Can attributes drop below the starting value in this game? i.e. to 1?
I could've sworn I read that they could not in the rules, but I may be thinking of Talisman.
Attributes dropping below the starting value?
"Starting Attribute and Life Values: The Strength,
Willpower, and Cunning values indicate how much
of each attribute a player has at the beginning of
the game. A player cannot reduce his attribute dials
below this value." (p. 7)
One of the Scenarios at least changes this, since the idea is to reduce your opponents' attribute to 1 and then kill them via life-loss.
Yes, the Battleship Scenario changes the rules for attributes.
Whoever spent the entire game maxing out one stat can be screwed by this ending.
Unless the others haven't pumped up that stat and the one-statter makes it to the center way faster (like the Ogryn's win in 60 minutes yesterday in the Chaos Manufactorum scenario).