Kinking

[hazelbark]

the search function seems out on my browser.

So. Kinking columns. Isn't there something about a column not needing to be kept kinked? I can't seem to find it only the bit about columns remain kinked where they start to wheel.

[gozerius]

A kinked column stays kinked until the rear base passes the point of wheel.

[madcam2us]

Agreed, except no one plays it that way.

However, there is language in the reform section that may indicate all kinked columns revert to regular columns at the beginning of a players movement - and not just the active players movement...

Still, most players skip this step and just reform their columns once the lead element gets to its destination.

Madcam.

[hazelbark]

MAdcam correct.

I thought I remember seeing something somewhere more than just that's how its played, but as an author's opinion or such.

[gozerius]

Read page 23. A column is a normal formation. It must kink at points it has wheeled. Reforming is only allowed to battlegroups which have lost formation integrity due to combat or a compulsary move. Otherwise I could "reform" a kinked column in any direction one of my bases was facing. I don't think this is what the rules authors had in mind.