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Not a rules dispute as im 100% sure this is in there..

But where in the BRB does it say that you must have half your army on the table in the first turn, or something like that? I cant remember where i read it in there, and i cant find it on page 121 under the deployment section..

Cheers!

Reserves p124

Reserves - p124
"Preparing Reserves"
First sentence.

Cheers guys, that helps

So you can keep half your army in reserves if you choose to do so, except those that must start in reserves dont count towards that half limit?

So drop pods dont count for the limit?

You'd think this is something I should know since ive played 6th since it came out, but eh

Edit to make it simple:

Grey hunters squad without drop pod MAY be placed into reserves, along with anything that usually starts on the table, upto half the army.
Grey hunters in drop pod dont count towards the half that may be kept in reserves.

Dragonzord wrote:
Grey hunters squad without drop pod MAY be placed into reserves, along with anything that usually starts on the table, upto half the army.
Grey hunters in drop pod dont count towards the half that may be kept in reserves.

Correct on both.

 grendel083 wrote:

Dragonzord wrote:
Grey hunters squad without drop pod MAY be placed into reserves, along with anything that usually starts on the table, upto half the army.
Grey hunters in drop pod dont count towards the half that may be kept in reserves.

Correct on both.

huh, very useful.

And this half, is done by units, and not points? Coz i was always told it was done by 'half your army points must be on the table', but reading the BRB, it mentions units, and nothing about points..

This could be very useful!

No, it's for the units.

You always pick your army, set aside everything that must stay in reserve (and units embarked upon those) and then split the remaining in half.

It's units. Kangodo is absolutely right.

A couple of things worth mentioning in case it's not clear or hasn't occurred to you yet:

1) ICs count as separate units for this count-up, even if they're attached to a unit before arriving. Page 124 explicitly tells us this.
2) Drop pods *MUST* start in Reserve, true. The other usual example is Flyers.

1) Unless they are attached to a unit that must DS, or must start in reserves, when they again dont count