Slitherine

An interesting point re. BG1.

But other than wording of the rules...what would be the rationale for allowing chargers to evade only if intercepted from rear/flank? Seems like an inconsistent approach. And not really necessary - if they don't want to get chuffed, they can simply choose not to decalre their charge.

And seems like there might be scope for some cheese there? - declare a charge, hoping to trigger an intercept, allowing you to evade in a direction that possibly you might not originally have been able to move in (e.g. because of being pinned by the BG you declare the charge on.)

Look at it slightly differently with a new scenario.

BG 1 fails its role not to charge. the enemy intercepts into its rear. BG 2 a LH that is not charging can get stepped forward into. Now accoridng to FAQ it cannot evade. It wasn't charging and can't evade.

It's not the only situation where a BG normally capable of evading is not permitted to evade contact by enemy.

I think BG2 can evade. I think that the FAQ is intended to refer to the BG whose charge is cancelled (BG1). Otherwise the intercept is treated as normal charge and should elicit a normal range of responses. There is a good argument for not letting BG1 evade - that being that the troops have readied themselves for close combat, are focused to their front and presumably not therefore in a position to respond to a second threat.