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Quick question

If I were using an unbound army, do I need to fulfil the requirements of a troop choice in its entirety. Specifically with a guard army - If I took an IG Infantry Platoon, would I have to take a Platoon Command Squad and two Infantry Squads (the minimum required in the codex), or could I just take an Infantry Squad, or just a Heavy Weapons Squad, or just a Special Weapons Squad.

Or though its unlikely to happen, its a possibility with an army selection method I am planning to use from time to time to mix things up, especially in smaller games.

This has been debated extensively here and here.

In summary, it depends on whether you're using the digital edition or the print edition of the IG/AM codex, as they contradict each other in the way they present the option.

Thanks for the links, will have a read through them. Based on your summary and what I have initially read, it comes down to is an infantry platoon a single entry or is it a formation. As I said, its unlikely to come up for me, and if it does, it would be easy enough to add the missing bits to make it legal. But I was curious.

Hopefully with the fall of Cadia we might get a new IG codex.

Generally speaking the new printed one would be the correct one.