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I was just thinking as I have a game coming up this weekend where I'll be taking my Daemons up against the Vampires again. I was then thinking about victory points and how to try to maximise things when I came to a realisation. You get +100VPs for capturing a standard, yet, you can only capture a standard when you wipe out a fleeing unit. Now, in the case of the game above none of the units will ever break from combat, meaning that their standards can never be captured!

In terms of tournament play this potentially hands these armies a significant advantage, especially when coupled with Fear and Terror. You can break units and chase them down for the juicy VP bonus but you will always deny that from your opponent...

Just thought that was interesting.

It was my understanding that you also get the standard if you just wipe the unit out. They don't have to be running away when you do it - fleeing or not, if you wipe them out you get the standard.

This is how we've always played it.

I've just looked it up and it's there - p.80, 2nd column, 3rd para under 'Capturing Standards'.

This means Daemons' and Vampires' standards can be captured.

OK, was thinking about this at work and hence no rulebook handy.

Standards are captured if (a) you defeat an enemy in combat and it flees and you give pursuit, you dont have to catch it just pursue it - the banner is dropped during the rout, and (b) you wipe out the enemy unit in hth combat. Simple way to deny standards for VC is to only give one to the BSB