Art De La Guerre

[Janos Hunyadi]

A unit advances after destroying an opponent in melee, with an opponent either side

1) The following turn if it advanced 1 UD and turns 90 degrees, this is a conformation or charge ?

2) If it stepped forward half a UD and wheels then charges, is this a conformation or charge ?

[madaxeman]

[Janos Hunyadi]

ah ok thank, so corner or side edge contact no charge bonus

[Zoltan]

So if a unit’s side, rear or corner is already in contact with an enemy unit edge or corner, it can NEVER charge it; it is ALWAYS a conformation (without charge benefits)?

The conform will always cost pip(s) except where the enemy pursued into the unit?

[lionelrus]

conformation is free
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[AlanCutner]

[Ramses II]

Agreed Alan  

1. As Madaxeman and others say, if a unit is already in contact with an enemy it may not ‘charge’. As such it does not have Impact etc.
   
   
2. Where the unit is the only unit in contact with the enemy, then the unit can conform. If there is another unit already “in melee” (ie in front edge contact), even if that occurred during the current movement phase, then the player must use CP to move the unit - even if the movement brings it “into melee” with the unit it is touching (ie the equivalent of a conformation movement).
   
   
3. Conformation is free. It is a rules mechanic used to adjust the position of a unit and put it into front edge contact with an enemy unit; ie to set up a melee with that enemy.

The order that units are moved into contact with the enemy is up to the player, but can alter the situation and cost CP. In an extreme case, Pike in side contact may get a free Conformation or may be required to use 2CP to achieve the same result. 

[Zoltan]

[Ramses II]

See the FAQ p16, third diagram which illustrates this exact situation.

Consider this position, where impetuous enemy "X" has just destroyed a friendly unit and pursued in side to side contact with pikes "P", while there is also a unit of MI "M" that can charge the front of "X".

XP

M

If "M" is moved into contact (a charge, since X is not fighting) then it would cost 2CP to turn the Pikes "P" to face the flank of "X".
However, If "P" conforms first that is free, and potentially if "M" is within 1UD of "X", it could also move for free.

Now there may be in-game reasons for changing the order of their moves or indeed for P and M to advance elsewhere, but this is why the order of moves is critical in this particular case. And yes, it does seem a tad odd, but that is the "rules as written" and amplified by the FAQ.



The point is that Conformation brings two units into a position where a melee will be resolved. The timing of the Conformation is in the FAQ, and includes this position which has occurred “after a melee” - it is the only way that a unit may find itself in contact with an enemy that is not already fighting.

Moving a different unit into front edge contact initiates a melee leaving the existing unit “in support”, and is effectively the same position as if it had been moved there in a previous turn, which would need CP to turn to face. 

[lionelrus]

[lionelrus]