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What can we do with a player who camps in a table top game?
There are already quite a few ways you could deal with this, some based in the rules, and some beyond the rules:
As long as one of your units can see the hidden unit, it stops being hidden
From the ...
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Warhammer Age of Sigmar moving within 3" of enemy models
I think this is pretty clear, if you trim out some of the extra stuff in those quotes:
you may not move within 3" of any enemy models
and
has models within 3" of an enemy unit
It seems clear ...
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What scale are Warhammer Fantasy models?
Gaming miniatures are usually described as Xmm rather than 'X/Y(th)' as is used in scale modelling. The distance is from the base to the eyes on a normal human.
Current new models coming out for ...
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Necromancer mounting corpse cart pricing?
No. The points listed in the Necromancer entry shows how much buying him a Corpse Cart mount costs (which is why it is 90 points, the cost of a Corpse Cart). If you pay for a character to have a mount ...
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Can you use custom made cosmetics on 40K figures?
For cosmetic stuff like this, you should be ok. The ITC rules certainly don't make any distinction about things like that, as long as it is clear what the model represents. Other tournaments may ...
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Rune of spellbreaking on multiple runelords
I believe this is intended to mean "one use only" per rune item which has the rune.
I cannot find anywhere this is stated outright in the 8th ed rules, but this is how such items have always been ...
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Is the extra attack from frenzy on the profile of the Vargheist?
The Vargheist is supposed to have 4 attacks. Its profile states it has 3 attacks naturally, and then you add 1 for the frenzy special rule.
This is due to the unit being able to lose Frenzy, and as ...
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Benefits of not equipping skeletons with spears?
By default the skeletons come armed with light armour, a hand weapon, and a shield.
The combination of hand weapon and shield gives you an additional 6+ Parry Save (8th Ed rulebook, pg 88), which you ...
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Benefits of not equipping skeletons with spears?
A model with Hand Weapon and Shield can use the 'Parry' special rule to get a ward save. A model with a spear cannot. Since skeletons are weak and have poor weapon skill anyway, it may be beneficial ...
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The charged unit dies before combat
No, they do not get any additional movement.
What happens is the unit is not engaged in a combat, so it does nothing in the close combat phase.
I assume you are thiking of the Overrun rule? Where ...
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Can units join a character in combat?
From BRB p97.
A character must move into a unit to join it. There is no rule that allows the unit to move to the character.
A character cannot join a unit in close combat.
You can however, simply ...
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Is there a mechanism to bring Mordheim characters into Fantasy?
There is no official method of doing this.
However at out local club we do things like this all the time as we often play casual games for fun.
I would advise looking for the lord/hero with the ...
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Why is the Warhammer Fantasy species "Cold One" named as such?
2 reasons that I could find:
It is a reference to the people that use them. Only cold-blooded people can ride them without a problem
They see all warm-blooded things as prey, so they are the cold ...
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Why is having shields in AoS 'optional'?
Age of Sigmar is very much designed with the "beer and pretzels" mindset. The main reason is that you may have a bunch of models without shields. If your opponent doesn't care, you can always say that ...
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Can I mix Fantasy and 40k in a game?
Easy. Pick an 40K army from one of the formats and model your stats off of it, but use Warhammer Fantasy models.
For example if your fantasy army has a lot of melee units, why not model them after ...
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If a chariot dies, does the character die also?
In the character mounts section, the rules say:
A chariot mount follows all the rules for ridden monsters, save for the fact that a chariot does not need to take a monster Reaction test if the ...
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Do summoned units count towards victory points?
No, they do not.
As you said, they did not cost anything to inlude in the army so are worth zero (unless the unit has a rule that states otherwise).
In addition to which, many summoning spells ...
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Invocation of nehek and swarms?
Invocation of Nehek (Vampire Counts 8th Ed, pg 60) says that "Wounds gained are distributed as described in Ressurecting Fallen Warriors".
The rules for Ressurecting Fallen Warriors (Vampire Counts ...
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Model positioning during multiple close combats after removing models
This exact situation is covered under Incomplete Ranks in the Close Combat section of the rules (pg 49.)
If the unit is fighting to its rear (or fighting to both flanks) some
enemy models might ...
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End of Times Summoning Spells
It says it in the spell description. On page 15 of the Nagash book each spell states what type can be summoned and can only be "selected from the Undead Legioins army list (page 20).
Hope that helps.
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Can I add Ogre mercenaries to any army in Warhammer fantasy?
So, it actually depends on the Version you're using. On 6ed et 7ed, mercenary did exist and (at least for 6ed) ogres had a special rules that let them be purchased as mercenary for anyone except ...
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Can you mix Warhammer Fantasy armies?
For the sake of completeness:
Now Warhammer Fantasy is rebranded to Warhammer Age of Sigmar, that allows you to play with "whatever the heck you want" in any game. But even if you want to play rules ...
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What do the iPad "End of Times" books contain?
Games Workshop have replied to my email:
Thanks for the email.
I can confirm for you that the iBook contains everything that the
physical copy contains except the paper!
I hope that ...
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What can we do with a player who camps in a table top game?
You could take some hints from FPS games, namely games with snipers. Once a sniper gets into a strong nest, it can be hard to dislodge them since getting to them leaves you exposed and you can't ...
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Easy Search for Renamed Units
As of '8-25-17', coinciding with Games Workshop's "General's Handbook 2017," Warhammer Community has released updated FAQs for the Grand Alliances, as well as updated the legacy Compendiums for the ...
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Mix Daemonettes of Slaanesh and Slaves to Darkness, Warhammer AoS
Yes.
Each faction lists which other factions can be taken as allies. For the Slaves to Darkness, that includes Hedonites of Slaanesh.
25.8 ALLIES
Below a faction’s Pitched Battle profiles table, you ...
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Reforming to gain extra rank in close combat
Yes you can.
You can reform if:
You win the round of combat
Or if you lose combat, hold and pass an unmodified leadership test.
I believe there is a limit to how many columns you can adjust per ...
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Can you mix Warhammer Fantasy armies?
Of course. Warhammer (especially with house rules) is all about figuring out what you can do. Alliances are common, and you can find an alliance matrix in the rule book. More than 3 armies in anything ...
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Warhammer Fantasy Dual Wield Ruling
So 'dual wielding' isn't a term that's used in Warhammer Fantasy's rules. But models frequently have more than one weapon. As a general rule however, this is more for the ability to choose the right ...
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