40 CARROTHow do you import a Warhammer 40K army list into a virtual tabletop?
In 40 Carrot, you can import a Warhammer 40K army list three ways: upload a CSV roster, paste your list text for the AI parser, or photograph a datasheet and let the AI read it. You can also build lists by hand from a built-in database of roughly 2,000 unit profiles. Imported armies land inside your deployment zone automatically, at true tabletop scale.
What formats can you import a 40K army list from?
40 Carrot accepts army lists in whatever form you already have them. If your list lives in a spreadsheet or roster export, upload it as a CSV and the importer maps it to unit profiles. If it's plain text — the kind you'd paste into a chat or forum post — the AI list parser reads the text and turns each entry into a deployable unit. If all you have is the physical card, take a photo of the datasheet: the AI importer extracts the profile and weapon stats from the image. And when you'd rather not import at all, the built-in database of ~2,000 unit profiles plus a manual unit builder let you assemble an army from scratch. All four paths end in the same place: real units on a true-scale board, ready to measure, move, and fight.
How does the AI army list import work?
The AI importer reads your pasted list or datasheet image and produces structured unit profiles: model counts, movement, toughness, save, wounds, and weapon lines. It understands 11th Edition list conventions, including attached leaders and support characters — a leader written into a squad's entry is parsed and deployed with that unit rather than dropped or duplicated. You review what it parsed before anything is placed, so a misread stat never reaches the board silently. Like any AI feature it can make mistakes, which is exactly why the review step exists: confirm the profiles, fix anything odd, then deploy. The importer runs in the browser session — there's nothing to install and no separate roster app to keep in sync.
What happens after the import?
Confirmed units are placed inside your deployment zone automatically — attacker and defender zones are marked on the board, so your army starts where it legally sets up. Units you're keeping in Reserves can sit on the staging shelves below the board: off-table space that isn't part of the battlefield until you bring them on. From there the whole toolkit applies — true-scale measurement, dice, objectives, wound tracking, and the AI tactical advisor, which can see the board you just deployed.