Certain blast weapons launch their shells high up into the air so that they plunge down a distance away, passing over any intervening obstacles en route.
Weapons like these fire by guessing the range to the target. They are shown by their maximum range being preceded by a G (Guess), e.g. G48". When you fire barrage weapons you have to state the target unit and then guess the range to it in inches from the firing unit. Intervening obstacles and terrain do not block the line of fire for these weapons, so you don't need a line of sight to the target in order to shoot at it.
Place the Blast marker for the weapon at the distance guessed and then see if it landed on target by rolling the Scatter dice and a D6 together. If you roll a HIT symbol the shot lands at the range guessed. If an arrow symbol is rolled the marker is shifted in the direction indicated by the arrow a number of inches equal to the roll on the D6. Calculate hits on enemy models and remove casualties as for blast weapons (i.e. from beneath the Blast markers).
If a unit has more than one barrage weapon they will all be fired together in a salvo, with one Blast marker landing for each weapon firing. Guess the range and roll for any potential scatter with the first shot as above, this is the 'ranging shot' for the salvo and all the other shots will land nearby. Once the first marker is in place roll a Scatter dice for each other Blast marker in the salvo. If an arrow is rolled place the marker in the direction indicated so that its edge is touching the edge of the marker placed for the ranging shot. If a hit is rolled the firing player may place the marker so that its edge is touching the edge of any of the Blast markers in the salvo which have already landed.
Note: If a Barrage Weapon lands in close combat, all underneath the template can be hit.
Diagram: Barrage Weapons — the firer guesses the range to the target (e.g. 32"); a Scatter dice and D6 are rolled together, and the Blast marker template is moved the rolled number of inches (e.g. 5") in the direction shown on the Scatter dice. If the marker lands away from the target unit, the shot misses.
Diagram: Multiple Barrage (three weapons firing) — the first (ranging) shot's Blast marker lands per the normal Scatter procedure. Each subsequent weapon's marker is placed touching the edge of a previously landed marker in the salvo, shifted by its own Scatter dice/D6 roll if an arrow is rolled.