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I'm sure I'm just missing this one but can't seem to locate it in the rule book.

I was playing a game the other day with a Tau max Kroot list and my opponent went first. On turn two he brought in 4 of 6 units of Kroot and lined the entire left and right board edges in anticipation of my war walkers outflanking as well. I was unable to move on but we could not find what happens next. In 5th I think I would have lost all my units but what happens in 6th?

As stated I am sure we just missed the rule....beer was certainly involved!

Check the index for the Reserves rule, it has the information you are looking for.

I just read all of Outflanking and Reserves, cant seem to find anything about being unable to place a model. (except the rule about being unable to place a vehicle wholly within 6" of the table edge at which point you place the back end touching a table edge and it becomes immobile)

Edit: Also relevant

@ Death Reaper - I'm must not be seeing what you are referring to in the rule book.

@ Desubot - I agree we could not find the mechanism for when you can move on the the board. Obviously you could not place a model on the board edge since you can not be within 2 inches of another model but it doesn't say that you should then go in to ongoing reserve or that you should move those models out of the way to be able to place your own....

That is the famous picture we were thinking about!!

Page 124 Right column, 7th Graph, 1st sentence (The part just after the bold text).

Also keep in mind the movement rules about how far you need to stay away from enemies.

Ok so you're saying they would be able to move out past the unit that is blocking the board edge?

 Cpt Stubbs wrote:
Ok so you're saying they would be able to move out past the unit that is blocking the board edge?

Only if they can stay 1 inch away from them.

 DeathReaper wrote:
Page 124 Right column, 7th Graph, 1st sentence (The part just after the bold text).

Also keep in mind the movement rules about how far you need to stay away from enemies.

"Each model's move is measured from the edge of the battlefield"

But you cant move through enemy models (baring jump/jetpacks)
what happens if you cant place any model on the field if your getting krootblocked?
Edit:hypothetically it is dawn of war, and kroot have been outflanked in such a number that the entirety of 6"s from each table side is packed that there is no possible way to come on the field.

Which isn't all that difficult to do if you have 120 Kroot.

I guess they would still move out and beyond the unit as they are clearly not destroyed and do not enter ongoing reserve.

The normal movement restrictions denying any unit to move through the enemies '1 inch bubble' would still apply. Therefore, unless the unit has permission to jump over enemy units, it would be denied from coming onto the board as it would be required to move through this bubble, which it can not do. It is the general consensus that this means the unit is removed from the game as a casualty at this point, as it can not exist off the board.

The question I have to ask is where in the book does it states such a unit becomes casualties?

I am positive I have read it but I can't seem to find the correct page that states this. I know there are many situations within some other rules, such as deep striking off the table, but it can be easily argued those are rules unique to just that method of deployment. For the life of me I still can't find that page which outright states this... I'm going blind in my old age I guess.

There is no rule stating that you are destroyed if you can't move on to the board from reserves. I agree that may be the consensus but is that only a holdover from 5th where it clearly gave us guidance for such a case?

In 5th it had to be FAQed. Expect the same answer if/when it gets addressed here.

As the rules are now this is simply not covered RAW.

The unit MUST move onto the board like so. It can't because of the wall of Kroot. Then what happens? RAW the game throws and unhandled exception and crashes.