[Archive] Earth Shaker / Bolt Thrower crew

KramDratta:

Hi all,

Don’t know if I am posting in the right place, so apologies if I’m not.

Can crew from an Earthshaker be used to re-crew a Bolt Thrower, if ex their warmachine was destroyed in close combat?

This happened to me today but since they were not the same type (Dwarfs/hobgoblins) I erred on the side of caution and did not crew it. Pg 86 on the BRB seems to make no distinction between crew of one war machine and another but I wanted you opinions on the matter.

Cheers

Da Crusha:

well the rule says that the machine can be recrewed by any other friendly war machine crew, so I dont see any problem with having the cd’s recrew the bolt thrower or having hobbgobbos recrew an earthshaker for that matter. it is completely allowed by the rules.

KramDratta:

Great news. Thnx for the quick reply.

Bassman:

Mmmmmmh, rule wise I can understand it could be done but fluffwise? Chaos dwarfs could handle a bolt thrower, no problem at all, but do hobgoblins have the skill to use an heartshaker? Do not think so.

I’d use this rule only for dwarfs recrewing a bolt thrower, not the contrary.

Da Crusha:

haha, yea Hashut might frown on hobgoblins operating an earthshaker and then you’d probably roll a misfire. x.x