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Les say I have a 5 man dev squad with 4 PC's and a 10 man tac squad, the enemy has an assaulty unit nearby. I move the tac squads between the dev squad interlocking them, can I deny the enemy assaulting the dev squad since they would get 1 inch within the tac squad aswell? If he does multicharge both squads get to overwatch.

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Dev X
Tac 0

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If your opponent wanted to charge the Devs but not your Tacticals, he would have to roll a distance sufficient to go around your Tacticals to your Devs.
If you somehow managed to stop him getting in B2B with your Devs without assaulting your Tacticals, I believe he would have to charge both, meaning that both squads get overwatch.

The path of movement of the first model should be kept at least 1 inch away from the tac squad model blocking him though, so it might be quite far.

You are allowed to move within an inch of enemies while charging.

So he doesnt have to stay that 1 inch away while he charges the back squad.

 milkboy wrote:
The path of movement of the first model should be kept at least 1 inch away from the tac squad model blocking him though, so it might be quite far.

That isnt a rule, and hasnt been since 4th edition (see: checkerboard pattern defense)

When making charge moves you may move within 1" of ANY enemy model, not just of the unit you are charging. The only way you can prevent an assault by proximity is if the ONLY path for the model closest to the charged unit to follow would also force it into btb with a model from a unit other than the one it is charging. This would require some very careful set upthat shoud be easy for the charging player to negate

I see. I've always though the less than 1 inch rule was for the unit being assulted only. Do you mean that the charging model would not be able to squeeze through a 1 inch gap between an enemy model and inpassable terrain and that if it was 1.1 inch, he is allowed to pass?

 milkboy wrote:
I see. I've always though the less than 1 inch rule was for the unit being assulted only. Do you mean that the charging model would not be able to squeeze through a 1 inch gap between an enemy model and inpassable terrain and that if it was 1.1 inch, he is allowed to pass?

THa was true in 4th edition, but has not been a rule since (the unassaultable formation came up in 4th, but never in practice - TOs never allowed it, to my knowledge. We generally laughed and, if the person was serious, told them to quit it or leave)

You are not allowed to move into base to base contact with a model from a unit you are not assaulting. The first model to move MUST ONLY contact the primary target if you are multi assaulting.

Thus you COULD squeeze through a 1" (2.54cm) gap, as the bases are 2.5cm wide However if the gap was 25mm exactly, then the model could not move through as it would be moving into b2b with another unit, which it is prohibited from doing.

Just remember this does mean this is not the shortest path - they must go around. What I was getting at is that if you block off all routes such that thje closest model (as defined by measuring straight line distance from model to model, as per the rulebook) can only be contacted by also contacting other models from other units, then the charge cannot be completed. This is nigh on impossible to pull off in practice, however.

But you would still have to measure "around" the tactical squad to charge the Devs, right? (If they are 20mm apart in the Tac squad)

Thanks for the clarification! Seems that I had been playing it wrong all this while. There was even a time I was glad I could curve around a riptide to assault the fire warriors behind, all the while keeping 1 inch away from the riptide, with careful measuring. Seems I didn't need it after all. :p

 BlackTalos wrote:
But you would still have to measure "around" the tactical squad to charge the Devs, right? (If they are 20mm apart in the Tac squad)

Yes. The closest model is always straight line, whcih could potentially cause you problems (again, easy to anticipate) if that model physically cannot move. However your movement distance is actual distance moved, so if you cannot go through the tacs you HAVE to go around.

nosferatu1001 wrote:

 BlackTalos wrote:
But you would still have to measure "around" the tactical squad to charge the Devs, right? (If they are 20mm apart in the Tac squad)

Yes. The closest model is always straight line, whcih could potentially cause you problems (again, easy to anticipate) if that model physically cannot move. However your movement distance is actual distance moved, so if you cannot go through the tacs you HAVE to go around.

Just to be anal about this... closest model is the shortest distance... not always a straight line. (Your complete answer states this, just wanted to clarify the initial statement.)