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Started a game tonight and the scenario was Dawn of War.

On of the IG troop choices consisted of:

HQ
Troops w/chimera
Troops w/ chimera
HW squad (2x autocannons)

What can deploy in the DoW sscenario in the above? The BRB says a troop choice + chim counts as one? Therefore under the Dow rules one can deploy:

Your main HQ squad
Troops /w chinera

And then either:
HW or the 2nd troops /w chim?

However in the IG book it says a platoon troop choice covers all the above?

If you have 2 x platoon squads its still only 1HQ and 2x troops/chim out of 4?

Sorry that is drunken rambling and not very clear.

You're allowed to place up to 2 Troop and 1 HQ UNITs.

The IG Troop choice you listed above is 6 Troop units.

BRB p. 92 tells you how it works.

Just a note, vehicles count as a seperate unit no matter if it's dedicated or not.

Ratius wrote:Your main HQ squad
Troops /w chinera

This.

But just to note, your army is not a legal list(seems like you have a battle force box and 2 Chimeras as an army).

A Platoon consists of the following units:
1 Platoon Command Squad
2-5 platoon infantry squads
0-5 Heavy weapons Squads
0-2 Special Weapons Squads
0-1 Conscript squad
0-6 Chimeras bought for the Command and infantry squads

This is all 1 Troops Choice on the FOC, but each of the above is a separate unit.

What you seem to have is not a Platoon but an HQ and 2 veteran Squads in chimeras; and then an illegal heavy weapons Squad.

re-reading your post you may be meaning HQ as in PCS, and only be referring to 1 Platoon troops choice. If this is the case go back to the list of Platoon units and remember that each one, each individual element is a separate unit, and DOW only allows 2 Units chosen from your troops choices(yes, dedicated transports are separate units).

Hmm Im working off Army Builder, Im not sure its optimised :(

@KK

I had bascially this (from the troops Foc):

1 x PCS
2 platoon squads in chimeras
1 x HWs squad.

does that make more sense? :(

My initial response(the whole first part of my post) misunderstood with the HQ, Troop w/chimera bit; but i apparently figured it out in the second part.

Army builder is not wrong on this; The units you listed are all part of 1 Troops FOC Slot, but they are 6 different troops units; which would mean any 2 of those individual units could be deployed in a DOW scenario but not all 6.

Thanks KK/all for clearing that up

edit: So if I had

1 x PCS
2 platoon squads in chimeras
1 x HWs squad

x2 = 2 troop FoC slots 8/12 of them would have to come on via standard Dow reserve rules?

Sorry for dragging this out, a few Xmas drinks have been had.....

Close.

At least 10/12 of them would have to come in during first turn or reserves.

you have 12 troops units and are only allowed to deploy 2 of them.

I actually thought after i hit submit that saying you could deploy 2 of the units from the 6 would cause an issue, but also figured it would be easier to correct that issue than to try and precisely word 1, 2, or none of those units and taking into account the second required troops FOC choice.

Much obliged KK.

Appreciate the clarity!