Deep Striking Safety: Part 4 (Large Oval Bases)

This was by far the most work of any of the warhammer related probabilities to date.  After several rounds of incorrect formulas I started using excel to check my work.  I discovered that my formulas were incorrect (again) and that excel was insufficient to do the work that I needed.  Fortunately I found a free online course for MATLAB.  The past couple of weeks I have been learning how to program in MATLAB, and have come up with some conclusive results.

Deep Striking Safety: Part 3 Squads

So far I have talked about deep striking against a wall of troops and lone monstrous creatures.  These seem to be the two opposite ends of the spectrum.  This time around I tackle a single ten man infantry squad (not literally).

Deep Striking Safety: Part 2 (Monstrous Creatures Edition)

In the previous post we looked at the probabilities when deep striking against a wall of troops.  What we saw was pretty straightforward; the farther you are from your target the less likely you are to mishap.  This time around we are deep striking by a large round base such as a daemon prince or dreadnought, and the results show something interesting.

Deep Striking Safety: Part 1 (The Gunline)

A reader recently posed the question on the safety of deep striking.  Scattering is a difficult thing to account for, and can either leave you in an amazing position or dead.  No one wants their deathstar (pop-star) to die to a deep strike mishap.  This will be the first of a series of posts dedicated to the probabilities related to deep striking.