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I'm not sure if this is the right place or even if the forum rules allow me to post word for word from a codex, if these are both aganst rules that i have not seen please lock/delete this thread.

i also do apologise for this question's as im just getting back into 40k after 6 years and playing tau before hand.

so this is the ruling under the troops section.

" Infantry platoon
Composition 1 platoon command squad, 2-5 infantry squads, 0-5 heavy weapon squads, 0-2 special weapons squads and 0-1 conscripts squad."

So if my understanding of this wording is correct i can take for instance

1 platoon command squad
5 infantry squads
3 heavy weapon squads
2 special weapons squads
1 conscripts squad

and they would all count as only one troop slot in my organisation chart?


My second question retains to something i keep seeing (rough wording)
"counts as heavy support but doesn't take a heavy support slot"

does this mean i can take 40 of the unit in question (as long as i can pay the point costs) and it will not take ANY slot in my force organisation chart?


any clarification on both of these would be great!

1. Yes. A platoon is a single force org slot.

2. What's the unit in question? I'm only familiar with this being done with the priest and the tech-priest and both of them have limits.

Doctor Optimal wrote:1. Yes. A platoon is a single force org slot.

2. What's the unit in question? I'm only familiar with this being done with the priest and the tech-priest and both of them have limits.

#1. that is epic.

#2 i dont remember exacly what unit it was. ill try and find out i do think it was the tech-priest

pogo wrote:

Doctor Optimal wrote:1. Yes. A platoon is a single force org slot.

2. What's the unit in question? I'm only familiar with this being done with the priest and the tech-priest and both of them have limits.

#1. that is epic.

#2 i dont remember exacly what unit it was. ill try and find out i do think it was the tech-priest

#1: What's really important is that blobbing squads only yields a single kill point.
#2: C:IG p. 93 lays out limits for priests, biologic and mechanic.

Doctor Optimal wrote:

pogo wrote:

Doctor Optimal wrote:1. Yes. A platoon is a single force org slot.

2. What's the unit in question? I'm only familiar with this being done with the priest and the tech-priest and both of them have limits.

#1. that is epic.

#2 i dont remember exacly what unit it was. ill try and find out i do think it was the tech-priest

#1: What's really important is that blobbing squads only yields a single kill point.
#2: C:IG p. 93 lays out limits for priests, biologic and mechanic.

I do thank you for the clarification on #1 greatly.

this litterly changed how im going to build my army (i originated at about 3-6k points) but now its going to be 10k +

Don't forget that you can only Blob the "Infantry Squads" with eachother, but otherwise yes, you can take a ton of guys in one slot.

As far as #2, the answer is yes. I know in the CSM codex can take an infinite number of daeamon troops, or Greater Deamons. Flooding the board with Fearless troops would be mean, but way to easy to score Kill points off of.

As great as spending $5000 dollars on a 10k army is, no one else is going to play a 10k army, youll have to get like 5 enemy players against you, and their versatility will probably beat you down too. and the game would take 10 hours. Wow im being a real mole

I dont mean to be negative or anything, and although 100 infantry per troop choice seems nice, its a hefty cost in points and money.

Jaon wrote:As great as spending $5000 dollars on a 10k army is, no one else is going to play a 10k army, youll have to get like 5 enemy players against you, and their versatility will probably beat you down too. and the game would take 10 hours. Wow im being a real mole

I dont mean to be negative or anything, and although 100 infantry per troop choice seems nice, its a hefty cost in points and money.

im building it not so much of playing, i will build multiple army lists for playing. but for the most part me,my brother and a few freinds are doing 10k+ armies, where working on a huge game of planet strike where your forces are split up (i.e. send this many to this zone)

pogo wrote:

Jaon wrote:As great as spending $5000 dollars on a 10k army is, no one else is going to play a 10k army, youll have to get like 5 enemy players against you, and their versatility will probably beat you down too. and the game would take 10 hours. Wow im being a real mole

I dont mean to be negative or anything, and although 100 infantry per troop choice seems nice, its a hefty cost in points and money.

im building it not so much of playing, i will build multiple army lists for playing. but for the most part me,my brother and a few freinds are doing 10k+ armies, where working on a huge game of planet strike where your forces are split up (i.e. send this many to this zone)

Sounds fun!

pogo wrote:

Jaon wrote:As great as spending $5000 dollars on a 10k army is, no one else is going to play a 10k army, youll have to get like 5 enemy players against you, and their versatility will probably beat you down too. and the game would take 10 hours. Wow im being a real mole

I dont mean to be negative or anything, and although 100 infantry per troop choice seems nice, its a hefty cost in points and money.

im building it not so much of playing, i will build multiple army lists for playing. but for the most part me,my brother and a few freinds are doing 10k+ armies, where working on a huge game of planet strike where your forces are split up (i.e. send this many to this zone)

That sounds awesome. I wished I lived near you guys

battle Brother Lucifer wrote:

pogo wrote:

Jaon wrote:As great as spending $5000 dollars on a 10k army is, no one else is going to play a 10k army, youll have to get like 5 enemy players against you, and their versatility will probably beat you down too. and the game would take 10 hours. Wow im being a real mole

I dont mean to be negative or anything, and although 100 infantry per troop choice seems nice, its a hefty cost in points and money.

im building it not so much of playing, i will build multiple army lists for playing. but for the most part me,my brother and a few freinds are doing 10k+ armies, where working on a huge game of planet strike where your forces are split up (i.e. send this many to this zone)

That sounds awesome. I wished I lived near you guys

i wish i lived near a few of you guys to >.< im stuck in a backwater town with pretty much one gaming store, we HAD a gw here but seemed to have moved out of the city Q.Q

but yeah so far we are turning my bastment into a planet :/ (multiple tables for different zones)