Art De La Guerre

[KevinD]

When we played this weekend, the question of how to play the first roll for an unreliable or allied general came up.

So, suppose they do NOT roll a 1 on turn 1. Do they keep that roll for CPs or roll again for actual CPs?

(Most of my opponents (4/5) had an unreliable (not even allied) general - seemed quite the gamble which did not pay off for one of them; 35 points of troops out of action for 2 turns!

[Ramses II]

The Commander becomes "Reliable". So you keep the roll, and calculate the Command points as usual.

Using an Unreliable / Allied commander can save some points, and the associated risks can be mitigated when deploying the corps. Obviously using an Unreliable commander in a Flank march is more risky as rolling a "1" means the corps has to roll high twice - so this strategy will be considered when creating the army.

[Zoltan]

P.80 is clear IMO.

The Unreliable Commander makes their first activation roll which by definition is a roll that determines the corps CP for that turn.

If that first role is “1”, the corps will have CP (the number being determined by the quality of its commander). However, the corps is now hesitant and essentially can’t spend any of those CP.

[Hazelbark]