @Wilfinger MRLaser was all out of stick but did a custom order for me. They're in the mail now. Yes, Europe shipping was extra, but I cant wait to get my hands on those marker dice. Great idea.
I know it looks that way, but I think that's only because I went into so much depth! Throwing that many rules on the screen, anything would look complicated, but I wanted to be thorough :D
Ironically the thing that gave me most trouble when I started playing was reading the stats: the ballistic skill vs weapon profile, Strength vs number of attacks and weapon types (pistol, Heavy, etc), DX number of attacks, saves vs AP, all that. I think that was the stuff that gave me the most issue and made the matches much longer until you internalize it all, and honestly the rulebook isn't that well written. Pile-In and Consolidate is also a tad confusing, with the Injury Rolls as well.
The rules seems intresting, I like the alternate shooting, thats the bigges problem with Infinity tabletop. However Star Wars Legion still has the best rules
Man I wish I'd found out about this pre-pandemic. I was intimidated by the cost of WH40K but this looks a LOT more financially manageable. Doesn't help that I really want to play IG
Hey, loved the video. Clear and concise, I do have a question though. As an Imperial Guard player is there a limit on the number of models your kill team can be?
Hey there. Yes, so every team has a maximum number of models you can have on the board at any time. 20. In reality, most factions naturally top out at about 15 assuming they're taking anything more than just their most basic unit :)
@@GlassHalfDead I'd say it gives it a lot of hype so it's great for build up of ending a series. Maybe the beginning of something would be a good thing to try it with?
Have been playing Warcry recently, really, it‘s still movement phase and already 1000+ dice rolls and special abilities 👌🏽I might as well consider a second playthrough of AC Odyssey 😅
I wouldn't feel comfortable doing one until I had played it plenty of times. Sadly, right now I'm focusing on 40K 9th as I don't have the minis to play Apoc correctly. One day though!
This video actually made me think, and look at my plasmagun armed Death Guard Champion... Why would I equip the most sensitive unit, with a weapon that can pretty much cost me the victory, in a single bad roll? 😳
Plasma in your leader is totally fine! In fact, as DG I recommend it as otherwise he's a very expensive useless model with just a bolter. Give him the plasma and simply... Never overcharge it! 😁 You still have the high strength and great AP. You just don't get the 2 damage in the injury. Still a good weapon
At 20:18 when you roll the D6 and half it, if you roll 5, shouldn't that result be 2 rather than 3 (2.5). I never played a game where the rounding is made upwards.
So that was me simplifying how you roll a D3. We're not ACTUALLY rolling a D6 and halving it, we're rolling a D3 using a D6. So 1-2 is a 1, 3-4 is a 2, 5-6 is a 3 :)
When I use tactic that allows me to atack again (Like GSC Industrial Brutality) Does the second attack must be done against charged model if I charged this round? Or I can choose another target?
You still need to attack a valid target, yes. The restrictions on who you're allowed to attack remain until the round ends, typically. This isn't always true and there might be wording on a tactic that breaks that.
Look forward to this! Maybe "Explain it like I'm five" style? The official video from GW is kind of hard to follow and I plan to play my first match on Friday so perfect timing.
This is a very information dense video, I promise you that. Like my other videos, this is a RESOURCE more than a one time watch kind of thing. Want to learn to play the game? This video has you covered. I explain A LOT and I use visual aids. In theory you don't need the visual aids as I narrate everything as I go, but they're there for those that want to pause the video and read the actual rule from the rulebook. It's not the prettiest video, but it's damn informative. The goal was that if you're paying attention, a single watch of this video can teach you the entire game.
@@GlassHalfDead Now that is what I like to hear! Thanks for the teaser!
I have found that printing out a hamdy cheat sheet andnhaving that handy has been helpful...my son and I are still just learning...
@@isaiahfurrow7414 Great idea!
@@AJBlack , the one we use is by Shoobie... 2 pages, and comes right up in a google search... we also used the GW roster generator, to make a roster sheet, then plugged that into the Battlescribe app and played with the output options to get a printout that we liked the layout of... also you can export the battlescribe info into the Companion app for kill team, and use that for a very handy way to track what tactics you can spend your CP on, it will even list what are available to you and your specific models, per phase...
All of this is free, aside from some printer ink, and between the cheat sheet, battlescribe printout, and the companion app, we have been helped out a lot... best of luck to you.
This is probably the clearest and most well explained rules video I've ever watched. It is very quick-paced (and I've just read in the comments that you advise viewers to pause the video and read the instructions provided for clarity), but as a complete newbie to playing table top games, what I struggle with most is comprehending the scores: Save 3, plus or minus 1, roll two D6, 4 to save - or whatever. Perhaps a visual calculation would help, because by the time I've visualised the calculation, the narrative has moved on a pace. But that's just me, and honestly, you've done a great job explaining so much in such a short video. I'll definitely have to watch it again, and maybe again, before the penny finally drops!
Thanks! There are definitely a few issues. A lack of structure and explanation in the beginning is one of them. When the next Kill Team releases and I redo this, I'll definitely work to make it a little bit easier to follow, but it's still going to be very fast and most likely require multiple viewings. A learn to play should NOT be 40+ minutes imo
That's an impressive amount of information to cover in 20 minutes. I'm glad you pointed out in a comment that this is meant to be the sort of thing you can go back and reference as opposed to being intended to teach it all in a single go, as I think it would be really tricky for a raw beginner to watch any video straight through and really understand how to play. I think this will definitely help folks who have read the rules, but need an in-game example of how various things work.
Yeah, I mean, if you're REALLY good at absorbing rules then this video will teach you to play KT. But because there's so much on screen, it's not really realistic to expect someone to take EVERYTHING in. At the same time though, all of the datasheets and rules I throw on screen are not actually needed. I say all the rules out loud, and having the screen be so busy was just to "help" but of course it also hinders a certain sense. But I figured, belt and braces, get it all on screen, let the people take from it what they want. Equally, could probably mute the video and still get most of the rules.
Totally used this to show my 11 year old how to play, she picked up on it good enough to not be scared to play and learn while playing! Thanks!
Not gonna lie. I liked and subscribed because of that admec voice.
It was spot on, right?!
Hey, great video! I am relatively new to killteam (been playing for 6 months), but have some constructive criticism on how to teach the game. I find that people interpret and retain information better when they have a framework to place it in. It may help to briefly (30-45 seconds) explain the progression of a battle round prior to walking through your example (initiative->move->psychic->shoot->moral). During the example you could have a graphic on the side of the screen that displays the phases and indicates the one currently active. Maybe have another graphic that steps through the various actions within a turn when they are being done (Shooting with a model select model->select weapon->select target->roll for hit-> etc.). I have used this method to teach both killteam and mtg to people and found a lot of success. I have taken to requesting an outline of turn structure before any other information when learning a new game.
Just a thought from an amateur who loves your videos 😊
Your galaxy brain gave me the idea to draw out such graphs on a paper and use a tracker whilst ingame to denote the progression of the game tyvm
Thanks so much for this! First KT game tonight in over a year!
Great video. This'll help a lot with getting new people into the game!
That's the dream!
I thought that you had to roll for ALL weapons on a charge including weapons that you don't normally have to roll for.
Learned something new! AWESOME thanks.
Ooh, hold up now. If you're referring to the flamer, as I said in the video that DOES auto hit even in overwatch. The rolling sequence for that is a D6 to determine the NUMBER OF HITS. The you roll to wound. There's no hit roll for auto hitting weapons like flamers :)
Thank you, I needed ti remind rules for old kilmteam and your wideo is probably best I found on youtube.
Happy to help!
Great refresher as game shops start to open back up. Bravo!
Thanks!
Thanks for this, It took a few dozen quick rewinds but I learned eventually.
Happy to help! and yeah, this is a jam packed video where I just ploughed through to keep it quick :)
A nice and clear explanation of how each phase and action works, including some common pitfalls dealt with. Thanks!
Thanks, Inuqisitor!
Finally understood all Rolls and interactions including modifiers properly ! Thanks for this Video Dude!!
Just you wait till the more advanced rules come into play ;)
An excellent tutorial for Kill Team. Many thanks for taking the time to make this.
I really love those Custodians standing in the back like the most Noble Referees ever XD
Custodes: "Captain! Should we stop them."
Captain: "N.. nah. Kinda keeping notes."
I mean, they ARE the watchers of the throne!
Thank you for making a very easy to understand HTP video. We play often enough to forget rules between matches, and this is a fantastic refresher. I will also share it with new players. Well done.
GW should hire you to write their rules for KT 2.0. The rule book is a convoluted mess. Playing with a translated version of the book makes it even worse. Thanks for video :)
I don't envy their work at all, and frankly it requires a graphic designer more than a rules writer, but if they want to pay me, I'll take it :P
Thorough and precise analysis of rules. Great job Mr Glass Half Dead.
Thanks, bud!
Thank you. I feel.like this will be very helpful when trying out kill team for the first time ever after about a 15-20year hiatus from warhammer in total. And extra helpful since i am playing imperial guard. Cheers!
This is basically custom built for you, then!
It's pretty information dense, but after understanding this video, you'll have a good grasp on the basics. If you could spread out around, that would be helpful for me :)
@@GlassHalfDead i will indeed send it to my friends tomorrow as well since we're all of us new to this more or less. And with books and stuff we'll probably watch it quite a few times trying to learn how to play over the weekend :). So very much tailored to us and should prove to be very helpful indeed.
I found you on readdit and forgot about it . Year later , I find this on accident. Won’t make that mistake again ! Subbed
Hope the rest of the channel is useful for you too :)
Just getting through this video. Super for relearning this game! You did a really good job narrating. Very well explained!
Awesome video! I recently purchased the core rules book, and am starting to go through it. I've started building my Killteam, and have started watching battle reports. Btw, I love your dude asking for subs, it totally made me laugh. Subbed!
Probably the best first time how to Kill Team video on the tube!👍🏻🙂
Thanks! Spread it around as much as you can :D
Very informative - thanks. I found it a bit easier to follow in this one game turn format as opposed to some of the other rules clarifications videos where they are a bit less context for the rule.
I had considered continuing the video and running through the second turn much faster, but ultimately decided it wouldn't really add anything to the actual learning of rules. Glad it was the right choice :)
Excellent video dude! I've been looking for something that very clearly explains the rules and a walk through battle round for ages and this I'd perfect! Thank you!
Glad it helped! I hope it wasn't information overload :)
@@GlassHalfDead not at all mate I think your explanations were really clear and really helpful!
great video! , whenever the rules for 1 (to die with Plasma) weapon occur. It is commonly believed that the user has fried oneself.
Glad you liked it! I hope it helped :)
Great video! My brain kinda hurts now from all the complicated rules and different rolls, but that was a neat introduction.
Trying to learn an entire game with a 20 minute video can be really tough! I'd recommend, now that you've watched this video, track down a Kill Team One Page Reference sheet, and play through it using that as a turn guide. Take it slow, and accept you first few games are going to be slow, but that it speeds up soon enough :)
@@GlassHalfDead Thanks! I will certainly try that.
I asked about this in another comment to someone else's question about charging.... but I thought on a failed charge, you could move any distance up to the charge distance rolled....but it had to be directly towards the charge target...
Just read through the designer's commentary again, and I believe that clears it up... you're totally right, the part about "as close as possible" doesn't just mean directly towards the target, but also basically means the full distance...
@@isaiahfurrow7414 I think I just replied to you further up, but yup, you got it! It's cleared up in the DC. The original wording is super unclear.
Thanks a Lot. I have been buying and painting KT miniatures since november without playing. Hope with ur help finally I Will. Greetings
I'd love to know how this video helped you! Was it all a bit too much? Did I skip over things that are vital to a new player? Anything else like that
Same here!👍
Im so close to investing in kill team. But im quite antisocial and am lacking anyone to play with lol. I am working on persuading my brother. This is just an idea linking to this video which was very informative but id really like to see a full battle report style video with a step by step voice over like this.
@@jesubudallah I actually intend to start doing exactly that with my channel. It wouldn't be AS in depth, that's simply too much. But whenever a gun is shot or 2 guys fight, flash up the relevant datasheets etc.
Focusing more on strategy than beginner stuff, but still being beginner friendly. A sort of "Kill Team in 15" type thing.
Undecided on exact specifics just yet,
@@jesubudallah im also searching for someone in Berlin to practice with as soon as i finished painting my list up. But i personally had great experience with local game stores and so on. Because they were really friendly tho i only was an annoying bystander so far 😅
Great video! And I learned we’ve been playing wrong... gotta watch this a couple more times to digest it all!
Excellent. Thanks so much for this. I've been playing KT/watching your vids for about 6 months, and you've really helped to clarify some of the rules for me.
Two areas I still find slightly confusing are the Consolidate and Pile-in function. I think I get them, but the rule book is pretty poor at giving examples and nuanced details. You have done a video on charging and areas of control, which was very useful, but personally I'd love a 10 min vid on the whole charge cycle including Pile-in and Consolidate. I've played with a few people, and I think these are two of the main areas that confuse players, as they are both readily used in game, and even though they seem simple can throw up some challenging scenarios (especially for those of us who don't play big 40K). Keep up the good work!
Happy to help and try to grow the community :D
Consolidate and Pile in and when/what attacking is legal is pretty complicated. I agree that I need to do a video covering all of it. That will definitely require a script and a lot of thought! It's always a tough one because I have to question how many people really want an indepth guide, because it would be a lot of work but might get sub-1k views, then it just feels sucky.
So I'll have to think of how to market it because it's pretty niche. I'll think on it!
@@GlassHalfDead Brilliant, thanks! Though please don’t go to the trouble on my account if your numbers won’t be very high for such a video; I very much appreciate that it’s a more nuanced aspect of the rule set. You’ve already vastly helped my understanding of the game.
Speaking of lawyer rules, I actually work for one of the major law firms, and am prone to the odd bit of OCD legalese, to a point where I was so frustrated by the rule book that I actually re-wrote it. Instead of a lengthy time consuming video, how about I just give you my interpretation of both areas of the game below?
Pile-in: This is NOT to be used by a model who has failed a charge, in fact models who have failed their charge cannot attack in the Fight Phase unless an enemy model makes a concious choice to successfully counter charge or uses consolidation to bring themselves into 1’’ of the failed charging model. Pile-in is a tactical move and a useful way to swamp targets (if multiple friendly models surround an enemy it may be impossible to retreat or fall back) and therefore get a positional advantage. In essence it’s a consolidation move without having to kill an enemy model.
Consolidating: The consolidating model may attack again in that Fight Phase if it reaches within 1’’ an enemy model, but ONLY if it has any attacks left to use. This can be a useful tactic if you have a strong combat model and are confident you can take an opponent out with one attack, leaving you the ability to move on to the next model (provided they are within 3’’ of course) The defending model may also attack in that same Fight Phase (again, as long as it has any attacks left). Consolidation is a valuable strategic positional move to place your models closer to a target in the next round of play, especially if the model can make contact as it means they don’t have to chance a charge/suffer an overwatch. Consolidation should be seen as the ‘adrenaline rush’ models get from combat, and the ability of faster /stronger models to dance or smash their way through enemy ranks.
Am I off the mark here? I’d appreciate your feedback.
Cheers.
I got annoyed at KT as nothing was being killed, until I watched this video and realised I was rolling 1 die for injury when it should have been 1 die per damage! No wonder it took ages to actually table a model, PLUS I didn't add the Flesh Wound modifier which makes it tougher for said model to survive. THANK YOU
Amazing video M8, I usually play regular 40k but now I really want to play this out!
I think it's a great secondary game, even if you still want to play with the big toys of full 40K. I mean, obviously I think it's BETTER purely because of the roster and alternating activations, but I mean there's a REASON, even if it's not for everyone.
Note that the Omnispex removes the cover penalty to injury rolls as well as hit rolls. Not that it would have made any difference with the injury roll made at 14:00ish, but you said in your voice over at that point that a 5 was needed to get an out of action result, whereas because of the Omnispex a 4 would have sufficed.
Aww, wrecked! You're right, of course. Mistake number 2 in the video!
@@GlassHalfDead what's mistake number 1? In case it's something I'm getting wrong, too. :-)
(I did realise that the Tempestor isn't issuing orders and the AdMech aren't doing their Canticles, both of which are core book rules, but that seems not so much like a mistake but rather something not worth going into when you're just trying to demonstrate the core game mechanics. And Ruststalker stats are shown for the Vanguard Alpha partway through the fight phase, but that doesn't actually affect anything.)
@@anotherzingbo Gosh, well I hadn't noticed I messed up the datasheet timing, oops. And yeah, I wasn't counting orders etc. that's too much to add to the video. I called out the Tempestor as hitting on 3s with a -1 from the power fist making it 4s. He's actually normally hitting on 4s, so should have been hitting on 5s. No biggie, and the correct datasheet was in place, and it's not a fundamental messing up of a core rule.
Incredibly well done. Has been the most helpful Kill Team video I've seen. Well shot and good visual aids.
Easily the best how to play KT on UA-cam. More of the same please!
I think it's pretty much the only one! (I checked. It's not. But it's the only one done in this style that isn't just reading from a book). Hope it helps, spread it around as much as you can :D
Thanks for this. Playing next weekend
Happy to help!
Great rules refresher, as I'm about to play my first KillTeam Game in over a year! Thanks so much for making this video detailed, but not too long!
(Although I do disagree strongly that it is a better game than full scale Warhammer 40.000 ;) )
Happy to help!
Hey, when 40K wants to change to alternating activations, then I'll move on from KT for good. Till then... ;)
@@GlassHalfDead Oh god, I hope they don't do that, really not the biggest fan...
@@killercookie6195 Why not, if I might ask?
@@GlassHalfDead Oh, it might just come down to familiarity and what games I grew up with, so I'm totally aware how subjective this is. But I often feel that the bigger the scale of the game, the worse it works with alternating activation patterns. In Skirmish level games, you usually deal with between 6 and 14 activations (plus give or take a few, depending on game and armies). But 40k can vary widely in the number of units and thus activations (especially since super-heavies, Knights, etc. have become a more common sight). So you could deal with an horde army that fights 3 Knights. And since alternating game styles usually have mechanics that revolve around that playstyle, it can seriously throw one side out of the loop if it has siginificantly less activations than the other, enabling easy bait and decoy tactics and playing it safe for the horde.
But it might also just be me, slowly getting old and cranky. I'm fully aware of that possibilty ;)
Great video, really helpful. I was due to have a demo game at GW but then COVID 19. So your video filled the gap. Thanks
Happy to help! Hope it wasn't too much information, learning in person is ALWAYS easier. If you could spread it around to others interested, that be a big help :)
Great video I'm only a few weeks into kill team so still trying to take it all in n watched this several times which is helping massively. Im unsure though at 7:50 should the electro-priest save on a 6+ not 5, wanna make sure I'm not missing something?
I did not know how to play Kill Team, and then I watched this video and now I run international kill team tournaments! 10/10 would recommend!
How have I only just seen this lol :P
Great video man! Can’t wait to try my first game tomorrow!
Oh brilliant! I hope this video helps you out!
Great video, quick question where did you get your d6 markers? And you d6 normal dice?
Great help, thank you! I imagine someone who's never played this sort of game having a brain melt, thinking:"However....then...unless...but...as long as...becomes 5+ unless..."
It's not the best written rulebook the world has ever seen, but like all games, if you have someone to guide you through your first 2 games, you'll get it all figured out pretty quickly apart from fringe cases!
I have a Facebook group now where I will sometimes post videos early and give sneak peeks behind the scenes or just chat about my thoughts! facebook.com/groups/glasshalfdead/
Great video, clear and helpful :)
Request: if you update this could you use servants with a rogue psycher so we can learn about psychic powers? Please and thank you :)
A great suggestion, adding in the psychic phase would help. I definitely made a few critical mistakes in the structure of this video, but as soon as we've got a new edition this will be the first video I work on, hopefully fixing all the issues :)
@@GlassHalfDead awesome thank you :) this video explained how to play better than any other video ive seen (even better than the official rulebook) so thanks again :)
17:07 not sure if this has been pointed out but the correct rule is "You cannot shoot at models within 1 inch of a FRIENDLY model."
It was confusing to me too but I think when looking around the rule is that you can't shoot WITH models within 1" of an enemy model. It sounded like he said "cannot shoot AT models within 1" of an enemy model". He reiterates this rule at 17:33 when he says that pistols are the only ranged weapons which CAN be shot while within 1" of an enemy model.
Edit: He definitely said AT but that was a mistake I think
Yup! I just said the wrong word there, good catch :D
Very helpful, thank you!
Excellent video!
Thanks :D
Those don't look like any Imperial Guard I remember, are these a unit type I've not yet seen? I have to admit they loom Amazing! Much improved over the Cadian Shocktroops.
Hello! These have been around since like 2012, I think :P They're the regular Astra Militarum Scions. New stormtroopers. I just paint them yellow!
@@GlassHalfDead Ahhh, thank you. I just got back in the hobby after a 10 year absence. These make me want to start an IG army with these because they look so amazing! Bravo on the paint sceme!
I´m just starting, so this is really helpful!
Br tbm?
just got my kill team starter kit
cant wait to try it
Great video, love the colour scheme of the scions. The tempestor should of been hitting on a 4 in combat as his ws is 3+ not 4+ this was a mistake i was making too until recently.
That was a mistake, yes. Luckily, the datasheet was up on screen, so in a way it was just a test... well done, you passed
Good video very useful information keep it up!
Thanks!
Lovely tutorial. Thank you, that has cleared up a few details. Out of curiosity where did you get your status token dice from? They are a very neat and tidy solution
Perfect timing. I'm just looking to get in to this!
Great! I hope this wasn't TOO MUCH information!
I bought kill team two years ago on release, and have been painting it since (on and off as not much spare time). I still have one scenery piece (the largest) and one tyranid left to paint. I didn't bother using the minis that came with it, as I preferred primaris and tyranids. I just hope I actually enjoy the game after all the hard work 😂 Ps last games workshop game I played was space crusade and heroquest 30 years ago!
I just realized i have been playing KT in a different way than intended... 😜🙃😂 awesome video!!
Haha, it happens to us all, don't worry! What were you getting wrong, out of curiosity?
@@GlassHalfDead uff, where to begin. Charging to overwatch reaction, allocation of wounds (mortal vs flesh), and fighting 😜😂.
Thanks for the video!!
@@johnpineapple1824 oh gosh. I didn't even cover mortal wounds in this video :p
@@GlassHalfDead i was wondering, but great video it clarifies the process overall
@@johnpineapple1824 well hey, if you have any questions, go ahead and ask! If you use Discord, my server has lots of people even better with the rules then myself, and you can ask your questions there whenever they come up as you're playing, as well
This was so helpful, def cleared up a bunch of things.
Great vid. Thanks! 👍👍
Thanks, bud!
Nice video, thanks for teaching us noobs. Keep it up please.
Doing my best! :D
Question: Say if your dude is on a 2nd floor with walls and is as close as possible to a window (let's pretend he's pointing his gun at a fully exposed target down below) would the shot be obscured since technically your own model is obscured from the torso down in relation to the target? Or do we determine this as "The shooter's EYEsight -vs- the entirety of the enemy model"? Or is there a rule I skipped that states "if your unit is within 1" of partial cover it doesn't count towards obscurity rules when shooting an enemy".?
3 examples to make this question simple:
1) The Shooter and Target are 12" appart, there's a barrier at the half-way point (6" away from either of them). Target counts as obscured since Shooter can't see his feet.
2) The Shooter and Target are 12" appart, there's a barrier between them but less than 1" away from the Target (AKA Target behind cover). Target counts as obscured since Shooter can only see his head.
3) The Shooter and Target are 12" appart, there's a barrier between them but less than 1" away from the Shooter. (AKA Shooter behind cover). What would the rule be here?
Okay so, I'm going to point you to my video where I go indepth on how exactly line of sight works as I believe I answer you clearly there. If you still have questions, I can clarify after that.
ua-cam.com/video/4ywGEc994kE/v-deo.html
@@GlassHalfDead Thanks. So according to that, if I were the Necron at 3:38, or the Vanguard at 1:59 in that video (aiming at a fully exposed Target) the shot would still be -1 to hit because my Necron's/Vanguard's feet are obscured from the Target's perspective?
the shooter in the window is not obscured... anyone shooting at him is.
thanks for the awesome video! Really great to show with an actual game and taking the time.
I feel like this should play more like Battletech. Players alternate moving models and then alternate shooting. But all damage occurs simultaneously. The rules as written seem like they would give too much advantage to the player that goes 1st, but I haven't played Kill Team or 40k yet...
I actually like the concept of all damage happening at the end. However, KT typically gives a huge advantage to whoever goes SECOND. Knowing where your enemy has moved so that you can position is supoer powerful. Stop them from getting the shots they want and focus your fire against the models you want to kill etc.
Nice!! Please keep it to the point like other videos!
Haha! Trust me, I tried my best. This is a very information dense video, I promise you that. Like my other videos, this is a RESOURCE more than a one time watch kind of thing. Want to learn to play the game? This video has you covered. I explain A LOT and I use visual aids. It's not the prettiest video, but it's damn informative. The goal was that if you're paying attention, a single watch of this video can teach you the entire game.
Well done mate you are the man for the job on this subject ;)
We've really put off our batrep for quite some time now, haven't we? Soon though! Hopefully! :P
18:07 I got a little confused. Which stat shown determines his 4+ hit and which one determines # of hits?
Yeah, I think he showed the wrong statline. The model should be a Vanguard Alpha, but he showed the stats of Sicarian Ruststalkers. If you check at 2:57 you can see the Vanguard stats, which shows a WS (Weapon Skill) stat of 4+ (which is your "to Hit" in CC) and an A (Attack) Value of 2, which is the number of attacks.
@6:25 The model has taken 6 wounds. Shouldnt we have rolled 6 rolls for the injury seperately, instead of 1? (1 for each hit) Great video btw!
I believe (hope?!) I picked my words very carefully and used this exact example to show how the injury roll works. The injury roll is ALWAYS (no matter what happened before!) the damage characteristic of the weapon. A 1 damage weapon (like a bolter or lasgun or flamer) will only ever roll 1 dice for the injury roll. A 3 damage weapon will roll 3 dice for the injury roll no matter what came before.
the injury roll is related to the damage characteristic not the number of shots!
@@GlassHalfDead I understand that part. But i still thought you make several injury rolls. If a 2 shot bolter, both wound and saves are failed. Then you roll a 1 die injury roll. Resolve it. Then roll a second 1 die injury roll for the subsequent hit. Then resolve that one. This is how i thought multi hits worked.
Awesome video! Should we expect a new 40k Kill Team Starter Set for 9th edition to come out from GW?
I don't see us getting a new starter set any time soon without a reboot of Kill Team itself. Pure speculation though!
Nice Tutorial for beginners! Where can i order these sweet dice to use as markers?
Those are order dice from Mr. Lazer. He's got an etsy store. USA based, so not exactly cheap shipping to Europe, but hey ho!
@@GlassHalfDead @Wilfinger MRLaser was all out of stick but did a custom order for me. They're in the mail now. Yes, Europe shipping was extra, but I cant wait to get my hands on those marker dice. Great idea.
It's looks more complicated than the army version 🤣
I know it looks that way, but I think that's only because I went into so much depth! Throwing that many rules on the screen, anything would look complicated, but I wanted to be thorough :D
Nice one, thanks Glass I've shared with some of my mates to hopefully get them to take a dip.
Glad to hear it :D
Ironically the thing that gave me most trouble when I started playing was reading the stats: the ballistic skill vs weapon profile, Strength vs number of attacks and weapon types (pistol, Heavy, etc), DX number of attacks, saves vs AP, all that. I think that was the stuff that gave me the most issue and made the matches much longer until you internalize it all, and honestly the rulebook isn't that well written. Pile-In and Consolidate is also a tad confusing, with the Injury Rolls as well.
Great production!
Very well done
The rules seems intresting, I like the alternate shooting, thats the bigges problem with Infinity tabletop. However Star Wars Legion still has the best rules
Agreed, frankly! I think Legion is a great game. Sadly for me, I just have a block on the Star Wars IP :(
Great video like others on here I need them status dice in my life lol
They're super helpful! I really should have gotten Mr Lazer to send me free swag for this promotion but like a fool I just PAID FOR THEM :O
Really great video! Way more instructive than the rulebook.
May I ask what kind of yellow you used on yor scions? It looks amazing.
17:42 Hisses in Flesh Hooks!
I considered mentioning them! But decided I already had enough going on :P
Man I wish I'd found out about this pre-pandemic. I was intimidated by the cost of WH40K but this looks a LOT more financially manageable.
Doesn't help that I really want to play IG
Hey, loved the video. Clear and concise, I do have a question though. As an Imperial Guard player is there a limit on the number of models your kill team can be?
Hey there. Yes, so every team has a maximum number of models you can have on the board at any time. 20. In reality, most factions naturally top out at about 15 assuming they're taking anything more than just their most basic unit :)
9:18 Voltagheist field
Thank you for this, i can show the video instead of explaining now
That's my aim with both this and my Warcaster how to play :)
Very well done 👍
Thanks :)
Cant wait for this!
I hope it was worth the wait :D
@@GlassHalfDead liking the Warcry terrain!
Brilliant, thank you.
Thank YOU!
Oh dope a premiere!!!!
I've never done one before, so figured I'd give it a go! I don't really know what the point is!
@@GlassHalfDead I'd say it gives it a lot of hype so it's great for build up of ending a series. Maybe the beginning of something would be a good thing to try it with?
At 5am CST oh god I love you ghd but I'm gonna see about the allnighter for that one
Oof... I might push it back to a SLIGHTLY more reasonable hour, fair point :P
Have been playing Warcry recently, really, it‘s still movement phase and already 1000+ dice rolls and special abilities 👌🏽I might as well consider a second playthrough of AC Odyssey 😅
Thanks for an incredible tutorial!
Can you please do a apocalypse one.
I wouldn't feel comfortable doing one until I had played it plenty of times. Sadly, right now I'm focusing on 40K 9th as I don't have the minis to play Apoc correctly. One day though!
Nice Video! Where can i get these dice 😍😍😍😍?
This video actually made me think, and look at my plasmagun armed Death Guard Champion... Why would I equip the most sensitive unit, with a weapon that can pretty much cost me the victory, in a single bad roll? 😳
Plasma in your leader is totally fine! In fact, as DG I recommend it as otherwise he's a very expensive useless model with just a bolter. Give him the plasma and simply... Never overcharge it! 😁 You still have the high strength and great AP. You just don't get the 2 damage in the injury. Still a good weapon
At 20:18 when you roll the D6 and half it, if you roll 5, shouldn't that result be 2 rather than 3 (2.5). I never played a game where the rounding is made upwards.
So that was me simplifying how you roll a D3. We're not ACTUALLY rolling a D6 and halving it, we're rolling a D3 using a D6. So 1-2 is a 1, 3-4 is a 2, 5-6 is a 3 :)
Good job
Cheers, bud!
When I use tactic that allows me to atack again (Like GSC Industrial Brutality) Does the second attack must be done against charged model if I charged this round? Or I can choose another target?
You still need to attack a valid target, yes. The restrictions on who you're allowed to attack remain until the round ends, typically. This isn't always true and there might be wording on a tactic that breaks that.
Awesome how2 vid! Where can I get those ready/charge/... dice? :)
They're from an etsy store called mr lazer. US based so shipping can be a bit much outside there, but I think they're pretty cool!
Cleared up a few things, but ultimately had too much going on.
Would have liked a stripped down game instead of a slowed-down standard type match.