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A couple friends and I just starting playing WFB after a 12 year break. Needless to say there are a couple of rules that we aren't 100% sure on and I was hoping to get some help.

1) If you fail a charge and have a caster in the unit is he still free to cast that turn?
2) Can a caster still cast in combat? Can a caster cast an augment or hex spell into a combat he is not a part of?
3) When you announce a charge do you first wheel your unit to face the target and then measure or do you measure from the closest corner to the target? Also does it matter if the unit is turned and your furthest point is not within the charge range of the target?

I believe those are the rules we are most curious about at the moment, I would appreciate any help!

1) Yes
2) Yes (as long as it is not direct damage), yes
3)You measure closest corner, then wheel, no it does not matter if farthest point is not within charge, if some of your unit is in range and your dice get you there, you are there.

Rivet wrote:1) Yes
2) Yes (as long as it is not direct damage), yes
3)You measure closest corner, then wheel, no it does not matter if farthest point is not within charge, if some of your unit is in range and your dice get you there, you are there.

Thank you I appreciate the help!

As long as the unit you are charging is visable to the charging unit, you can make contact with no more then 1 wheel, and the closest distance between the two units is equal or less then the distance rolled for the charge, then the charge is successful.

Here is an example of a charge I made a few months ago(it did cause some nerd rage)

I like that diagram, It really shows it.

Probably one of the nerd rage is that once you declare a charge to ungors raiders they need to collapse into the center to form a rank and file unit

Nah, he fled with the Raiders.

The rage was the fact that my almost 90 degree wheel didn't eat up any of my charge distance.

The rules clearly say it doesn't so no point in that.

I appreciate that diagram. It really sums up all of our charge questions really well.

minor nitpick on the diagram, but shouldn't the raiders have squished down into base contact with each other when you declared the charge against them?

/minor nitpick

hmmm, i don't know about that one.

They did declare a Flee reaction, so I think they would have just turned without coming into formation.

Another small nitpick from an earlier post.

If I remember correctly, the single wheel you're allowed to make doesn't have to be at the beginning of the charge move. It can actually be in the middle of the charge move and has to be made in such a fashion that it maximizes the number of enemy models you will contact in the target unit.

This is significant where things like impassible terrain or other units might be in the way if the charging unit performed the wheel at the beginning of the charge move.

That is correct.