Proximity to enemy units
Q: Sometimes the rules talk about stopping 1” away
from enemy units. Elsewhere the rules say you cannot
come within 1” of an enemy unit. These are
contradictory (if a unit is exactly 1” away, it is also
within 1”). What is the correct ruling?
A: Yes the wording is contradictory. In all cases, assume
being exactly 1” away is legal. Interpret it as not being
allowed closer than 1”. This means that a Shambling unit
can move and stop 1” away from an enemy unit and
then only 1 success is required on the roll to Surge them
into contact.
Movement
Q: Can a flying unit pivot while above another unit?
A:Yes, fliers may pivot while above other units aslong as
the flying unit's entire move ends clear of any units or
blocking terrain. Unlike other units, fliers do not need
to end their pivot clear of the other unit.
Charging
Q: When declaring a multiple charge against a target,
are all the units considered to charge simultaneouslyor
do they move one at a time?
A: The charges are declared simultaneously but the
units are moved one at a time. This means that units
must have LOS to the target and be in range from their
Leader point to declare the charge. Other units charging
the same target can be moved first if it means units
behind then can then make a legal charge move. What’s
important is that they have room to legally get there
and then fit against the target facing at the end of all
the charge moves. Note however that units still cannot
swap places (cross each other’s paths on the way in)
and must maintain their positions relative to each other
and the target unit facing. Also see the related question
below.
Q: When I charge with multiple units at the same target,
how do I determine final placement to ensure that
charging units do not cross each other's way?
A: The leader point of each charging unit must stay in
the same relative position to the leader points of all
other units charging the same facing. In other words,
the leftmost leader point before the charge must still be
the leftmost leader point after the charge, etc.
If it is particularly close and hard to determine, use a
straight line perpendicular from the charge target, move
it directly left/right, and see which unit it touches first.
In the event that multiple leader points are lined up
exactly with each other, then the charging player may
choose the final position.
Q:How does unit alignment work when one or more
units charge an Individual?
A: Move the first charging unit to contact the Individual.
The Individual then aligns to this first charging unit. The
remaining charging units then make contact and align to
the Individual.
Q: Individuals get a free pivot to face any direction, if
the order being chosen is a charge can this pivot end
within 1" of the enemy?
A: Yes.
Q: What does "the shortest route" mean when
charging?
A: It means going the most direct route the unit can in
order to make contact with the enemy unit being
charge. The unit should only pivot if it needs to in order
to travel in the most direct route and that might be to
manoeuvre round some blocking terrain or another
unit.
Q: When declaring a multiple charge, can units shuffle
sideways to accommodate other units charging the
same facing in a multiple charge before the other units
move? Can units potentially block each other from
declaring a multiple charge in the first place?
A: Yes to both. Assuming all units can legally make the
charge move, move each unit and shuffle it to its final
position (ready to accommodate the other units so they
all share the space available) before moving the next
unit. Tidy up the unit arrangement against the target
facing after all chargers have moved so they share the
space correctly if you’ve judged it slightly wrong.
It could be however that if a unit is too close behind
another, that even though it can see the target and is in
range and the more advanced unit goes first and
shuffles, a single pivot when charging is still not enough
to make contact. This would be a failed charge and the
unit must be given a different order. Nimble units can
obviously avoid this with their extra pivot!
Q: A unit can sometimes be “boxed in”, stopping it from
doing anything but back up (and sometimes not even
that!). The positioning of an enemy unit might mean
that none of the viable targets that the unit
shouldbeable to charge can be because the charging
unit cannot align to any of them such as in the example
below. How should this be resolved?
A: It is of course perfectly fine to force an enemy unit to
legally charge a unit of your choosing (e.g. screening a
unit with a different one) or using terrain to cleverly
shield units or protect flanks. However, forcing a
situation where no legal charge is possible due to the
angles of the multiple possible targets (total charge
blocking by “gaming” the rules) is not permitted.
The recommended way to resolve this is to allow the
charging unit to select their target of choice (either of
the two units to the front in the example given), move
into contact and then align the target to the charger
rather than the other way round.
How to resolve these situations greatly depends on
other units and terrain. Players should use the
recommended approach above but find a neutral third
party if they’re unable to agree this is the best solution
for their specific case.
Q: If a charging unit shuffles to line up with the target
unit and the shuffle takes the unit into difficult terrain
of onto an obstacle, is the charge considered to be
Hindered?
A: Yes.
Q: If my charging unit can simply pivot where it is to
make contact but then either blocking terrain or
another unit prevents my unit aligning with the target,
can my unit first shuffle and then align?
A: No, the steps are Move, Align then Shuffle (slide).
Q: When charging, can you make contact with a
different facing than the one you charged?
A: No. You must hit the facing being charged, or a
corner of that facing, before aligning to the target unit.
Q: During a charge my unit can contact the enemy but
there isn’t enough room where it contacted to align and
slide the unit into position on the correct facing. Can I
“teleport” the unit over any models/impassable terrain
etc. into a position where it can fit?
A: No “teleporting” is not allowed.Your align step must
be contacting the same point of the enemy unit that
you first contacted and you cannot shuffle through
enemy units.
Q: When I charge with multiple units at the same target,
how do I arrange them so they “share the space
available as equally as possible”?
A:In the case of two units, each unit should have
roughly the same fraction of contact as shown below. In
the case of more than two units the central units will of
course be fully in contact, divide the remaining frontage
evenly. There is no need to micromanage this to the last
millimetre; placing the units in roughly the correct
position by eye is sufficient.
Q: Can you pivot through units (friend or foe) during a
charge?
A: Yes, as long as the charging unit ends its pivot clear of
the other unit, you may pivot through units when
charging (See Interpenetration When Pivoting under
Unit Penetration).
Q: Following a melee where the charging unit(s) did not
Rout the target unit, they must fall back 1” or “as much
as necessary”. Due to the proximity of other enemy
units and in an effort to maintain a 1” distance from
them, this could push them back much further than 1”
away from the unit they attacked. See the example
diagram below. The blue unit has attacked unit A and
now moves back 1”. In order to not be 1” away from the
other enemy units either side (B and C) the unit must
fall even further back beyond the other units.Is this
right?
A: That is not the right way to play it and players should
be sensible about such situations. After attacking, the
unit(s) falling back shouldn’t be travelling more than 1”.
Just stop there and nudge any other units away so it’s
clear they are not in contact with each other. Put a full
1” gap between units if there is room but if not don’t
worry. Don’t over-think it and end up having to manage
a complicated ripple effect of shifting units :)
Nerve
Q: If during your own turn, one of your units receives
damage (i.e. from a friendly Red Goblin Blaster
explosion or similar effect) is a nerve test required?
A: No. A nerve test is not required when one of your
units takes damage on your turn.
Special Rules
Q: If a unit has two Breath Attacks (e.g. starts with one
and buys the Diadem of Dragon-kind), do the two stack?
A:No, they are two separate ranged attacks.
Q: Can a unit use its Fly special rule when being moved
forwards by the Surge spell?
A: No. Units are Surged along the ground.
Q: If a unit has Piercing, Blast or Reload! and then a
magic artefact like the Diadem of Dragon-kind is added
to the unit, do these rules apply to the ranged attack of
the magic artefact?
A: No. Piercing, Reload! and Blast all apply only to any
attacks the units already possesses. The special rules on
unit entries could have been clearer in conveying this
(e.g. “Crossbows with Piercing (1) and Reload!”). Note
that Vicious and Elite will still work with any artefacts.
Q: Does Rallying stack with Valiant?
A: Yes.
Q: If a unit has been blinded by the Solar Staff, can it
still be Surged into Combat?
A: No. The Solar Staff prevents the blinded unit from
entering into combat in any way. In the event that the
blinded unit would be surged into combat with an
enemy unit, it stops 1" away from that unit instead.
Spells
Q: When a unit is Surged but contact is made against a
corner of an enemy unit and not an edge, which of the
target unit’s arcs is considered to have been charged?
A: If you can see this is going to happen, determine
which arc of the target unit the leader point of the
surging unit is in before it moves. That is then the side
the surging unit will align to and attack. This is only the
case when the surging unit hits a corner, otherwise the
normal surge rules apply.
Q: Since the Greater Air Elemental variant has a spell,
can all Greater Elementals take the new spells in the
Clash of Kings book, or only the Greater Air Elemental?
A: Only the Greater Air Elemental has a spell or the
ability to take a spell, so only the Greater Air Elemental
has the option to take the new spells.
Q: Do spell dice bonuses, such as the Orc Godspeaker,
Empire of Dust Monolith etc. apply to the spells in Clash of
Kings?
A: Yes
Q: If a unit is surged forward and contacts two enemy
units at the same time, which unit does the surged unit
charge?
A: In this event, the attacking player may choose which
unit is being charged.
Scenarios
Q: In the Dominate scenario, do players need to get
units into the whole of the area between the
deployment zones or is it a 12" radius area in the middle
of the table?
A: The latter. It's a 12" radius circle centred exactly in
the middle of the playing area.
Q: When playing any scenario that uses Loot tokens, if
a unit drops a token either forcibly due to routing or
voluntarily, canit be placed outside the units footprint?
A: No, it should be placed entirely within the footprint
of the unit.
Artefacts
Q: Can the Crystal Pendant of Retribution trigger
multiple times?
A: No it will only work the once, when the unit actually
routs. So if a unit is saved by Inspiring or Herja’s
Judgement of Korgaan for example, the Crystal Pendant
will not take effect.
Q: When a unit with the Crystal Pendant of Retribution
is Routed, is the 2D6 dice roll a single roll for all units in
base contact, or is it rolled separately for each unit?
A: It is a single 2D6 roll.
Terrain and gaming tables
Q: What sort of Terrain Heights should we use?
A: Again this is going to depend on the terrain in your
collection but as a rule of thumb, you can use the
following:
• Hills: Height 1-2
• Single storey buildings: Height 3
• Woods and 2-storey buildings: Height 4-6
Multi-basing and using Counts-as units
Q: When multi-basing a unit, what’s the minimum
amount of models that should be used to represent the
unit size being modelled?
A: Obviously, rather than stifle creativity, this has been
left vague so that people can express their units as they
wish. For friendly games and among regular gaming
partners, anything goes. However, for fairness in
organised play and to ensure the intended spectacle of
massed battles the game is all about, for events there
should be a minimum number of models using the rules
below.
Models must be based on the appropriate base size and
shape for their type. Unit-basing (or “multi-basing”) is
permitted so long as the unit footprint is accurate for
the unit size. Model counts for multi-based units must
be at least one model greater than the listed number
for the unit size below (or more than 50% of the
“expected” model count the unit is representing if there
is no smaller size). For example, a multi-based Infantry
Regiment must be at least 11 models (one more model
than a Troop). The preferred model count is 66% or
more to maintain the visual spectacle of mass battles.
Thus the unit footprint table can be expanded to show
the Minimum Model Count (MMC) and Preferred Model
Count (PMC) event sizing as follows:
Q: What is the minimum model count for “Swarm” style
units such as Orclings?
A:Swarm units adhere to the same basic rules for MMC
as other units. This, however, doesn’t mean that you
only need, say, 4 orcling models for a Horde of orclings.
You need 4 “full” bases of orclings (or 2 “full” bases for
a Regiment). What qualifies as a full base depends
largely upon model choice. For smaller models like
orclings you will most likely need between 5-8 models
per base. For larger, human sized models such as
Tortured Souls you will need at least 3 models per base
(12 models to a Horde). To clear up any confusion
regarding what constitutes a Swarm, the following is a
list of all Swarms currently in the game:
Abyssals: Imps*
Abyssals: Tortured Souls
Empire of Dust: Swarm*
Night-Stalkers: Needle-fangs*
Orcs: Orclings*
Ratkin: Vermintide*
Salamanders: Ember Sprites*
Trident Realms: Tidal Swarm*
Q: How does minimum model size work when using
“counts-as” models or proxies instead of the actual
models? What is acceptable for an alternative model?
A: Proxy models or “counts-as” models must be
appropriate alternatives to the models they are
representing (no Treemen representing Orclings!). They
should follow the same guidelines for minimum model
counts as above or should occupy the equivalent
volume (or as close as possible) as the models they are
representing. For example, 2 heavy chariots taking up
roughly the same space as the regiment of 10 knights
they are representing is acceptable. AT ALL TIMES, it
must be clear to your opponent what the unit actually
represents. Inform them clearly before the game begins
what is what in your army if you have any such units
and remind them during the game too. You should
avoid any confusing imagery (models with wings that
don’t actually have the Fly special rule for example).
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