Sliding to conform

[expendablecinc]

can a base slide to conform and by doing so lost frontal contact with a battlegroup?

AABB
AABB
__CCDD
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eg
A and B charge C and D.
A slightly hits the front of C.
B hits the front of B and a little bit of the left base of D.

We roll 6 dice each at impact (three bases hit three bases)
- in the movement phase A and B slide to conform
- the shortest slide is to the left of screen
- this means that although they were in frontal contact initially they slide out of frontal contact and are much freeer to move, charge someone else, evade etc...

If this is so and there is a general with group A if he fights in the front rank at impact he is then 'released' as overlappers can move away.

Should they have slid a longer distance to the right of screen to line up and not lose any contact with BGs?
Otherwise is this a way of getting an impact phase hit without any risk of having to face a melle combat? eg scythed chariots or unarmoured impact foot.

[philqw78]

Since sliding is by the minimum I suppose they must lose (frontal) contact

[hammy]

I have a feeling there was a very long thread on just this subject a few weeks ago.

I am fairly sure that the conclusion was that BGs conform simultaneously so in this case your BG A would indeed end up as an overlap.