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So, as we all well know, Flyers must be in reserve.

A lesser known, but just as irritating rule (although I admit I see it's reasonable.) is that you can only have half your army in reserve at the beginning of the game.

So, what happens when these worlds collide?

I'm not sure if it is possible, but I'm certain Necrons can do it, When your army has more than half its choices as flyers, what do you do? Do a few flyers deploy in reserve, a few on board? All of them in reserve? what?

This is clearly covered in the reserves rules (p112 I think).

Pg 124 has the rules. In short, any unit that MUST start in reserve is not counted towards the 50% rule.

This was expanded in the most recent round of FAQs. Any unit embarked upon a vehicle which always starts in Reserve ALSO does not count. They use Valkyries as an example, too, so we know it's not just limited to Dedicated Transports.

Remember however, that if you end a Game Turn with no units on the table, you automatically lose. So full-reserve armies only work if you have units capable of arriving on turn 1. Like Deathwing due to Deathwing Assault, or Daemons, or SM with Drop Pods.

So even though a Raven isn't a DT, they an their squad don't count towards reserve total?

Also, Ravens are hoverers. Does this mean they can start the game hovering and thus be skimmers for the first turn?

Yes it means they and their contents don't count.

No flyers must start in reserve, even if they have hover.

Flyers with troops in them also count for staying in reserve. If I want to play air cav guard, it is a option, so long as something is deployed on turn 1 and lasts until the reinforcements arrive. Also, you must account for the fact that if all your ground troops are killed, you automatically lose. (unsure of said rule, heard it somewhere, seems right)

Scipio Africanus wrote:
So even though a Raven isn't a DT, they an their squad don't count towards reserve total?

Correct. This is a change from the new FAQs. Previously, the squad would count against you.

Scipio Africanus wrote:
Also, Ravens are hoverers. Does this mean they can start the game hovering and thus be skimmers for the first turn?

Doesn't matter. If it''s a flyer, it MUST start in Reserve.

Kontakt wrote:
Flyers with troops in them also count for staying in reserve. If I want to play air cav guard, it is a option, so long as something is deployed on turn 1 and lasts until the reinforcements arrive. Also, you must account for the fact that if all your ground troops are killed, you automatically lose. (unsure of said rule, heard it somewhere, seems right)

Well ultimately it would still fall under the "if you end a game turn and there are no models on a player's side then the other player wins" clause. As destroying all models of your opponent would mean he would finish his next turn (if he went second) in about a micro-second, you would win.

The big question is, if your opponent went first and somehow lost his last model before your turn but not before the end of the game turn, would you still get your turn to move your guys to take more objectives or whatever (for a tournament, obviously).

Need to scour the book for this one. I think there's a clause though for 'wipeout'.

Oh, yup, right here - Pg. 122 "If one player concedes the battle, or his entire army is wiped out, the game ends and a crushing victory goes to his opponent."