Intercepting by interpenetration

ethan · Post by **ethan** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:14 pm

Can you intercept through something you can interpenetrate? (say cavalry going through LF). I didn't think you could....

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:29 pm

No.

You can't voluntarily charge or intercept through anything. See bottom of P47, "no interpenetrations are permitted when charging".

madcam2us · Post by **madcam2us** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:30 pm

page 63

5th bullet point... no.

Madcam.

marshalney2000 · Post by **marshalney2000** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:44 pm

On a slightly different topic can an interception charge assume that the enemy who is charging will reach within 4 inches of them due to on of your own units evading. To clarify, if the enamy units is facing a skirmish capable unit who is intending to evade can a knight unit which is 6 inches away move forward 4 inches in an intercept move knowing that the charging unit will move into this area when pursuing the evading unit.
John

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:48 pm

marshalney2000 wrote:On a slightly different topic can an interception charge assume that the enemy who is charging will reach within 4 inches of them due to on of your own units evading. To clarify, if the enamy units is facing a skirmish capable unit who is intending to evade can a knight unit which is 6 inches away move forward 4 inches in an intercept move knowing that the charging unit will move into this area when pursuing the evading unit.
John

No, look at the detailed sequence of play on P168, interceptions happen before evades so must be possible without friends getting out of the way first.

shall · Post by **shall** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:31 pm

No and no

If an intercept can't get in the right place to get in the way without anything else moving it can't be done.

Si

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:46 pm

I take it that this means if the unit in front, the skirmishers in this example, break as a result of the charge (being fragged at declaration) the knights could then declare an interception if the skirmishers rout passes beyond the path of the interception?

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:03 pm

philqw78 wrote:I take it that this means if the unit in front, the skirmishers in this example, break as a result of the charge (being fragged at declaration) the knights could then declare an interception if the skirmishers rout passes beyond the path of the interception?

That would look to me to be the case. I now challenge you to engineer a situation where you can use it to your advantage

jre · Post by **jre** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:22 pm

It depends, as in that case the knights could be a charge target, so they could not intercept. If the enemy could not reach the knights normally, then the knights could intercept. However, as I read the rules, if the charger was an skirmisher and it had not rolled a CMT when declaring the charge, it would stop 1 MU from the knights.

Weird, I know.

José

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:48 am

I now challenge you to engineer a situation where you can use it to your advantage

I cannot fail to rise