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How does the 'Scout' special rule interact with the Sewer Rats strategem from Cities of Death?

Scouts always deploy on the board, even if they would normally start in reserve. Does this mean they would deploy in the deployment zone, or from the sewer markers? Would the free scout move then actually be required to move on from the actual marker?

I was thinking about this last night and was just wondering what other people thought..

I would say that Scouts overrides Sewer Rats - they'd start on the board, in your deployment zone, and get their free move.

If I was playing you, I'd allow you to hold them in reserve with Sewer Rats, and then deploy them from a sewer grate - but you'd forfeit the scout move (Scout Move occurs before the first turn - if they're not on the board, they don't get the move!).

Don't have my book - is there anything in the Scout USR that says "may"? Are scouts *always* deployed on the board regardless of reserves etc? Or is it that they always have the *option* of deploying on the board, regardless of reserves etc?

I'm pretty sure that Sewer Rats is a 'may' - you can hold some of your units back, but you don't have to hold all of them back.

No way are they getting a free move midgame when they emerge from the sewers! Nice try...

No way are they getting a free move midgame when they emerge from the sewers! Nice try... [Smile]

That's not what I'm saying.. what I'm saying is, if Scouts makes them start on the table, and they start at the sewer markers, do they have to "use up" their free 6" move to actually deploy from the sewer marker before the game begins? If not, how far from the marker would they deploy?

Only models in reserve may emerge from a sewer marker.

Units that deploy on the table at the start of the game (including scouts) would have to deploy in the normal deployment zone.