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And off we go, straight quote from the new Lizardman army book:

Lizardmen army book, p. 38 wrote:Unless otherwise stated, close combat attacks can only target Kroxigor within a mixed unit if an enemy model is either in base contact with a Kroxigor, or if an enemy model is in base contact with a Skink who is in turn in base contact with a Kroxigor.

So: A Skink Cohort led by 4 Skink Heroes, backed up by two Kroxigor behind the heroes in the second rank.

A) The enemy can only target KROXIGOR, leaving the heroes safe to do their thing (Savage Beasted, presumambly)
B) The enemy can only TARGET Kroxigor, having also the choice of pasting the brave but squishy heroes in front of the lumbering giants.

I'm hoping for A, but honestly have no idea.

I read it as only / if which is similar to may not / unless, which would be B

I'm in for B as this is an exception to a more general rule, the "Mixed Unit" rule. Attacking models in B2B is a general melee rule in WHFB and this specific rule from the army book does not contradict it.

What? This seems to be the easiest reading ever. You can only target a Kroxigor if you're in base contact with it, or if you're in base contact with a Skink who is also in base contact with the Kroxigor. Otherwise, you can't target the Kroxigor.

I'm seeing it now.

For option A it should've said something like "you must target Kroxigor if...."

Would've been a nice image, though, the big Kroxigor shooing away the enemy while the Skinks take shelter in its shadow.

And I think the Skink Heroes can actually tank better than the Krox, because you have to individually target them

Yep, "can" versus "must"- if you *want* to target the krox, you can only do so if you are in base with one or in base with the skink. Means supporting attacks cannot be made against a krox in the second rank.