Post by magebonreve on Oct 13, 2020 8:51:17 GMT
Hi everyone,
We played a battle last sunday after a long pause. High Elves vs Chaos; High Elves won :-( :-)
We faced a question regarding the charge distance.
In all examples of the book, the units are facing each other; the charge distance corresponds to the shortest path between the two units. The charging player moves straight, does a wheel to bring as many warriors in contact (or to avoid obstacles) and does a free wheel to align both units.
What if the charging unit has a LoS but needs to wheel before moving straight to the nearest point of the enemy unit? It is unclear in the rulebook and we just consider the shortest path and not any other movements for the 2D6+M roll.
In the following example, the goblins see the dwarves and the shortest distance is 4 inches. Meanwhile, they have to wheel for 2 inches before moving in line straight into contact. Should the charging distance be 4 inches or 6 inches? Well, in this case, it does not matter as the goblins will come into contact but during the battle, this was 12/14 inches for a chaos unit to charge elves.
Hope the following pic will be visible:
www.dropbox.com/s/lqffchk17b353yl/gob.jpg?dl=0
Thanks - Pascal
We played a battle last sunday after a long pause. High Elves vs Chaos; High Elves won :-( :-)
We faced a question regarding the charge distance.
In all examples of the book, the units are facing each other; the charge distance corresponds to the shortest path between the two units. The charging player moves straight, does a wheel to bring as many warriors in contact (or to avoid obstacles) and does a free wheel to align both units.
What if the charging unit has a LoS but needs to wheel before moving straight to the nearest point of the enemy unit? It is unclear in the rulebook and we just consider the shortest path and not any other movements for the 2D6+M roll.
In the following example, the goblins see the dwarves and the shortest distance is 4 inches. Meanwhile, they have to wheel for 2 inches before moving in line straight into contact. Should the charging distance be 4 inches or 6 inches? Well, in this case, it does not matter as the goblins will come into contact but during the battle, this was 12/14 inches for a chaos unit to charge elves.
Hope the following pic will be visible:
www.dropbox.com/s/lqffchk17b353yl/gob.jpg?dl=0
Thanks - Pascal
