Art De La Guerre

[Laurence]

Situation:

War wagon (8 cm depth) wants to move out of a rough terrain but cannot clear it completely, i.e. after its move, 6 cm of his depth are situated in open terrain while 2 cm are still in the rough.

In the next round, war wagon is attacked and in melee with a MI unit.


Page 64: "If the unit's base is deeper tha normal, a standard-sized base should be used to judge whether or not the the unit is in the terrain".

So for me, standard-size base has 4 cm depth.
Because more than 4 cm (6 cm) are in the open terrain, the war wagon is considered to FIGHTin the open, no terrain penalty? Correct interpretation of that rule?

[KevinD]

I think not.

“Deeper than normal” means deeper than specified for that troop type in table in the rules on the bottom of page 7.

[MC_Delicatessen]

I’m with Kev.

This rule is for e.g. DBx based pike with 45mm base depth, or oversized chariots on extra long bases. 

[Ramses II]

Correct.
The “normal” size of a WWG in 15mm is 40x80, which is the size of template that would be used to determine the actual position of an out-sized WWG base. 

[Laurence]

Thanks to all for clarification