enri wrote:
Just occurred to me this morning, after nosing through the rulebook for the umpteenth time and hoping some of it will eventually stick... that I don't know what's considered the opponents table half when you set up in opposite corners... is it measured as a diagonal from one unused corner to the other, or is it split lengthways or width ways?
I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say.... it's a 5 minute pre-game chat issue because I couldn't find it mentioned anywhere.
As kyussinchains says, it is a diagonal line, resulting in a deployment area that is "L" shaped.
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Also, what are the pros and cons of setting up in the table corners? Are there any advantages for any particular race in setting up this way? are there any races it really disadvantages?
Off the top of my head, the only disadvantages I could think of were for horde armies who would have their potential set up area reduced a bit (on a 6' x 4' table: 2700cm2 for normal long edge deployment vs 2025cm2 for a corner deployment... a 25% reduction in deployment zone!), hopefully leading to them getting bunched up and packed in a bit.
I guess you could set your blitz up on the short edge part of your corner deployment too (or right int he corner of the board), to make the enemy have to go that bit further in nabbing that... so, good against slow moving armies? Likewise, I guess slow moving horde armies could similarly dump their blitz in the corner and protect it with a massive mob of warm bodies.
There are a number of points here:-
Horde armies also tend to be slower, and corner deployment puts them further away from your Blitz when placed in the corner, though it is actually closer if placed on the other end of the 'short edge'.
You are correct that the "L" shape results in a smaller deployment area which makes it easier to predict where the opposing troops will deploy and move. This in turn makes it more likely that a space bombardment will hit a target, and makes them more vulnerable to artillery - especially if they crowd a 'a massive mob of warm bodies' around it in the corner
Also, you can put T&H objectives near the diagonal and thus even further apart, which favours mobile armies even more.
Though as Rug says, it also give you the same problems and experienced players will exploit them (eg targeting transports to remove mobility from your army).
