Can a unit always make a rear charge that includes a wheel?

[timmy1]

On page 56 of the rules, it states that 'For a charge to qualify as a flank charge, it cannot include a wheel unless the charging battle group starts its move with the nearest point at least 1 MU away from the battle group being charged'. Nothing about rear charges, even though it is in the section [b]'CHARGING A FLANK OR REAR'[/b]. The diagram atop page 57 has the following text attached to the unit performing a rear charge from the right of the diagram 'This BG cannot wheel as it is within 1 MU of the target.'

Which is correct the rule or the diagram? I have checked both the FAQ v3.0, and the Errata v1.09 on the site and in my printed copies of the same.

btw it is a real testament to the quality of the rules that this is the most significant RQ I have found in the first release (the rules have been well playtested and debugged (and I know how hard that is as I have run automated software testing teams for a living and been a playtester for boardgames, you have set a new benchmark for the industry).

[rbodleyscott]

The purpose of the rule was to prevent troops who have beaten the next BG in line from charging the next one in the flank by wheeling 1 degree.

That doesn't answer your question, I know, but it does explain what the priority was.

You appear to have spotted an anomaly.

[babyshark]

The purpose of the rule was to prevent troops who have beaten the next BG in line from charging the next one in the flank by wheeling 1 degree.

That doesn't answer your question, I know, but it does explain what the priority was.

You appear to have spotted an anomaly.

This answer might usefully go in the FAQ. I have had this question--or variants of it--asked multiple times in the tournaments and learning games I have refereed.

Marc