8th Ed. 7th Ed fighting with spears

[Eladimir]

The notation says can fight in two ranks. Does that mean my 2nd rank gets full attacks? (The bite and the spear) or just the spear attacks.

 

[n810]

When we had the...
7th edition Lizardmen book with 7th edition BRB,
we got 2 attacks from the first rank,
and 2 attacks from the second rank.

Otherwise we only got 1 attack from the sacond ranks.

 

[walach]

the current codex doesnt have bite attacks, that was the previous codex... were they both present in 7th ed?

anyways, with spears:

7th ed; old codex, 2A from front rank, 1A from 2nd rank
7th ed; current codex, 2A from front rank, 2A from 2nd rank
8th ed; 2A from front rank, 1A from 2nd and 3rd ranks.

 

[Eladimir]

Thanks for the clarifcation. The full 2 attacks from the second certianly help a unit with such low init. I love the new 8th system of back ranks filling in the front for counter attacks so maybe I'll try and convince him of the new way.