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I was wondering; is every unit that has charged or is within 1” of an enemy unit forced to fight, even if they don’t want to?

Yes.

Doctoralex wrote:
I was wondering; is every unit that has charged or is within 1” of an enemy unit forced to fight, even if they don’t want to?

Yes. Fighting is not optional.

BRB Page 182 wrote:After all charging units have fought, the players alternate choosing eligible units to fight with (starting with the player whose turn it is) until all eligible units on both sides have fought once each.

Nothing stopping you though when you charge only putting one model within 1" to fight and have the rest more than 1" away so you effectively fight with one model.

Likewise if you are charged you do not have to consolidate or pile in at all if you have models not meeting the conditions to attack you can just stand there.

Just double checking.

Do eligible models also need to make all their base attacks? And do you also need to attack with every close combat weapon?

I seem to remember some rule that if you don't have a close combat weapon you may attack with your base stat profile. Can you chose to do this even if you have a weapon listed?

Daywraith wrote:
Just double checking.

Do eligible models also need to make all their base attacks? And do you also need to attack with every close combat weapon?

I seem to remember some rule that if you don't have a close combat weapon you may attack with your base stat profile. Can you chose to do this even if you have a weapon listed?

You must make all your attacks, however the rulebook Errata grants the basic CCW to all units now, not just ones without other CCW. So if you have a Power Fist and 3 attacks, you can either make:

3 PF attacks

2 PF attacks and 1 base profile attack

1 PF attack and 2 base profile attacks

3 base profile attacks