Art De La Guerre

[Adrian Clarke]

Hi there

An impetuous unit is exempt from making an uncontrolled charge if it would enter combat penalising terrain (last bullet p41).

But say it charges an enemy unit half a UD away whose front edge is just in the open and that enemy subsequently evades into the terrain. Is the impetuous unit able to stop it's move before it enters penalising terrain if it hasn't yet moved the compulsory 1UD for foot and 2UD for mounted?

We weren't sure about the reading of para 3 on p40. Admittedly the terrain movement penalty may prevent further movement once the terrain is reached in some cases, but not all.

I was hoping the enemy Indian chariots might charge into a plantation which would have resulted in a very colourful situation, but we agreed they wouldn't after spending longer than we felt comfortable discussing the significance of the first full stop in the paragraph. We were getting DBMM flashbacks, which can't be a good thing.

Cheers

Adrian

[Hazelbark]

From the FAQ page 7

Impetuous units charge distance
Q : If an impetuous foot unit charge a unit less than 1UD away, but in a difficult terrain, can it stop before entering the terrain, even though it moved less than 1 UD ?
A : NO. All charging units must move at least 1UD for foot and 2Uds for mounted. Impetuous units must also complete a full charge move, unless they would leave the table or enter difficult terrain. In the example the foot unit must move at least 1UD.

Does this help?

[Adrian Clarke]

Many thanks - didn't see that

Adrian