"Directly away"

[KendallB]

In today's game an intercepting shock heavy cavalry charged another shock heavy. The angle was almost perpendicular between the two units,

After combat, the interceping heavies were routed. The question that came up was What does "directly away from enemy" mean? Can the cavalry go back the way they came or do they have to go directly away from the enemy unit front edge?

[deadtorius]

I have always taken its as the enemy units front edge. Also means the pursuit has to start to the pursuers front.

[viperofmilan]

If I understand the situation correctly, We usually would rule that the intercepting unit would go back th way it had come.

Kevin

[deadtorius]

My interpretation is that both units fight and when one breaks you move away from the winners front directly back. Regardless of intercept or charge.
In the case of breaking against multiple enemies you split the angle between the enemies and that is your rout direction, so its based on the front facing of the enemy. Similar would apply to a single enemy, you would use its front to determine the enemies rout path.

Perhaps Terry needs to give us a firm answer.

[terrys]

You should use the direction of the enemy facing to determine the 'directly away' direction.

[deadtorius]

perhaps adding "directly away from enemies front" to the errata would make it more clear.

[hazelbark]

bump this as a reminder if you are updating FAQ or Errata.

[terrys]

I have added it to the new errata

[hazelbark]

Gracias Jeffe