Who has init?

[player1540319 0]

When Imperial 100 vs Imperial duke it out, how do you determine init?

[Chairborne 0]

Roll a die for it?

[magadizer 617]

 You have to have a fist fight with your opponent. Marquis of Queensbury rules. Winner gets initiative, and gets to take home all the models regardless of who they belonged to before the match.

[Major Mishap 33]

 In big bold type on page 7 it say's the Imperial player goes first.

[Chairborne 0]

Major, this is a case where it is Imp v Imp.

[dbmeboy 807]

Coin flip (which I think is actually how init is determined for ties even for Rebel vs Imp in tournaments).

[Smekyasoschern 0]

Then I would say whomever has the highest agility, if thats equal then I would guess lowest pilot skill goes first, if not that then each roll an attack dice - first to roll a hit has initiative.  If there is a tie - re-roll until result achieved.

[dbmeboy 807]

Smekyasoschern said:

Then I would say whomever has the highest agility, if thats equal then I would guess lowest pilot skill goes first, if not that then each roll an attack dice - first to roll a hit has initiative.  If there is a tie - re-roll until result achieved.

How would you use agility as a house-ruled initiative determining factor? An entire side has initiative, not a ship.

[drkjedi35 46]

dbmeboy is correct.  Official tournament rules say that it is a coin flip no matter what faction you are.

 

Roy

[ShadowJak 10]

Major Mishap said:

 In big bold type on page 7 it say's the Imperial player goes first.

Those aren't tournament rules. The tournament rules say to just flip a coin. Everyone I play with just uses the tournament rules all the time (apart from time limits or anything like that).

[ArcticSnake 1]

Player with higher agility goes first

[radiskull 39]

ArcticSnake said:

Player with higher agility goes first

~Do you set up an obstacle course to determine this?

I don't understand how you can use a per-ship statistic to determine which player goes first.

[ArcticSnake 1]

Exactly. You got it. Something not unlike wipe-out or american gladiators. Before the game. Sort of a prelim to determine which player has the highest agility.

EDIT: I think I have to include  for clarity.

[radiskull 39]

 I'm partial to Ninja Warrior, myself.

[Chairborne 0]

I prefer Wipe-out. Much more humiliation and degradation.

[Warchitect 0]

 Radiskull totally ninja warriored this post! lol.

but NFL does the coin flip so I dont see why thats not a good way to go., and anyway, like all games, I want to play the tourney rules!. otherwise it seems a little…I dunno lame. Tournament rules a great because they have already de facto'd FAQ'd the thing out a little…many of the conflicts are decided upon. and if you ever go to a sanctioned event or game night, most people will be on board with the format.