ALTERNATE SPONSORSHIP RULES FOR GASLANDS v1.

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These are unofficial fan-made rules for sponsors in your Gaslands campaigns, expanding on the article the December
2017 issue (#416) of Miniature Wargames. I strongly recommend grabbing that issue because it contains excellent rules
for running seasons of Gaslands as campaigns with your gaming group.

HOW TO USE THIS SPONSORSHIPS

When using these rules combined with the Seasons rules, Sponsorships are the way to get ahead, and it’s worth
follow these four steps after each scenario. risking your neck to do anything you can to get the
attention of megacorporate backers with deep pockets.
1. Damage and Injuries
2. Spoils Sponsorship Offers
3. Sponsorships To gain a sponsorship, your team must meet that
4. Workshop sponsor’s Signing Requirements.
Steps 1, 2 and 4 are beyond the scope of this document.
You’ll have to check out the Miniatures Wargame article to Declaring Your Qualifications
see how they work. But there are a couple of important It’s important for players to learn their favorite
concepts from those rules that should be explained here. sponsors’ Signing Requirements and declare when they
qualify for them during the scenario.
Team Rating is an aspect of the Seasons rules. It is often
used as a requirement for the sponsors in these optional When it comes time to resolve the Sponsorships step,
rules. Your Team Rating is the total value (the amount players that can’t clearly remember when or if they met
you paid) of your vehicles, weapons, upgrades, perks, certain requirements during the scenario cannot claim
plus any unspent cans. them.

In the season rules, teams gradually accumulate cans Terms

through participating in scenarios, including Televised If you are eligible for a sponsorship and agree to its
Events where teams can get a lot of exposure, and Terms, you may accept it and must conform to its Terms
Wasteland Skirmishes which are not televised and do at all times.
little to further a team’s fame.
Perks
STARTING TEAM RATING When your team signs with a sponsor, it might gain
When using these optional sponsorship rules, it’s access to one or more classes of perks.
assumed that teams will begin with 30 cans each (and a
Team Rating of 30).
Benefits
Your sponsor may grant a number of additional benefits.

Cancelling Sponsorships
A team may only have one sponsor at a time.

You may cancel your current sponsorship during this

step, but breaking this contract means that you will
never be eligible for sponsorship from that particular
sponsor again.

When you cancel a sponsorship, you immediately lose all

vehicles, weapons, upgrades, perks and other benefits
that were made available to you through that sponsor.
SPONSORS AUNTIE ALICE’S AUTO ACCESSORIES (AAAA)
Gaslands season 2 semifinalist ‘Vicious’ Alisha Seoung has
turned her fame into a lucrative operation as a discount auto
KLEEN-Z-NUFF parts distributor. AAAA sponsors up-and-coming teams that
The Kleen-Z-Nuff logo is a mark of shame for Gaslands show promise and offers them special rates on hard-to-find
competitors, the sure sign of an underperforming team merchandise.
desperate for an infusion of cash. Forced to recite cheesy
jingles and slogans, these teams sometimes have the grit to Team Colors: Ochre yellow with black accents.
turn their Kleen-Z-Nuff sponsorships into decent finishes. Signing Requirements: To qualify for this sponsorship,
you must have have a Team Rating of 35+ and just
Team Colors: Lemon yellow with pine green accents. finished a Televised Event with at least 1 functional
Signing Requirements: To qualify for this sponsorship, vehicle.
you must have just participated in a Televised Event. Weekly Special: Upon signing with this sponsor, and
Make It Kleen-Z: Upon signing with this sponsor, you during the Sponsorship step of each Televised Event
gain +D6 cans. At the end of each Televised Event, if after this, roll D6 and check the result on the Weekly
each of your vehicles displayed the words “Kleen- Special Item table below.
Z-Nuff” in readable script, you gain +D6 cans when Sponsor Discount: Until the end of the Workshop step,
rolling for spoils. you may purchase the Weekly Special Item at the
listed cost. You may keep these items even if you
cancel your AAAA sponsorship.
ASTRAL Sales Commissions: Other players may purchase the
From the toxic ashes of the old world, a new breed of humans
Weekly Special Item until the end of their Workshop
has arisen — clairvoyant mutants, psychically linked with
step, but must pay 1 additional can of gasoline for it.
one another. Astral Couriers Incorporated was founded by the
If there is more than one team sponsored by AAAA in
Igueras clan in 2015, advertised as the “surest way to deliver a
the league, that additional 1 can is paid to the AAAA-
message on Earth”, and its reputation has stood up to this bold
sponsored team of the buyer’s choice.
claim. Where other courier outfits deliver physical packages,
Astral Couriers transmits messages through its network of
trained “relays”. Teams sponsored by Astral Couriers are D6 Weekly Special Item Cans
selected for their latent psychic ability. 1 Engine Upgrade 3

Team Colors: Burgundy with white accents. Upgrade. This vehicle’s Max Gear gains +1, to a maximum of 6.
Signing Requirements: To qualify for this sponsorship, Only Cars may add this upgrade.
you must have a Team Rating of 40+ and just finished 2 High Performance Suspension 2
a Televised Event, and must be tested for psychic
Upgrade. Limit 1. When making a skid check, this vehicle may
potential — you must roll a 6 on 1D6 to pass the test roll 1 additional die but must discard 1 of their dice results before
and become eligible for sponsorship. resolving any others. This ability may not be used when using Push
Perks: Precision. It. Only Cars and Performance Cars may add this upgrade.
Terms: Your team must consist of 2 or more vehicles,
3 Spoiler And Airdam 1
and all must be of the same type.
Danger Sense: When you activate a vehicle within Upgrade. Limit 1. When making a skid check in gear 4 or higher,
Double range of another of your vehicles that has this vehicle may cancel 1 Spin or Slide result. Only Cars and
already activated, you may transfer 1 hazard token Performance Cars may add this upgrade.
from one of those vehicles to the other. 4 Tracer Rounds 1
Mind Link: Instead of discarding 1 Shift result during a
Upgrade. Limit 1. Ammo 3. When this vehicle attacks with a
skid check, you may bank it for use by your vehicles
Machine Gun or Heavy Machine Gun, it may reroll 1 attack die.
that activate later in that gear phase. You may only
have 1 Shift result banked for your team at a time. 5 Metal Tires 1
At the start of the next gear phase, you must discard Upgrade. Limit 1. This vehicle gains +2 Hull points and loses -1
your banked Shift result. from its Handling (to a minumum of 1). Only Cars may add this
upgrade.
6 Off-Road Tires 1
Upgrade. This vehicle ignores the effects of road surfaces and
rough surfaces, and treats treacherous surfaces as rough instead.
Only Bikes, Buggies, and Cars may add this upgrade.
CASTLE SLIME
Castle Corporation was one of the most advanced tech research Team Colors: Apple green.
firms before the war, becoming a key player in the rebuilding Signing Requirements: To qualify for this sponsorship,
of eastern Asia before relocating to a new headquarters on you must have a Team Rating of 40+, and must have
Deimos. Churning out sophisticated robots of increasing just participated in a Televised event in which you
complexity and miniaturization, Castle has just this past wrecked at least 1 of your own vehicles during its own
year produced a robot capable of mimicking most human activation as a direct consequence of an attack that
functions — the Series 18 Android. Gaslands teams sponsored vehicle made on an enemy vehicle.
by Castle put androids behind the wheel as a highly visible
demonstration of their technology. WARDEN
Team Colors: Orange.
Team Colors: Silver with neon red accents. Signing Requirements: To qualify for this sponsorship,
Signing Requirements: To qualify for this sponsorship, you must have a Team Rating of 40+, and must have
you must have have a Team Rating of 40+ and just just participated in a Televised Event in which you
finished in 3rd place or better in a Televised Event. wrecked all of the vehicles on another player’s team
Perks: Aggression. before any of your own were wrecked.
Calculating Mind: Once per scenario, after you place
a maneuver template for an active vehicle, you may
remove 1 hazard token from that vehicle, and then IDRIS
you may remove the template and choose a different Team Colors: Crimson.
one instead. Signing Requirements: To qualify for this sponsorship,
Fusion Battery: When this vehicle makes an explosion you must have a Team Rating of 50+, and must have
check, add the number of crewmembers in this just participated in a Televised Event in which you
vehicle to your D6 roll. used Nitro Boosters 3 or more times without wiping
Nerves Of Steel: When making a skid check, this vehicle out during those activations.
may suffer any number of hits to shift up that number Terms: You may not purchase Gyrocopters.
of gears without receiving any hazard tokens for
doing so. MISHKIN
Team Colors: Midnight blue with neon blue accents.
Signing Requirements: To qualify for this sponsorship,
you must have a Team Rating of 50+, and must have
just participated in a Televised Event in which you
fielded a combined 10 or more weapons and upgrades
on your vehicles.

RUTHERFORD
Team Colors: Camouflage and drabs.
Signing Requirements: To qualify for this sponsorship,
you must have a Team Rating of 50+, and must have
wrecked 5 or more enemy vehicles with 125mm
Cannon, Flamethrowers, Grenades, Mortars, or
Rockets, across any number of Televised Events.
Terms: Your team may not include Lightweight vehicles.

MIYAZAKI
Team Colors: Cobalt blue with white accents.
Signing Requirements: To qualify for this sponsorship,
you must have a Team Rating of 50+, and must have
just participated in a Televised Event in which you
resolved an uncancelled Spin and Slide result with a
Light- or Mediumweight vehicle in gear phase 5 or
higher without using Push It and without wiping out
in that activation.
Terms: Your team may not include Pickup Trucks,
Buses, Large Trucks, or War Rigs.