Would you ever allow this?

[Farseer Macleod]

After reading all the previous comments I'd have to say the guy you were playing is a jerk. If he's a jerk then give him a taste of his own medicine. Truth is over the last year I have become a bit of a rules bandit myself, insisting that the rules be followed 100% and I used to be such nice guy and I have been trying recently to get back to the way I was because while being a rules bandit was helping me to win it certainly wasn't making my gaming more fun, in fact it was the reverse.

After a bit of reflection and asking myself why I became this way I would have to say it was because of another of our gaming groups players and one that I regularly play. I used to let him off with lots of little things and then when I made a small mistake if it was one he could seriously capitalise on then he would penalise me for it just because he wanted to beat me, he's very easy going against other people. Even when I let him off with one of his terminators having 1/5 of its base off the table after he scattered in the same game he wouldn't let me cast my psychic powers because I had moved a couple of wave serpents before remembering.

So Slowly but surely I began to get strict on the rules when playing him but eventually it became habit and dominated my playing style. I am making a conscious effort to change my bad habit, if I was in a tournament I would certainly adopt the same attitude and enforce the rules 100% but really if your just having a relaxing game with your mates then let the little things slide. But of course so long as he keeps it friendly I will endervour to do the same but if he takes advantage when I was generous to him then he will have no mercy!

[cKerensky]

Usually I'll just roll with the punches and say "Whatevs". Some people I play with, I'm a bit more of a stickler, because they'll call me on a mistake, and I'll call them. It's all good, because that's how we like it. Sometimes, against some people, I'll be a bit more loose and not care. I'm pretty flexible like that. Usually I'm more concerned with what I'm going to have for dinner then whether I'll win this 40k match or not.

And to andrewbeater:

If you're ever out in the Ottawa area, send me a PM and we'll get a game in!

[andrewbeater]

Thanks for the invite. Sadly, I know only one person in Ottawa and it is 4 hours from here so I rarely go there. If I do, I'll private message you ahead of time and it would be my honour to play you in a fun game.

[cKerensky]

No worries! I come out to TO a few times a year, maybe we can manage something around then.

[Jimmy Carmine]

I wouldn't allow it. I think the spot he picks stands once he started putting the other models in the squad around the target model and found they couldn't fit. The mishap occurs when you can't fit all the models in. Some people tunnel vision thinking the mishap only happens if the first model scattering goes awry, but it counts for the whole squad.

I'm fine with putting the first model down, eyeballing the situation, and deciding to move it somewhere else. But once that first model of the rest of the squad comes down, that's the spot.

I'm with SJPhillyVT here. I think of it as like Chess, once you let go of that piece and commit to the move you have to live with the concequences.

[Kantoken]

No, I wouldn't allow it.

It falls into the same category as measuring the distance BEFORE using blast template weapons (and thus losing the chance to use that weapon), or measuring BEFORE moving where the models would go (and decide on going in another direction all together as it now seems the models cannot reach the wall/hedge/safety of cover.

Only if my opponent is quite new I allow for 'mistakes' to be corrected.

Saying that Dante doesn't scatter has nothing to do with not having to roll on the mishap table. If the player using Dante is stupid enough to place him and his buddies too close, then he needs to be punished for his actions according to the rules we all adhere to. Mishap!