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Hey all,

So we all know how reserves work in regular 40K. They come on from your table edge.

But playing Apoc recently, we started a huge game and the no-man's land split the board in such a way that Imperials had most of the board and Chaos had a little corner. Ah well, who cares, right?

But when it was time to bring on reserves, Imperials claimed that technically, they had portions of all four table edges and could bring their troops on anywhere - except for that little corner where Chaos originally deployed. Chaos thought that instead, they owned one long table edge and that the Imperials owned another.

So the book doesn't seem to say. In a situation like this, where do reserves come on in Apocalypse?

With my usual caveat of "It's Apoc, make it up", I would say that each side gets 1 long board edge.

It is, however, something you should have agreed on before the game started.

This is covered in the last paragraph of the Strategic Reserves rules. They come on from anywhere along the table edges inside that sides deployment zone.

So the Imperials would have been able to come on from any table edge... but only those parts of the edges that are actually inside their zone.

The Apoc books say that units may enter play along the table edge of the deployment zone.

It's a bit vague but I'd take that as meaning that it's the same as in 40K - each side owns one long edge.

Scott-S6 wrote:The Apoc books say that units may enter play along the table edge of the deployment zone.

It actually says edges, plural. 'The' is not inherently singular.

And how can one side have a small table edge? I understand that deployment zones are not equal, but the system for selecting them means you randomly pick one point with the scatter dice, and the other is at the furthest possible point away. This should lead to adequate deployment zones.

Decide beforehand. If I was forced to make a call on your example, I would probably say Chaos had half of each board edge in it's corner and the imps the same on the opposite corner. That's in no way RAW, but it sounds fair to me.

insaniak wrote:

Scott-S6 wrote:The Apoc books say that units may enter play along the table edge of the deployment zone.

It actually says edges, plural. 'The' is not inherently singular.

P199 "the table edge" singular.
P23 "the table edges" plural.

Well, that's just brilliant.

The plural on p23 is pretty definitive I guess - you do get to enter on all edges of your deployment zone.

However, OP should note that if you follow the instructions for dividing the table properly then it is not possible for one side to have a deployment zone with four edges (one end of the dividing line must always be a corner). Also, it may be a sensible house rule not to allow reserves to enter on the very short section that's part of the opponent's long edge.

Soup and a roll wrote:Decide beforehand. If I was forced to make a call on your example, I would probably say Chaos had half of each board edge in it's corner and the imps the same on the opposite corner. That's in no way RAW, but it sounds fair to me.

Believe me, we will be deciding beforehand in the future!

5th Edition Apoc Revision, anyone?