Art De La Guerre

[Hazelbark]

Under special movements, Charge. 1st bullet. (page 36)

Unit in contact even by a single corner can conform by aligning to fight in melee.

Y moved up to 1/2 past x front. They are in side edge contact and no one is in ZOC.

X
XY
_Y

Could X choose to conform per the bullet, even if it in means moving backward (and sliding obviously) so both front edge meet?

[Longtooth]

Would X not conform onto Y's flank?

[Rosbif]

[Longtooth]

Are you sure about that, Rosbif?

My understanding of the original scenario is that Y moves up on his turn. The question is whether X can charge or conform on his own turn.

[Rosbif]

Ah, I misunderstood the scenario, but the principles still apply.

1. Neither X nor Y could move into edge to edge contact with each other unless its opponent was already in melee with a friendly unit (Charge definition, p36) so the only valid ways I can think of for two units to be in edge to edge contact are if a third unit was either destroyed or it disengaged.

2. If the units do begin in edge to edge contact at the beginning of X's turn then the Conforming after a melee rule, p55, must be used (since the only valid ways for two units to be in edge to edge contact are if a third unit was either destroyed or it disengaged). The rule says, "The rules for contacting the side or rear of an enemy and the restrictions on contact remain valid for this particular kind of conformation." Types of contact, p51, limits X to conforming to Y's flank because X's front is to Y's flank and not its front.

Does that answer the question?

[Hazelbark]

[Hazelbark]

[Rosbif]

I have remembered another way two units could end up side by side - if one had made a Pursuit (p62) move. However the situation would be dealt with in the same way.