Art De La Guerre

[Andy Fyfe]

Hi Guys,

A situation arose in a game tonight.

There is an ambush marker in a field 2 UDs in front of a unit consisting of three LI in a line in front of three impetuous medium sword in a line.

The group is moved straight ahead to see if the ambush is real.

It is (a single LI is placed on the front of the ambush marker).

The discovering group can now move no further.

However, it has only advanced 1 UD which is therefore a short move for unmanoeuvreable troops.

How much does this movement cost; 1 CP or 2 CPs?

What happens if the moving player only has 1 CP left?

Andy

[KevinD]

I think it’s only 1. They moved forward as far as they could.

[Neep]

It's a weird one. The rules discuss a "unit" so their application to a group has to be extrapolated.

But it's still a problem with a single unit. Suppose a single impetuous med sword unit advances 1 UD and triggers the ambush? It hasn't moved its full allowance and it hasn't made contact with the enemy. This means you do not know the CP cost until the move has been made, so you have to check the possible outcomes against the remaining CP balance.... This is not unprecedented as you must look at all possibilities when considering whether an impetuous unit is excepted from an uncontrolled charge by the possible evasion of its target. But there's no CP cost in that case.

Perhaps triggering an ambush is similar enough to ending in contact that the rule should be extended to encompass that.

You can get into similar situations with an unmaneuverable group charging an evasion-capable enemy if the terrain beyond the enemy is problematic.

[Hazelbark]

What Kevin said.

[Andy Fyfe]