Combat Reform Question

5.4. Q: Can units use combat reform to slide sideways? And to turn their side or rear to the enemy? Can a model in a challenge reform in such a way that it is not in physical base contact with his challenger? Can you unengage any individual model, regardless of if it is a command model, rank and file, or character, if it was engaged before the reform? What is a legal formation after a reform?

A: Yes. Yes. Yes, but will still count as being in contact. No, but you can temporarily unengage a model if you’re doing multiple combat reforms and at the end of all your reforms you’ve engaged that model again. After a reform, command group has to be in front rank if possible. The only models that can be in front rank, in front of command models are characters that has moved to front rank through make way or by answering a challenge (and models with special rules that forces them to be in front rank, such as screaming bell, cauldron of blood, Bretonnian lance formation).

25. Can you switch command group models for rank & file or vice versa with a combat reform? Does engaged command group bump into front rank if you turn your flank to an enemy with a combat reform?

A. No. No, as you may not reform in this manner, because it would remove command group from base contact! Unless you're reforming to a conga line, of course. At the end of all Combat Reforms of one side, the same models must be in contact as before the reform, and in a legal formation. Engaged characters who have achieved an unusual position with a make way need not bump into front ranks, but must remain btb to some enemies.