Unit1126PLL wrote:Chapter Approved 2020 has no points for the bonesinger.
The latest publication that does, Chapter Approved 2019, lists them as Elites at 55 points.
The week before Chapter Approved 2019 came out, the Legends PDF was released, marking Bonesingers as
HQ on their datasheet but putting them in the points-cost section for Elites and costing them 70 points.
I don't know whether to go with the latest publication (which explicitly says it does not include any Legended models) or the Legend publication (which is self-contradictory). Also, in regards to Legend, I don't know if they are intended to be
HQ or Elites.
It seems, sadly, that if the unit is not in the MFM or a Legends PDF, it is no longer valid for Matched play and is relegated to Narrative play.
From the MFM 2020 Preamble:
The points values listed in this book replace any published previously, and should be used in your matched play games (or any of your games that are using points values). As with the previous edition of the Munitorum Field Manual, this book contains the points values for every single model and item of wargear that, at the time of printing, are supported for matched play games, eliminating the need to flip back and forth between two or more books.
Emphasis mine. As it contains everything that is "supported for matched play games", this implies that anything not there is not supported for matched play games. It could be argued that Legends aren't "supported" for Matched play, but they have points values so can be used in Matched play.
Since the Bonesinger is listed in Legends, it is usable in matched play. While the Bonesinger's points are listed under the Elites section, it's datasheet states it has the
HQ Battlefield role, and the Datasheet is what determines the actual rules of the unit.
Of course, as I am repeatedly told, this is
YMDC, where the rules are made up and the points don't matter, and I don't know why I need to make this clear every time I post, lest some people take umbrage with it, but you're free to use whatever House Rules you and your opponent agree to, including the use of MFM 2019 points values where none exist in MFM 2020.