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In the fight phase, a charging unit can hit only models it charged in the previous charge phase. As far as I understood it, in these years, my attacking unit can hit the opponent unit only if I successfully charge them (they are 10' away, I roll 10 in the charge, they are charged, otherwise the charge is failed); but lately I hear talking about tactics in which you declare to charge units even if you won't be able to reach them with the charge move, because you can hit them if you fight 2 times, if they heroically intervene and so on... is this right?

In other terms, can I hit only units I end my actual charge move within 1', or do I just have to declare and take the overwatch?

 DarklyDreaming wrote:
In the fight phase, a charging unit can hit only models it charged in the previous charge phase. As far as I understood it, in these years, my attacking unit can hit the opponent unit only if I successfully charge them (they are 10' away, I roll 10 in the charge, they are charged, otherwise the charge is failed); but lately I hear talking about tactics in which you declare to charge units even if you won't be able to reach them with the charge move, because you can hit them if you fight 2 times, if they heroically intervene and so on... is this right?

In other terms, can I hit only units I end my actual charge move within 1', or do I just have to declare and take the overwatch?

You just have to declare and take the Overwatch.

It doesn't matter if your initial charge doesn't reach a target unit, if you manage to Pile In or Consolidate into a unit you declared a charge against, you get to attack them

And you only need to end you charge w/in 1" of ONE of the units you charged. Make sure you end your charge move outside of 1" of any other units you charged and you protect yourself from getting interrupted by those units until you Pile In to them (just make sure they are the closest model for your pile in move)...

Charging and CQC are probably the most tricky/tactical aspects of the game.

From the main rulebook FAQ:

Q: If a unit that can fight twice in the Fight phase charges
one enemy unit and destroys it during their first ‘fight’ in the
subsequent Fight phase, and then consolidates into a second
enemy unit, can they then attack that unit during their
second ‘fight’?
A: The charging unit can only make attacks against the
second unit if it also declared a charge against it in its
charge phase.

My god that's so odd... I doubt that the rule makers thought about this...
Thank you very much guys!

 DarklyDreaming wrote:
My god that's so odd... I doubt that the rule makers thought about this...
Thank you very much guys!

How do you mean?

I think it's very much intentional to limit how far a killing spree can go with one unit in one turn.

 BaconCatBug wrote:

 DarklyDreaming wrote:
In the fight phase, a charging unit can hit only models it charged in the previous charge phase. As far as I understood it, in these years, my attacking unit can hit the opponent unit only if I successfully charge them (they are 10' away, I roll 10 in the charge, they are charged, otherwise the charge is failed); but lately I hear talking about tactics in which you declare to charge units even if you won't be able to reach them with the charge move, because you can hit them if you fight 2 times, if they heroically intervene and so on... is this right?

In other terms, can I hit only units I end my actual charge move within 1', or do I just have to declare and take the overwatch?

You just have to declare and take the Overwatch.

It doesn't matter if your initial charge doesn't reach a target unit, if you manage to Pile In or Consolidate into a unit you declared a charge against, you get to attack them

Of course, failing your charge move usually prohibits pile-in and consolidation per the FAQ so you have to succeed somewhere.

 Stux wrote:

 DarklyDreaming wrote:
My god that's so odd... I doubt that the rule makers thought about this...
Thank you very much guys!

How do you mean?

I think it's very much intentional to limit how far a killing spree can go with one unit in one turn.

Exactly this. From at least 3rd edition(when I started playing) there have been times where a single unit could fight and take out multiple units by consolidating into them and then consolidating into the next. So long as they still had attacks left.