Andy Fyfe
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 Posté le: Mar Juin 09, 2026 8:45 am Sujet du message: Destruction of light infantry |
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Hi Guys,
Hopefully a simple question.
Two light infantry are in melee in the open.
A heavy knight is behind one of their flanks and moves into melee support.
We both initially thought that the LI was destroyed on contact; however, we could not find a rule stating this.
We played that the LI took a hit and the melee was carried out as normal (where the flanked LI died as expected).
Was this correct?
Andy |
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Zoltan
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| Posté le: Mar Juin 09, 2026 9:01 am Sujet du message: |
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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-killedâ€.
In your scenario LI is the main unit in a melee against another LI main unit. So p62 is irrelevant.
Of course a knight moving into melee support for LI X against LI Z will cause a cohesion hit on LI Z (as you played it) and bring significant additional factors to the melee which may make the outcome almost as certain as an “auto kill†(subject to dice). |
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Andy Fyfe
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| Posté le: Mar Juin 09, 2026 11:03 am Sujet du message: |
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| Zoltan a écrit: | 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-killedâ€.
In your scenario LI is the main unit in a melee against another LI main unit. So p62 is irrelevant.
Of course a knight moving into melee support for LI X against LI Z will cause a cohesion hit on LI Z (as you played it) and bring significant additional factors to the melee which may make the outcome almost as certain as an “auto kill†(subject to dice). |
I knew I should have checked the errata:
Destruction of light infantry (page 62)
1st bullet correction: Light Infantry are not Routed if they are in melee with a WWg.
Note: An LI is also routed if it’s flank contacted by a heavy unit in a melee support position, if this flank or rear contacted is in clear terrain (even partially).
So the LI should have been destroyed without a melee.
Andy |
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Zoltan
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| Posté le: Mar Juin 09, 2026 7:48 pm Sujet du message: |
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