Combat Patrol - Reference Companion - V1.0
Hey all,
Posted this about a week ago:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatPatrol40k/comments/1vhww74/combat_patrol_reference_companion/
All current patrols from the app are now on it - so V1.0 is live, which you can find here:
https://combat-patrol-companion.pages.dev
Summary:
- All 24 patrols that are on the WH40K app. Data sheets, rules, missions etc.
- Simplified rule wording, and tags added to explain rules (Eg - Sustained Hits 2 has a tool tip saying exactly what it does).
- Glossary covering basic rules references.
- Coming soon list, covering the rest of the patrols that are being added.
Quality of life tools:
- Switch between light/dark mode.
- Switch between 10E & 11E patrol rules where they're available for a patrol.
- Switch between as written, and what is a likely fix (stats, rules etc.)
- Filter between factions, and editions.
- Search by faction/patrol name (both plain english and faction names. Eg - Eldar, Aeldari, Ausryani all will show the Aeldari patrols)
- FAQ/Changelog - covers a few questions, and what exactly I've done in each update.
Whats Next:
- Adding the 10E patrols
- Theres still a whopping 48 of them to do.
- Working out a PDF printable version of the patrols
- This will take a while. Probably the final task to-do.
- Release dates & last official updates for a patrol
- Should be a quick one to do.
- Copy changes to simplify/improve wording.
- Particularly rules for 10th edition as they're walls of text.
- Faction rules are a big one for this.
- UI improvements for desktop & mobile
- Ongoing based on feedback, and my own findings.
What won't be added:
- A match playing tool
- Thats a whole different project, and would overload whats meant to be a reference tool for factions**,** rules, effects etc.
- Use the official app for that, or one of the third party tools already out there.
- Updating 10E factions for 11E where they don't exist.
- I'm not a playtester. Others in the community have been doing that, and there may well be official versions of those added to the official app at some point.
Why build this?
This is a tool to help people get into combat patrol with simplified wording and all the patrol info in one place to speed up gameplay and referencing. This doesn't replace the official app.
The combat patrols on the app isn't always worded the cleanest, or data is misisng/inaccurate, meaning its a bit clunky to jump through to check things at times. This project also helps those with tablets/laptops instead of having to jump back and forth on mobile.
I built this as a challenge - firstly as a technical challenge, and as a project management challenge both to launch and maintain. From bug hunting, to feature creep... its been a lot, and helped give me a few ways to improve other projects in the future.
Massive thanks to those in the community who managed to save all the PDFs of combat patrols and save them before the 11E release, or this would have just covered the 11E patrols.
Feedback:
If you have feedback, let me know please - whether its a bug, wrong data, feature suggestions, it'll help make this better for anyone using it.