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With other infiltration, such as the Sicarian Infiltrators, you're rightfully stopped from making an easy round 1 charge, because it states "At the end of any of your movement phases [...] set it up anywhere on the battlefield [...]" so you clearly can't move after that, which puts you at a 9" charge. A reasonably hard charge but a realistic one to happen. A good balance.

However, either GW has forgotten how they made this restriction happen when they made the stratagem, or I'm forgetting something else that stops me from round 1 charging after an infiltration, because the stratagem states:

CLANDESTINE INFILTRATION
Stygies VIII Stratagem

Use this Stratagem during deployment. You can set up a STYGIES VIII unit from your army in ambush instead of placing it on the battlefield. At the beginning of the first battle round, but before the first turn begins, the unit is revealed - set it up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" away from any enemy models

Note the timing. It gets placed before the turn even starts. That doesn't stop the unit from then moving in the movement phase, followed by a charge in the charge phase... am I missing something or does this provide for absolutely secure charges in round 1?
Plus, you set it up at the beginning of the first round, so you know at this point if you're going first or not!

What am I missing?

This is the same as the raven guard and alpha legion stratagems right? It certainly does allow a first turn charge.

You're not missing anything. This allows you to begin >9" away and get full movement in first turn.

Captyn_Bob wrote:
This is the same as the raven guard and alpha legion stratagems right? It certainly does allow a first turn charge.

This.

Its been game legal since the very first Codex for this edition with use of the respective stratagems.

Mind you if you set them 9 inches away from a target and go second they might just get wiped off the table.

Two words: Bubble Wrap

Even in previous editions there wasn't anything outright banning First Turn Charges, it was simply difficult to pull off without involving a Rule that self-imposed a restriction on charging. All the Authors did was remove the self-imposed restrictions found within these Rules, which is a boost that I feel a lot of Melee focused armies need to function properly. Now our Shooting Armies can not simply sit back for a turn or two, whittling down the numbers of an Army specifically designed to get into our faces fast as possible. That Army is going to be able to fill it's roll now, and I am please for it even if it means I need more bubble wrap....

 JinxDragon wrote:
Even in previous editions there wasn't anything outright banning First Turn Charges, it was simply difficult to pull off without involving a Rule that self-imposed a restriction on charging. All the Authors did was remove the self-imposed restrictions found within these Rules, which is a boost that I feel a lot of Melee focused armies need to function properly. Now our Shooting Armies can not simply sit back for a turn or two, whittling down the numbers of an Army specifically designed to get into our faces fast as possible. That Army is going to be able to fill it's roll now, and I am please for it even if it means I need more bubble wrap....

There was. Infiltrators were specifically banned from Charging in their first turn in 7th.

 JohnnyHell wrote:

 JinxDragon wrote:
Even in previous editions there wasn't anything outright banning First Turn Charges, it was simply difficult to pull off without involving a Rule that self-imposed a restriction on charging. All the Authors did was remove the self-imposed restrictions found within these Rules, which is a boost that I feel a lot of Melee focused armies need to function properly. Now our Shooting Armies can not simply sit back for a turn or two, whittling down the numbers of an Army specifically designed to get into our faces fast as possible. That Army is going to be able to fill it's roll now, and I am please for it even if it means I need more bubble wrap....

There was. Infiltrators were specifically banned from Charging in their first turn in 7th.

That's the "involving a Rule that self-imposed a restriction on charging" part he mentioned. I remember getting 1st turn charges back in the day by abusing sideways deployed Land Raiders in the Long-Long-Ago.

Eh, my bad, 'self-imposed restriction' didn't make any sense to me.

I remember my 7th edition lobster charging things first turn.

Sorry then JonnyHell, the English language is not my specialty.

 JinxDragon wrote:
Sorry then JonnyHell, the English language is not my specialty.

Nothing to see here: morning drunk damage control.