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When revealed this morning the Wartrakk had a Support rule that allowed it to choose to attach to warbikers even though that's not how GW had said Support worked. That rule has been wholly removed from the datasheet on the article.

Either this paragraph is wrong, the datasheet is wrong, or characters are given that keyword separately. Whatever it is, these articles have been all over the place.

Now that it's confirmed that this Boss Nob is the Boyz' unit champion, how will its 40mm base affect the unit in-game?

In the old kit, you'd build either a boy or a boss nob, depending on whether you were adding 10 to an existing unit or making a new unit. But now, that 20th model would have to be on a 40mm no matter what, so something will have to change.

Here are a few ways I think they could handle it:

• The Lazy Way - like how squighogs just add an extra box, boss nob included, to make the larger set, have 1 boss nob per 10, and so 2 boss nobz in a 20 mob.
  • I don't love this from a lore perspective. 2 squad leaders doesn't feel very orky, and I was disappointed when they gave it to hogs in the 10th ed codex, though it makes sense logistically.
• The Old Way - like the old kit, you do get an extra boy in the multipart, but it's the (currently nowhere to be seen) heavy weapons boy on the 40mm as a larger option that would make sense on a larger base. Maybe it shares bits with the nob's kombi weapon.
  • This is the one I would love and feel like a clever little grot for thinking up tbh. Now I just have to hope someone at GW got similarly clever...
• The Bougie Way - they add an extra 32mm base (and a whole extra boy) in the kit to make that 20th boy.
  • It seems incredibly unlikely for GW to give out anything extra, let alone a whole base (unheard of afaik), but I figured I'd cover my bases.
• The Bad Way - like 30-boy mobs before them, 20-boy mobs no longer exist.
  • "Zog off, we couldn't be bothered." - GW

I'd love to know your thoughts on these and/or anything you've thought of.

PS: I know the current 'new' kit also does not allow for a 20th boy either, but that is exactly why the old kit is still on shelves alongside it, having 2, or even 3 boxes on the shelves is bad business, and I am assuming 1 new multipart kit will replace all of these