Art De La Guerre

If you are interested in this topic, permit me to suggest Christopher I. Beckwith, The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age From Persia to China. He makes the case that ...

Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Persians (2022) maintains:

The Medes and Persians were distinct Eurasian peoples, who both migrated from central Asia into what we today very broadly call Iran.

The Median ...

It is quite clear that impetuous units do not have to "continue" a charge if it would result in an "exception".
I must concede that it is moot if they do continue whether they ha ...

1. There is no such thing as an “impetuous charge” under ADLG.

2. There are impetuous units - which are ALWAYS impetuous throughout the game.

3. Impetuous units are SOMETIMES required to mak ...

Deleted my rubbish.

I think we do understand each other.
We agree that units not in contact should not be forced to enter the jaws of death - normal units need not charge, and the exception for impetuous units allows ...

@Ramses - I’m simply using the uncontrolled charge rules as an example of where the rule writer has made it clear that he doesn’t want units to be sucked into a jaws of death situation.

My view ...

Making an uncontrolled charge is, by definition, a game mechanism that automatically occurs when a “deliberate decision” to do something else can not occur due to insufficient CP. (Yes, I realise ...

I sympathise with the sentiment Zoltan, but them’s the rules as they say.

I disagree! Them’s how you are choosing to read the rules.

What was the author’s rationale for including an explic ...

Well I don’t like it. Effectively creates a vortex of death for simple supporters who lose their neighbours in the enemy’s turn, and run out of CP in their next turn. It’s completely inconsisten ...

Does anyone know where to find the rule allowing a unit not to conform after melee if it would end up with an enemy hard flanking it in in melee support?

Ps I can find it related to uncontrolled ch ...

While many of the above arguments are theoretical, consider modern displays, especially trooping the colours, and marching bands. These all show how trained units can change formation.
Highly train ...

Anyone who did Cadets at school knows a platoon (say 3 ranks each of 10 men) quarter turn from line to column is very simple.

In contrast, a platoon wheel is more difficult. You have to ensure the ...

So the opening sentence on P46 should be that exceptions are ignored as potential targets, rather than there is no uncontrolled charge as a result of the exception.

You start with para one, sentenc ...

Lionel is correct. Ramses, not so much.

There's a distinction between multiple units making a charge and the different roles each charging unit plays on contact/in melee.

Three units charge one ...