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Let's say you're playing an opponent with an all drop pod list, where your opponent has 1 unit of scouts and the rest of his army in reserve. If you go first and destroy those scouts, have you tabled your opponent? The relevant rule is on pg 122 of the brb.

The rule says, "If at the end of any game turn"....

A game turn consists of 2 player turns. So, you go first, wipe out his scouts and everything else that was on the table.

However, your opponent gets to take his turn and half his drop pods automatically land turn one. So you don't auto win.

Now, if by some miracle, all of those drop pods scattered off the table and were forced back into ongoing reserves so that he had nothing on the table at the end of his turn... then yes you'd win. Highly unlikely though. Your opponent would have to be a fool to try and land his last pod in an area that could mishap. And I'm talking about trying to land them right next to a board edge and watching it scatter off the table... and even then he'd have a 33% chance of that pod still landing on the table. So, highly unlikely.

Actually as per the rules no.

the conditions are.

If opponent concedes
If opponents ENTIRE army is whipped out
If at the end of any GAME turn there is no models on board

Turn one kill off wolf scouts with drop pods in reserves doesn't meet any requirements until the drop pod comes in and scatters off the board.

Edit: Damn ninjas

Ah ok, guy at my flgs pulled this on a drop pod list last week (not me fortunately) Thought it seemed fishy...

I really wish Mycetic Spores had a rule similar to Drop Pod Assault sometimes.

This is relevant to more then just drop pod lists. There are many lists that use a second turn alpha strike via reserves. However, as stated above, if you only have 1 or 2 units on the board that get wiped on turn one you are SOL. That is a risk you take running that kind of list though.

 Lord Arturius wrote:
This is relevant to more then just drop pod lists. There are many lists that use a second turn alpha strike via reserves. However, as stated above, if you only have 1 or 2 units on the board that get wiped on turn one you are SOL. That is a risk you take running that kind of list though.

It's only a risk to anyone not running drop pods, as Drop Pod Assault lets you deep strike turn one, putting more units on the board before the game turn is over.

 PrinceRaven wrote:
I really wish Mycetic Spores had a rule similar to Drop Pod Assault sometimes.

I actually prefer them to come in all at once (mostly anyway with a 2+ reserve roll). It's more risky on game turn 1 for a Spore Pod army but if you get past that (and I always have so far) you basically get to place your entire army where ever you feel they are needed all at once. This is better than a Drop Pod army IMO that will place half your army on the board giving a fully deployed enemy army at least one turn to focus on them with everything they have, basically fighting with a 2:1 advantage.

 Abandon wrote:

 PrinceRaven wrote:
I really wish Mycetic Spores had a rule similar to Drop Pod Assault sometimes.

I actually prefer them to come in all at once (mostly anyway with a 2+ reserve roll). It's more risky on game turn 1 for a Spore Pod army but if you get past that (and I always have so far) you basically get to place your entire army where ever you feel they are needed all at once. This is better than a Drop Pod army IMO that will place half your army on the board giving a fully deployed enemy army at least one turn to focus on them with everything they have, basically fighting with a 2:1 advantage.

if the list is written correctly then it shouldn't be an issue or your very unlucky.

a good pod list should be able to neutralize the main threats in the initial hit, with the follow on being the nail in the coffin.

this is my personal experience of running my salamanders anyway....twin linked meltas, and re-rolling flamers ftw

 PrinceRaven wrote:

 Lord Arturius wrote:
This is relevant to more then just drop pod lists. There are many lists that use a second turn alpha strike via reserves. However, as stated above, if you only have 1 or 2 units on the board that get wiped on turn one you are SOL. That is a risk you take running that kind of list though.

It's only a risk to anyone not running drop pods, as Drop Pod Assault lets you deep strike turn one, putting more units on the board before the game turn is over.

or deathwing, assuming the deathwing player chose to have his terminators drop on turn 1.

 PrinceRaven wrote:
I really wish Mycetic Spores had a rule similar to Drop Pod Assault sometimes.

It's one of my hopes for the codex, for at least genestealers.