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I played a game of Apocalypse with Shep, Gitsmack, and Kevin Nash over the weekend and one of my units was a Valkyrie carrying a squad of Veterans. The game pitted Kevin Nash and I against Shep and Gitsmack. It was a great game and Kevin Nash and I won... but some questions came up about measuring distance from the Valkyrie for the purpose of scoring an objective (or contesting). The basic question is, when measuring distance from the Valkyrie to the objective, what on the Valkyrie can I measure from, the hull not counting the tail and wings, the model counting the tail and wings, or from the base? We measured from the hull counting the tail and wings. I saw that a Q&A on BOLS are using the following for their tournament:

Q: What do I measure from when firing at, disembarking from, or passing near a Valkyrie and Vendetta?
A: For the purposes of armor facing, disembarking, and the 1" rule, only count the hull of the vehicle -- ignore the tail and wings. For determining range to the model, use the model as normal. Ignore the height of the model when embarking or disembarking; models get in and out of Valkyries and Vendettas at the height of the base.

If we go by their rules, it sounds like we played it correctly.

What do you think?

While not putting in my two cents,yet, on whether or not it could contest an objective in a normal 40k game, I will add that in apocalypse the distance to claim an objective is 6", which was the case in the game we were playing.

@Caffran9 - Agreed, my concern will be with Indy GT tournament play, as this year will be my first year playing in GTs of any type and I want to make sure my list is set up per their rules. I am going to the BattleFoam Wild West Shootout and they haven't posted their FAQ yet :(, so I will just have to wait. If this ends up being too much of an issue I might end up not playing guard and just do CSM