Warhammer40K Gamers Recall Stupidest Rules Arguments They've Encountered

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Nov 12, 2021 9:00 AM EST

For those of you who don't know, Warhammer 40,000 happens to be the most popular miniature wargame ever, especially in the United Kingdom. The first edition of the rulebook was published in 1987, and the ninth and current edition was released in 2020.  Between the various editions and regular rule book updates, there just might be a few grey areas resting peacefully between the lines of the rulebook. 

These users recount the absolute stupidest rules arguments they've had while battling to the death with no mercy or respite. The game is set in the grim darkness of the far future, where mighty armies clash on countless war-torn worlds and Humanity stands alone, beset on all sides by the threats of the heretic, the mutant and the alien. So yeah, serious business and we take the rules VERY seriously. If you don't agree you can get out and join this guy who went to a football game while his wife went into labor in the lobby. Karens, Karens of all genders everywhere. 

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    Font - r/Warhammer40k + Join u/Dubstep_squid · 6d WARHAHMER 1 S 2 What is the stupidest rules argument you've ever had? Discussion A couple of my favorites • At a local RTT and I'm throwing some thunder hammers into a redemptor dreadnought with a +1 to wound litany in effect. My Opponent drops 1 CP and says "I'm going to go ahead and transhuman him" Cue Record Scratch ...what. What followed was a 10 minute argument in which the player tried to argue that even though the redemptor lacked the PRIM
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    Font - MrSevenGold · 6d Once had a game and apparently after dealing a ton of mortal wounds onto a unit of their terminators apparantly 'mortals dont carry over'... lol no. Reply 1 494 3 ouichef13 · 6d lol. "I assign all 27 Mortal Wounds to this guy" 4 377 MrSevenGold · 6d I know right. I pulled the 'would you like to read what the core rulebook says' card and the dude was like "No. I know how they work. They just have no save". Think they just gota little butthurt things were not going as plann
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    Font - JuanFromApple · 6d I spent an hour and a half arguing with a guy that you could use a feel no pain on mortal wounds, and despite every other person in the game store agreeing with me AND us simultaneously looking at the rulebook he still refused to ever admit he was wrong. Throughout the course of the argument he A. Got the impression that a mortal wound somehow harms a model differently from a regular wound and that the model would then lose a mortal wound (despite me point out that mode
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    Font - ImperialNacho · 6d Guy I played against refused to give me ANY information about his units. Toughness? You'll see after you select it to shoot at. Wounds left? You'll know when I remove the model. Units in reserve? You'll know when I put them on the table. Edit: and yes, we debated more than an hour if this is against the "rules" Reply 1 160
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    Font - SandersSchmittlaub • 6d Had a dude insist "select one enemy unit within x inches" actually meant "the closest unit" because he refused to acknowledge the word select meant I got to pick. When the entire club shouted him down, he changed his position and insisted that since it did not specifically say who got to choose, that he actually got to choose since it was going to affect his minis. Its been years, but I still maintain he had a very minor case of severe brain damage. G Reply 1 919 +
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    Font - Grevous_ · 6d When I first started playing, a friend told me I couldn't use multiple models in a unit to attack a single model. 6 Reply 103 +
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    Rectangle - R3myek · 6d Way back in the early 2000's a kid told me that if he bought a 2nd monolith they could re-animate each other. G Reply 468 +
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    Font - oswell_XIV · 6d Ultramarines has a stratagem (1CP) that let a SINGLE attack to auto hit. Dude said that it lets ALL attacks to auto hit and proceeded to use it on his bracketed Leviathan. The wording is so obvious but it still took the store owner calling a few rule lawyers to make the call. Common sense is not common but l'm still amazed sometimes. G Reply 76 3 ...
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    Font - Codgeir · 6d Rules dispute over the 9th edition mission "No mans land" insisted his units could deepstrike anywhere on the board still even though the mission rules specifically state otherwise. Edit: his ability was pre-game G Reply 1 67 +
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    Font - De4th_Jester · 6d thug life "it is not in the rulebook/codex, so it works" Next time I hear that l'll bite... G Reply 1 62 3 +
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    Font - Tzelanit · 6d Playing a team tournament, my Imperial Guard and an acquaintance's Necrons vs two Tyranid players. We get first turn, the Necrons move up and I shoot. Importantly, the Nightbringer was moved into the center of the table, nowhere near any cover or obstructing terrain(which he wouldn't be able to benefit from given the rules at the time). During the Tyranid player's turn, there is a Carnifex in a building that wants to shoot at the Nightbringer. The building is scaled for huma
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    Font - jagnew78 · 6d Once had someone pull units in melee after getting double charged so that the second unit I charged with was no longer in engagement range. I piled in my 3" to fight and we argued for 10 minutes with him telling me that I couldn't pile in unless I was within engagement range, and me telling him that if I charged successfully I can still pile in no matter what. I pulled out the rule book, pointing out the exact words that allowed it to happen. He just refused to read it. Post
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    Font - cdnstudmuffin · 6d The classic 9" deep strike cheat. Guy puts his models 8.9" inches away ( innocent enough ) but then states he only needs 8" to be in engagement range. Even though it is simple rules, he argues... that his 8 is good for charge. The worst part of the game, is the people.. Reply 1 145 3 ...
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