HELP with Starship Troopers

[sirchristopher2]

I am helping a few guys through their first game in my store we have a few questions...

1) ROSTERS - when do you have to reveal your roster to your opponent? specifically, can the bugs hide who is underground or in reserve?

2a) RESERVES - when reserves arrive can they take a ready action off the board and then move on with a special movement mode?

2b) RESERVES - do reserves have to enter before other units act?

3) FLYERS - can fliers react to ground units?

4a) FLINCH - what if you are surrounded and you cannont flinch?

4b) FLINCH - can a flinch cause a reaction? i.e. I charge some bugs (more than 10" away from another squad. after the charge I flinch back to within 10" of the other squad. can they react?

 

[JoseDominguez]

As we understand it.

1) ROSTERS - when do you have to reveal your roster to your opponent? specifically, can the bugs hide who is underground or in reserve?

You don't have to reveal it until you need to prove something.... so if he says, where does it say you bought a tanker that's it. As long as it's written down you're OK. That's how we play it, we always have a third to adjudicate too. (otherwise ambush etc... is pretty pointless).

2a) RESERVES - when reserves arrive can they take a ready action off the board and then move on with a special movement mode?

Reserves can arrive in a special move mode, as if they'd readied off the board. So they can jump in and still have another action.

2b) RESERVES - do reserves have to enter before other units act?
Enter at any time during the relevant turn.

3) FLYERS - can fliers react to ground units?
No, flyers don't react at all: they don't go onto alert status at the end of the air phase, so can't react against ground units. The air phase isn't part of a normal turn, so flyers don't react during it either.

4a) FLINCH - what if you are surrounded and you cannont flinch?

You are attacked by whatever you flinch into unfortunately.

4b) FLINCH - can a flinch cause a reaction? i.e. I charge some bugs (more than 10" away from another squad. after the charge I flinch back to within 10" of the other squad. can they react?

No, only actions cause reactions. A flinch is a forced move, not an action, so you're OK