Art De La Guerre

P.23 Rout and Pursuit

"Routs and pursuits are carried out after the resolution of all combats for all army corps."

So at the time your victorious unit is hit in the flank by a pursuer, ...

Well MarkK and Zoltan

Let me ask you.

A column of two HI Impetuous, one behind the other, charges an enemy MSW which is 1.5 UD away.

How many CP is that?

Could be 0 CP:
Front impetuous ...

So a column of LI followed by elephant advances into contact (presumably simple support).

Sounds like the LI moved less that 3 UD to make contact; ipso facto the elephant also moved less than 3 UD ...

P.27 is clear.

"When a commander is attached to a unit, he stays attached to it until the end of the game-turn..."
Q. Does this mean at the end of the game-turn the commander is no longe ...

P.62 deals with the “auto destruction” of LI.

If LI would be the “main unit” in a melee against specified heavier troop types, no melee is fought - the LI are “auto-killed”.

In your ...

These days I simply can’t be bothered trying to work out what those cryptic letters, numbers and dashes mean. Misinterpretations of the questions often lead to incorrect answers.

Suggest you post ...

1. Is the enemy unit fighting C, a target of A's charge? No. (You can't engage in combat with an enemy already engaged in combat). The enemy LI is A's only target.

2. Did A's initial target (the en ...

Resolving an incomplete conformation is a housekeeping device when a melee is continuing.

Disengage is a tactical decision to end the melee.

Don’t mix the two things.

A unit in melee (even ...

I thoroughly recommend the 2024 Netflix documentary Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors. Lots of "historical re-enactment" sequences interspersed with the archeology and the story telling. ...

l read it as Spear was hit on front and flank by cav. Cav on front broke off so it must be the spear's turn next at which point it would turn and face the threat on its flank non?

Non.

During th ...

It would take a cohesion hit from the initial hit, I would assume it would turn and face the HC still in contact to it's flank.
Yes and no. The spear do not turn (it's the cav's phase) and are now th ...

A well-considered summary to end the year Mark.

I perfectly understand your point an out timing. It is irrelevant.

If you were in melee during the melee phase and your commander was either included or engaged, you must test if you take a. Hit d ...

I perfectly understand your point an out timing. It is irrelevant.

If you were in melee during the melee phase and your commander was either included or engaged, you must test if you take a. Hit d ...