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Hello, guys.
A friend of mine recently stated that he could easyly charge on 1st turn with his Space Wolves.
The units in question are the Blood-Wolves-Bikesquadron (or something like that ).
The rules say that they always have to charge, if there is a foe within 6''.
Of course, as having bikes, they may use the Boosters to move up to 24''.
If they do so, the can't charge.
He argues that, although he cannot, he MUST charge, and so he does.
Well, although I'm pretty sure hat this is not possible, i'd like to request some hints to rules that clarify what happens if
something MUST, but CAN'T occure.
So far: Let yourself go!
Thank you!

You're right. If he moves the full 24' then he cannot charge. He can only charge if he has the option to charge. Therefore, if he only moved 12' and something was in 6' range he would HAVE to charge them. He doesn't get a extra 6' movement.

Exactly. He only must charge if he has the ability to charge.

Weak. No charging. If something can't happen, then it can't happen. And since it seems likely to come up . . .

It's worth pointing out that Blood Claws can't fire their bolt pistols twice if they are within 6" of the enemy. No firing twice then charging; no firing twice then claiming they can't charge. If they are within 6", then they must charge and can't do anything that would prevent them from charging - i.e. firing bolt pistols twice.

If you're going to play against Space Wolves a lot, checking out the FAQ will be handy.

http://us.games-workshop.com/errata/errata.htm

Thank you all so far, It seems to be just as i thought...

Wraith wrote:...can't do anything that would prevent them from charging - i.e. firing bolt pistols twice.

Are you sure about that one, i mean, it would also effect other armies like BT...
Very curious about that

You can still eat a massive SW bike charge on the *second* turn, however.

The toughest one I played against had something like 12 dogs, 11 bikes, storm caller, and all 3 IC's. It was hellish trying to kill that. Turns out I couldn't, and it took all of my IC's and my two assault units along with most of my gunline to beat it off. If I'd had less assault units, it could have beaten me. Thankfully he only had 2 GH packs in 2 LR's for me to deal with outside the bikers, so it wasn't so bad.

It is quite amusing to see it in play though.

FuzzyOrb wrote:

Wraith wrote:...can't do anything that would prevent them from charging - i.e. firing bolt pistols twice.

Are you sure about that one, i mean, it would also effect other armies like BT...
Very curious about that

Since it's in the SW FAQ on the GW site, yes, he can be pretty sure about that one. Most of us do take it as a precedent and apply it to other armies (IG Priests is another one).

OOhh, of course GW didn't write it into the german FAQ!

Thanks for your answers, it clearified the issue a lot!