I plan to build three or four hills specific for Star Wars Legion and I want them to make full advantage of the rules for terrain in this game. But I am very much a novice at actually playing, so help me figure out some hills that would make for some interesting play choices and also be as obviously defined as possible by these rules.

My thoughts so far are to build them as a 2 inch tall kind of mesa with maybe two sides that are cliff walls (for climb/clamber) and the others more shallowly stepped, allowing for model bases to stand flat between each step-elevation. I assume these steps will need be broad enough to accommodate a full base to allow a model to legally stand on it? If each shallow step is, say, 3/4 inch tall, I imagine this would provide cover to troops standing on either side of it? But 3/4" steps also should allow free movement up it--or would that count as something like a barricade? Should I have shallower steps than 3/4"?

I guess those are my questions so far. If more occur to me, I'll let you know.

No one have any ideas on this?

You can do it however you like. Then you will explain terrainm rules to your opponent before start to play.

Complex terrain is more interesting but also more, well, complex. Just make sure you're easily able to explain which parts do what. That should be easily accomplished by having the sheer cliff parts more of a rocky color than the sloping bits.

I'll also add that I strongly recommend you make some terrain with the total height less than the full mini height, and call the terrain piece light cover. Hills and dunes are recommended in the RRG to be light cover anyway, and by keeping the height from totally obscuring trooper units you can ensure that the light cover is granted even if units are behind the terrain completely.

On 5/7/2018 at 7:53 PM, Albertese said:

My thoughts so far are to build them as a 2 inch tall kind of mesa with maybe two sides that are cliff walls (for climb/clamber) and the others more shallowly stepped, allowing for model bases to stand flat between each step-elevation. I assume these steps will need be broad enough to accommodate a full base to allow a model to legally stand on it? If each shallow step is, say, 3/4 inch tall, I imagine this would provide cover to troops standing on either side of it? But 3/4" steps also should allow free movement up it--or would that count as something like a barricade? Should I have shallower steps than 3/4"?

If your goal is to provide something that provides cover and/or blocks LOS, but that you can easily move up and down, I think what you've described here works well. Pretty much anything should be able to perform a standard move up a 3/4" step, but the speed may be reduced depending how you define the terrain (refer to the table underneath Barricades on page 9 of the RRG. You may choose to define it as low dirt walls or something.). As long as the terrain is shorter than the unit leader (or shorter than 1/2 of the leader in the case of vehicles) the unit can move up/over without a climb action. The cliff sides will of course need to be climbed.

2 inches tall should be tall enough to block LOS between troopers, but tall vehicles should be able to draw LOS over depending how close the troopers are to the terrain. If this is something you care about in the design. I, for one, am all for more LOS-blocking stuff!

I would recommend making the steps wide enough for minis to sit on. Per the current rules, the steps only need to be wide enough for the base if you are performing some sort of climb or clamber. But I feel there is a bit of contention around that, so if you are in the design stage you can side step the whole issue by just making them wider.

On another note, you don't technically need steps to be legal for movement. If the slope is shallow enough that a mini can stand without additional support, it's a legal placement.

Share some photos when you have it. Would be cool to see!

Thanks, guys. All good points. And I will certainly post pictures once they're finished.