Slitherine

You need a CMT to leave a building and also if you want to leave and enter another building in one move. Am I correct to assume these are not cumulative. So only a single CMT to leave one and enter another?

richafricanus wrote:You need a CMT to leave a building and also if you want to leave and enter another building in one move. Am I correct to assume these are not cumulative. So only a single CMT to leave one and enter another?

Only a "defending" infantry unit must pass a CMT to leave. Other units can just leave.

Any unit entering buildings must take a CMT unless in March Column on a Road.
Any unit seeking to enter a new building after leaving that leaves buildings may upon passing another CMT enter a nearby building as described, and if infantry may choose to defend rather than just occupy.

So those are separate defending infantry take 2 CMTs to move to nearby buildings.

It stands to reason that the troops deployed in defensive positions would need to first safely withdraw from those and aassemble for movement, thus requiring a CMT for that process, and they need to do the same whether of not moving to another built-up area or elsewhere.

Mike is correct - It takes 2 CMTs to move from defending 1 building to defending an adjacent one.
You can move from defending to occupying or from occupying to defending with 1 CMT. (We assume that there must be a road or path from one building to the next).

I believe it is a simple move for skirmishing light foot to enter a building (don't have the rules in front of me). so does this mean a skirmishing unit can enter a building as a simple move, make the mandatory formation change to tactical mode, and then move directly to defending the building - all with no CMT at all? Would this be counted a double move? I suspect this is the answer to get the result desired.

Kevin