charging??

[grandad]

i had a situation in a game im playing that i need to clear up my friend has a unit of elephants on the edge of a wood he wants to charge one of my units who is with in charge range which charge range do i use 1 inch for being in the wood or 4 inchs for not being in the wood at the end of the move and also when you roll 1d6 for the VDM and the result is under the movement distance dose that stop the movement
hope someone can help

grandad

[philqw78]

Only roll a variable move if ALL targets of the charge evade.

If even partly in difficult terrain for any part of movement then move distance is as though in terrain for all of the move, even when charging. (though intercept charges are a bit odd here)

[grahambriggs]

Phil is correct. The elephants are in difficult for part of the move. So their whole move is affected by that. In v2 their move is 2MU, in v1 it is 1MU. I'll assume you're playing version 1.

The elephants can declare a charge if there are enemy in charge reach i.e. within 1MU. If that enemy evades roll a VMD. If you roll a 1 or 2 the elephants won't move.

It may sound a bit odd but your friend will soon learn not to put troops in forests if they are badly slowed there.

[zoltan]

Phil is correct. The elephants are in difficult for part of the move. So their whole move is affected by that. In v2 their move is 2MU, in v1 it is 1MU. I'll assume you're playing version 1.

The elephants can declare a charge if there are enemy in charge reach i.e. within 1MU. If that enemy evades roll a VMD. If you roll a 1 or 2 the elephants won't move.

It may sound a bit odd but your friend will soon learn not to put troops in forests if they are badly slowed there.

If the elephants throw a 1 (deduct 2 MUs from their normal move of 1 MU) wouldn't they actually move backwards 1 MU (further into the forest)?.

[dave_r]

Phil is correct. The elephants are in difficult for part of the move. So their whole move is affected by that. In v2 their move is 2MU, in v1 it is 1MU. I'll assume you're playing version 1.

The elephants can declare a charge if there are enemy in charge reach i.e. within 1MU. If that enemy evades roll a VMD. If you roll a 1 or 2 the elephants won't move.

It may sound a bit odd but your friend will soon learn not to put troops in forests if they are badly slowed there.

If the elephants throw a 1 (deduct 2 MUs from their normal move of 1 MU) wouldn't they actually move backwards 1 MU (further into the forest)?.

Yes, but if that were to apply, then when they were pursuing in a forest and threw a one, they'd reverse from the enemy!

[zoltan]

Phil is correct. The elephants are in difficult for part of the move. So their whole move is affected by that. In v2 their move is 2MU, in v1 it is 1MU. I'll assume you're playing version 1.

The elephants can declare a charge if there are enemy in charge reach i.e. within 1MU. If that enemy evades roll a VMD. If you roll a 1 or 2 the elephants won't move.

It may sound a bit odd but your friend will soon learn not to put troops in forests if they are badly slowed there.

If the elephants throw a 1 (deduct 2 MUs from their normal move of 1 MU) wouldn't they actually move backwards 1 MU (further into the forest)?.

Yes, but if that were to apply, then when they were pursuing in a forest and threw a one, they'd reverse from the enemy!

Your point is?

[philqw78]

So what you mean to say is: if my shock troops fail their test not to charge but are 1 MU from a forest the BG that is going to intercept them from the rear now cannot as they will become a target of the charge
Brilliant!

[Vespasian28]

If the elephants throw a 1 (deduct 2 MUs from their normal move of 1 MU) wouldn't they actually move backwards 1 MU (further into the forest)?.

Which leads to that old joke about elephants making trunk calls and reversing the charges

[zoltan]

If the elephants throw a 1 (deduct 2 MUs from their normal move of 1 MU) wouldn't they actually move backwards 1 MU (further into the forest)?.

Which leads to that old joke about elephants making trunk calls and reversing the charges

Ok you win the prize!