- BGG rating
- 6.6
Expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team – Advance Team Starpulse: T'au Empire Starter Set
2018
Rules assistance for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team – Advance Team Starpulse: T'au Empire Starter Set
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- 30–60 min
- 14+
Rules assistant for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team – Advance Team Starpulse: T'au Empire Starter Set
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Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team – Advance Team Starpulse: T'au Empire Starter Set is an expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team released in 2018 for 2 players, 30–60 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Action Points.
About the game
The armies of Vior’la Sept are always at the forefront of the T’au’s wars of expansion, overwhelming enemies of the Greater Good with blistering fusillades of pulse fire. Advance Team Starpulse is comprised of veterans from these bloody campaigns, bonded by hardship and sacrifice. An expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, this box includes 12 plastic miniatures, a scenery set (with exclusive rules!), and brand-new Tactics and Mission cards. Included: - A 10-man set of Fire Warriors – these can be built as a Strike Team or Breacher Team depending on your preference. Included are the pulse pistols, pulse carbines, pulse shotguns, EMP and photon grenades needed to build either team, with options to upgrade 1 to a Shas’ui. Also included are 2 drones and a DS8 Tactical Support Turret, all supplied on khaki-coloured plastic; - A scenery set – the Wall of Martyrs Imperial Defence Line – supplied on dark grey-coloured plastic; - 11 Tactics cards and 2 Mission cards: the Tactics cards are split between the 4 T’au Empire Tactics taken from the Kill Team Core Manual and 6 T’au Empire Tactics exclusive to this set, giving you new ways to play with your T’au Empire kill team. Also included is a Tactics card for the included scenery, providing rules for incorporating this into your games. The 2 Mission cards are split between 1 Matched Play and 1 Narrative Play mission; - An 8-page booklet describing Advance Team Starpulse, their history and background, along with a showcase of painted miniatures and a timeline of their deployments; - 12 datacards for Advance Team Starpulse, ready for you to use right away; - A sheet of card gaming tokens, including 10 Move/Charge tokens, 10 Fall Back/Advance tokens, 10 Shaken tokens, 10 Ready/Shoot tokens, and 6 Objective tokens.
Publishers
- Games Workshop Ltd.
Questions and answers
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team – Advance Team Starpulse: T'au Empire Starter Set supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team – Advance Team Starpulse: T'au Empire Starter Set is 30–60 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team – Advance Team Starpulse: T'au Empire Starter Set for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team – Advance Team Starpulse: T'au Empire Starter Set belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Action Points. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The catalogue lists Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team – Advance Team Starpulse: T'au Empire Starter Set as an expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team to use it. Check that your edition of Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.