Bases in impact

nickdives · Post by **nickdives** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:53 pm

Bit of a biff question, and in one diagram in the book it may indicate the answer but:

If 4 bases of DH in one rank hit a unit of horse in two ranks does the impact have to take place between to bases on each side or can the DH hit the horse in such a manner that 3 bases are in contact with 2 bases?

Likewise 2 units of 6 P&S hit a unit of 6 P&S at impact does it have to be 3 bases vs 3 bases or can the two units put 4 bases against 3 bases?

cheers,

Nick

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:44 pm

In impact you fight with even number of bases on both sides, so if you hit with 3 bases your opponent defends with 3 bases, if he only has 2 bases then you only impact with 2 bases, any extra bases in your unit do not count for impact but might get overlap in melee.

nickdives · Post by **nickdives** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:12 am

Cheers, found it page 117, I was a little misled by the diagram on page 81 which shows 3 bases impacting on 2.

rbodleyscott · Post by **rbodleyscott** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 9:37 am

Apart from the fact that overlaps do not count at impact (which is part of the impact/melee design philosophy), you always fight with equal number of bases in impact, even if one side has 3 bases in partial frontal contact with 2. This is to stop people deliberately attacking at funny angles to set up such situations.

FOG tries to get away from the geometrical ploys that have beset some previous rules systems.

nickdives · Post by **nickdives** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:12 am

Cheers again. We had a situation where two battle groups impacted into a single one (All 6 base P&S) moving straight ahead without wheeling etc (they were next to each other with no gap). It meant that 4 bases were facing 3 with a slight overlap on each side in a similar way to the diagram on page 81.(Which has 3 bases facing 2).

It still worked after a short discussion and we went with 3 bases vs 3 but the defenders hits (he missed) would have been divided between the two attacking units.

rbodleyscott · Post by **rbodleyscott** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:21 am

nickdives wrote:Cheers again. We had a situation where two battle groups impacted into a single one (All 6 base P&S) moving straight ahead without wheeling etc (they were next to each other with no gap). It meant that 4 bases were facing 3 with a slight overlap on each side in a similar way to the diagram on page 81.(Which has 3 bases facing 2).

It still worked after a short discussion and we went with 3 bases vs 3 but the defenders hits (he missed) would have been divided between the two attacking units.

correct