Feeding extra bases into a melee

[daveallen]

If a Battle Group charges into a line of BGs such that it is fully in contact with one BG can it then expand on one side so that it contacts another BG that would be providing overlap support to the BG it is facing?

[hammy]

If a Battle Group charges into a line of BGs such that it is fully in contact with one BG can it then expand on one side so that it contacts another BG that would be providing overlap support to the BG it is facing?

IMO yes.

I might need to recheck the rules but off the top of my head this is fine. Not allowing it would lead to some pretty cheesy situations.

It is interesting if the overlap are troops capable of evading as they can be 'sucked in' to a melee they really don't want to be in.

[nikgaukroger]

It is interesting if the overlap are troops capable of evading as they can be 'sucked in' to a melee they really don't want to be in.

Haven't we done that one before - LF was the example - and the answer was no an overlap cannot evade.

[hammy]

It is interesting if the overlap are troops capable of evading as they can be 'sucked in' to a melee they really don't want to be in.

Haven't we done that one before - LF was the example - and the answer was no an overlap cannot evade.

Exactly

[BrianC]

It is interesting if the overlap are troops capable of evading as they can be 'sucked in' to a melee they really don't want to be in.

Haven't we done that one before - LF was the example - and the answer was no an overlap cannot evade.

I don't meant to be dense on purpose but I thought that BGs who can evade who are involved in Close Combat, can evade if only fighting as an overlap as per page 64 top right bullet. Or is there another rule in another section that overrides this rule? Or is there a rule change? Or did I miss something, if so could someone explain it as the rule on page 64 seems clear to me that LF can evade.

Thanks

Brian

[nikgaukroger]

Evade is a charge response and is not available if the base moving to contact is being fed into the melee as opposed to charging into contact.

[BrianC]

Sorry Nik, I actually missunderstood the action being taken. I saw your reply and was responding to the evade part. I got it now

Evade is a charge response and is not available if the base moving to contact is being fed into the melee as opposed to charging into contact.

[hammy]

The moral of the story is don't use skirmishers to give you that extra roll to hit on a 5+ unless all the enemy bases are already tied up in combat in places that they can't feed into combat with your troops.