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Post by crownprinceimrik on Apr 27, 2019 12:12:46 GMT
This is a two part question based on events from two games.
Part 1: There is a Spearmen unit on the flank of an enemy unit and there is a building covering most of the enemy's flank. The Spearmen declare a charge and roll high enough to get into the enemy unit. When moved forwards, they hit the enemy unit very slightly, only one Spearmen overlaps the enemy unit's flank and due to the building they cannot close the door. So at this point it is the enemy unit's corner in contact with the front of the Spearmen unit. Does the enemy unit wheel backwards to close the door on the front of the Spearmen, or would the charge not have been allowed? There is room for the enemy unit to wheel to close the door and if they do so there will be 2 Spearmen in base contact, one completely and one by the corner. The Spearmen unit could not wheel to close the door due to the size of the Spearmen unit next to the building.
Part 2: A chariot is behind a unit of cavalry, but there is a building between the cavalry and the chariot. The cavalry are backed up against the building and offset to the side so that there's no way the chariot could contact the rear of the cavalry unit. Can the chariot charge the cavalry and hit the flank instead of the rear, or is the charge not allowed?
I can make rough images of the situation if I haven't described them well enough.
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Post by FvonSigmaringen on Apr 27, 2019 12:34:31 GMT
1. In principle, the enemy unit would close the door, if it is free to do so.
BRB p. 22: "Sometimes a charging unit can move into contact with its target, but cannot close the door because something else lies in the way, normally another unit or a piece of terrain. Where this happens, the charging player should attempt to complete the charge in such a manner as to avoid the obstruction. This can normally be achieved by increasing or decreasing the amount the charging unit wheels as it moves, or changing how the charging unit closes the door. In some cases the enemy unit might have to close the door with the chargers instead (see diagram), as they would do in reality.
If no amount of finagling can allow the unit to avoid the obstacle, the charge fails."
Note, however, that clipping (i.e. the two units are just touching corner to corner) can also be the result of a legal charge.
2. The charge is not allowed.
BRb p. 18: "A unit cannot declare an impossible charge - i.e. one that it cannot possibly complete, either because the enemy unit is outside of the chargers' maximum possible charge range, or because intervening obstructions make it impossible for the unit to make a charge move that allows it to move into contact."
BRB p. 21: "A charging unit's position when the charge is declared determines whether it charges into the front, flank or rear of the enemy unit. If the charging unit is in the target's frontal zone when the charge is declared then it charges into the front.
As units generally begin the game facing each other, this is the most common situation that will arise. However, if the charging unit comes from the flank zone, it charges into the side; if in the rear zone, it charges into the rear. Whether a charger is in the front, flank or rear of its intended target is determined before charges are declared, so make sure you check before charge reactions are declared."
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