After reading the rules several times, I must say I am stumped as to what the advantage is of having Summoned Units?  When I first saw this "Ability" listed, I thought it would reduce point cost since you had to expend points just to get the units on the battlefield, but I noticed that this actually cost points to purchase.  In regards to that cost, it says some units take more move points than others, how does that relate to the point costs for army building?  

What advantage do Summoned Units have that I am not seeing?  I know they do not count as destroyed if they are not summoned into the battle, but that does not seem like much?  I guess you can also just bring them into the game whereever they are needed in a hurry, but not sure if that make is worth it or not. 

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jeff

Thanks a lot Mike, that makes a lot more sense and I can see the tactical advantage it provides.

Currently it is 1 point to add summon, but are there other rules for the harder to summon units that need extra points to bring them into the battle?

Jeff

I guess I was a bit confused with this as well Mike. The thing that confused me was the Mushroom Herders on the website. They have the stats:

Mushroom Herds (2 @ 7)        14        3”        5,2       Monstrous, Summoned II

In the army builder, you have 5 AP for the Monstrous Unit, but these cost 7 each, so it appears as though Summoned II will cost 2 points. Why would you pay another point to make it harder to summon them?

Or is it because they are worth more than 3AP, meaning that you MUST pay for Summoned II as a penalty?

Also, their movement is listed at 3", but in the army builder, the movement is 4". Is this a typo? Sorry for the questions, I plan on building a Gnome army for my fiance' and wanted to get the stats right in my head.

Cheers mate,
Ben.

PS. You mentioned the Mage codex/book, is this something that will follow this base game quickly or will there be a wait? Also, are their other books with more specials planned? I have lots of ideas that are brewing... :-)