Art De La Guerre

KevinD

ABC facing up, X facing down. ABC are all in corner to corner contact.

AX
BC

The enemy has units that can shoot at A and B.

1. Can they do so? If they can only shoot at one of A or B due to support rules, who chooses which one, when, and is this binding on the subsequent melee and pursuit phases? (See p 56 4th bullet and p 60, Additional points, 3rd bullet.)

2. C routs X and must pursue. Who may also pursue with it? (See p 69 6th bullet and also p 60, Additional points, 3rd bullet. How do choices made in the shooting phase affect this?)

1. A
2. B
3. A and B

If the answer is 1 or 2 but not 3, when does this decision have to be made? Shooting phase, melee phase or pursuit phase?

Is “Sequence of play” on p 60 and “Player-Sequence” per page 23 or a “Phase” and if a “Payer-Sequence” during which phase (movement, shooting, melee or pursuit) does this have to be decided and declared?

Hazelbark · Magister Militum Inscrit le: 12 Nov 2014 Messages: 1772

Which unit is in support.
This can come up a variety of ways.
The DT has instructed the rule as follows:
The owning player chooses which unit is in support. This declaration lasts until an action changes the situation.
So you declare a unit in support which renders it not an eligible shooter or recipient of missile fire. That unit continues as the support until someone moves or dies.

Hazelbark · Magister Militum Inscrit le: 12 Nov 2014 Messages: 1772

Now as to point 2, who can go forward.

p 69, 6th bullet has a fuller definition that includes being aligned corner-to-corner. This is commonly taken to be front corner to front corner.

But i see your point in this very edge situation.

As the original victor is no longer in melee the pursuit rule seems to imply support after the enemy is removed.

I would assume that the previously declared support is no longer operative and we are back to a p69 support.

KevinD · Post� le: Mar Oct 13, 2026 5:22 am Sujet du message:

Hazelbark · Magister Militum Inscrit le: 12 Nov 2014 Messages: 1772

I had not noticed that line.

I mis-remembered for v3 and forget this was put in for v4 because of this exact debate.
El Kraetor likes to have as few memory points as possible in general.

So the sequence of play as defined on p 23 implies "one per player".

So rule p 60, right column, additional points, 3rd bullet would appear that the owning player can change their mind each player sequence.