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Hi everyone,

I've just been reading the new Age of Sigmar rules. I actually think the rules are quite appealing. Seems simplified to me and can cater for smaller and larger scale battles.

However, looking at the rules it appears to me that it would be possible for units to shoot, and then charge (engaging in hand to hand combat) in the same turn. Im just going on the fact that there is nothing in the rules that says a unit that has made missile attacks cannot then charge in the same turn. Not saying I have a problem with this. Just checking my interpretation is correct.

Any thoughts guys?

Yup, they can even shoot when they're engaged with an enemy unit!

Yeh, I thought that too! So if your you t is in combat with the enemy but some of the unit are out of hand to hand range they can still shoot into the combat right?

Can they shoot at other units or just the unit they are engaged with?

They can always shoot any unit they can see, even if they are directly engaged in hand-to-hand

Rihgu wrote:
They can always shoot any unit they can see, even if they are directly engaged in hand-to-hand

Wow, I missed that.
Bastiladons grabbing and holding units for skinks to pepper just got a lot better.
Steggadon which survives taking a charge is going to do a whole lot of damage with the every enemy model within 8" taking an attack.

Cool. Thanks for clearing that up for me. Just needed to check! :-)

Shooting into/out of combat is vital for some of the Sudden Death victory conditions.

So yes, you can shoot freely of combat (there is no *locked in combat* during the shooting phase).