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Hey all.

Had a game of 40k last night. Absolute belter.

Orks v Marines

A couple of rules queries came up where me and my opponent had different interpretations/opinions on how something should go.

we handled it like gentlemen and didn't let it sour the game. Just did a 4+ decision to keep the game flowing. However I Would like some definite answers.

Both moves I pulled have been used against me, so I assumed were game legal. But a quick glance through the rulebook and.it wasn't as clear.

1) orks want to charge Marines. They end.their movement one inch out of flamer range. Can they.be flamed in over watch? I thought no.

2) two squads of Marines face the orks. Orks declare charge on squad A. They eat over watch and make it in. When it comes to piling in, some orks shuffle into within an inch of squad B, thus dragging them into the combat. However I believe orks will only be able to hit squad A and squad B can then hit v the orks. People have done this sorta thing against me so I assumed it was game legal. Opponent queried it and. To be fair I couldn't find it anywhere in the rules so i "reshuffled" and we ignored it.


Any help pointing me in the right direction for these rules?

1 as far as i know, ranges for weapons on overwatch are worked out from where the charging unit starts its charge, so in this case, if you were more than the flamers range of 8" away, it would not get to overwatch.

2 Correct, i believe that its in the designers commentary where they say that you may pile in to other units you did not declare a charge against although you cannot make attacks against such a unit in that turn. this is why you can declare a multiple charge though if you do all target units would get to overwatch. might be in the faq but this has been covered.

Hope this helps

1) Flamer is out of range so can't fire Overwatch
2) What princeyg said.

Thanks guys. Much appreciated.