In reality what this meant in 8th edition is the Harlequins were able to charge the Tau on the flanks in turn one.
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Bringing them into Rapid Fire range sooner. Which they tried to do, and did! This should’ve worked in our favour as it closed the distance between the enemy and us. The attackers take first turn! Yeah! But for a CP the defenders can seize on a 6. Guardsmen holding the line during the Ambush Mission Enemy – Early Game The enemy deployed as close as they could to us. Nice bubbles for my orders and morale boosts. I had each Company Commander in range of two Infantry squads and the Commissar in range of three. The Tau deployed the Hammerhead here too with everything else either side of the enemy’s deployment zone – in the thin strip at the top and bottom of the above image. With the deployment map set I placed all my units spread out along the back edge of the table – that is the left hand side of the above image. 3x Intercessor squads (4 models / squad).Patrol Detachment – Dark Angels 1,000 points with 3CP Wraithlord with 2x Flames, 2x Scatter Laser.Wraithlord with 2x Missiles, 2x Shuriken Catapult.Troupe with Harlequins Caress (8 models).Troupe with Harlequins Embrace (8 models).My Fishy Friends for Ambush Mission Ambush Mission Enemy Forces Patrol Detachment – Harlequins 1,000 points with 3CP 3x Crisis Suits with Burst Cannon and Missile Pod.2x Crisis Suits with Fusion Blaster and Burst Cannon.Commander with Missile Pod and Burst Cannon.Battalion Detachment – Tau 1,000 points with 6CP I had to use my Bullgryns after writing about Bullgryn Tactics – I could just squeeze them into the list with 12CPs. As does the low cost of things like Sentinels, Ratlings and Heavy Weapons Teams. The 40 point per squad Infantry makes this possible. It does mean cutting back on some nice toys though as you basically have to take everything as cheaply as possible. And it is perfectly possible and legal to get 12CPs from a 1,000 point list with the Astra Militarum. I really tried to max the CPs in this list. Heavy Weapons squad all with Autocannons.3 Bullgryns with Bullgryn Mauls and Slabshields in a Taurox (with Wheels).Ambush Mission – Friendly Forces Brigade Detachment – Astra Militarum 1,000 points with 12CP Which for us, was awful as it turned out. You deploy, they deploy, reveal and you’re stuck with what you’ve done. But it makes for an interesting deployment phase because nobody can counter deploy. Only then are the attackers units placed corresponding to their positions based on the numbered markers. Once all the markers are placed the defenders then setup all their units. This means the attacks in this game place numbered markers for each of their units.
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We had to set up first using Concealed Deployment. It was just easier to do at 11PM than try and do it with points. It said Power Levels and we used Power Levels for this calculation when it came to it.