Art De La Guerre

[MC_Delicatessen]

From p48 obstacles to evading include:
Friendly units that cannot be interpenetrated
Enemy units
Impassable terrain


Does impassable include a flooded river?
Does impassable include a coast?
Is other rough or difficult terrain an obstacle to evading units?

[Ramses II]

It includes all terrain that the unit may not go through, rather than those that are difficult or rough, so yes it does include those mentioned.

[Mike Bennett]

[daveallen]

[marco baroni]

Subsequent slides/manoeuvres after the first UD are only allowed to avoid a new obstacle. As rough/difficult terrain are not obstacles for most units, they would have to enter if they have the appropriate movement allowance remaining. Would this be the correct interpretation?

If however they had already moved their maximum allowance in that terrain then it effectively becomes impassable and therefore it is reasonable to slide/wheel to avoid this? This is how I have interpreted it until now. Happy to be educated.
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Marco

[Dickstick]

[micheni]

So the question is still there and it needs a clear official answer

-Does an evading unit that after starting an unblocked evade move meets rough or difficult terrain has the choice of avoiding it by a slide up to 1 UD ;
-Does rough and difficult terrain count as obstacle in any case ;
-What happens when an evading unit meets terrain but has already moved the maximum permitted distance for that terrain type; Stops in front of it; Tries to go around someway to complete the move;

Thx in advance
Dimi

[Zoltan]

[Laurence]

I just have re-checked the block evade rules after a game and found this topic.
The "Evade blocked by an OBSTACLE" on page 48 includes enemy units, friendly units and impassable units, that is indeed very confusing. But as Dave has pointed out above, these are not obstacles as such, but included in a rule about obstacles.

See page 67 intro text, there is a clear definition of "obstacles", i.e. ditches, traps or pits only.

[Za Otlichiye]

The version 3 FAQ quite clearly states that an evading unit may choose to avoid slowing terrain the same way it can avoid impassible terrain.

For what it's worth.

[MC_Delicatessen]

[Za Otlichiye]

Page 48 was cited by yourself when asking the question, and by Dave Allen who ends with an elaborate emoji throwing up his hands.

I realize from an earlier exchange that you feel adamantly that this has been answered and take offense that I feel it's completely moot.

But I don't understand why you would? We can all wait till the author or DT gives us a definitive answer in a FAQ or Errata. Otherwise it just keeps coming up.

[madaxeman]

[MC_Delicatessen]

[Hazelbark]

As the occasional officially sanctioned apostle. You can take in this instance the answers Zoltan gave you as the correct reading of the rules.