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Had an interesting game today. My opponent (props to him) pointed out that i was not calculating my melee attacks correctly.

I had one rank of Grots in contact, another rank in contact with them, and two other ranks unable to contribute.so counted two ranks of attacks.

However, the rules say to count attacks from models within 1" of the target unit, or within 1" of another model from its own unit that is within 1", to represent two ranks fighting.

As my grots are on 25mm bases, I have _two_ models within 1', and a further _two_ models within 1" of them, giving me _four_ ranks of attacks. A 25mm base is less than 1" wide, 1" being about 25.4mm.

Seems a bit RAW, but Orks need all the help that they can get.

That's the way it's supposed to played, yes.

You are correct in that, as the rules currently stand, it is possible to get four ranks of models in, so long as they are on bases that are less than 1 inch wide. Most old models came with this size base, many smaller-sized creatures (like Guardsmen) still come with this size base, but most newer kits (like Space Marines) are now coming with bases larger than 1 inch wide. So, for right now at least, you can fight with up to 4 "ranks" of Grots, which just means you've gotten in nice and tight.

Unless I'm remembering it wrong, it has always been that way. Well at last for the last 10 years or so.

 Jidmah wrote:
Unless I'm remembering it wrong, it has always been that way. Well at last for the last 10 years or so.

It been various versions of B2B plus within range of B2B, 8th is the first one to not require B2B but my memory is hazy so I could be wrong.