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Hey all,

Walked into a conversation last night, where a group of players were talking about formations. One of the power gamers laid out his plan to run an Apocalypse formation in his next list. Pointing out that in the 7th ed rulebook, it does not explicitly say you can not take Apocalypse formations.

After checking the three Nid's dataslates they all have the following:

"If a Formation is referred to as an Apocalypse Formation, it can only be used in games of Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse."

But sure enough the new rulebook does not have this line.

So is he correct in assuming he can run Apoc formations in a standard game?

The rules don't say that I don't auto win turn 1 either.

Apoc is still a separate expansion. Apoc formations are not allowed by the simple logic that the rule book doesn't authorize their use.

Yeah, I'd think you'd need to get your opponent's permission before fielding Apoc formations...I don't see anything in the BRB that states you can take Apoc formations, and Apoc is technically a different game.

But RAW you need your opponents permission to do anything....