Art De La Guerre

[Andy Fyfe]

Hi Guys,

A question from my last competition regarding multiple movement.

In the rules section it states that a unit can carry out a second or third consecutive movement.

My opponent stated that multiple movements must be done together (i.e. without interrupting by moving another unit in the command).

This comes down to the meaning of 'consecutive':

'Consecutive periods of time or events happen one after the other without interruption'

I had moved the first group and then a second group. I then went back to the first group to move it again. I know this usually would not be a problem unless you had a group in the way etc.

What are the collective thoughts on the forum (again - apologies if I am 'sweating the small stuff')?

[Zoltan]

I guess it's essentially a matter of taste and whether you are playing in a friendly or competitive setting.

I recall a Chess rule where once you've taken your fingers off a chess piece you can no longer change that pieces' move.

In my experience the general figure wargames etiquette (over many rule sets) is that you need to finish moving a unit/group of units before moving on to the next unit/group, to avoid chopping and changing, forgetting who has moved or who has not, how many CP you've spent etc.

In friendly/teaching games I see no real problem coming back to a unit that has already moved, to spend remaining CP on another "march move" if it doesn't really effect anything else nearby.

[Mark G Fry]

[Ramses II]

P29 Mark, 1st bullet

[Mark G Fry]

[AlanCutner]

[lionelrus]

[Neep]

Page 34 Multiple Movements "A unit or group of units can perform a second or even a third consecutive move in the same phase under the following conditions:"

[Mark G Fry]

That 'consecutive' word, in that sentence, that we've taken to means that a 2nd and 3rd moves must be made without being interspersed.
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