Intercepting a charging BG and VMD

[RobKhan]

Hi All

Another possibly dumb question. Version 1rules.

An enemy LH BG declares and executes a charge against some LF.
LF evades, but the VMD outcomes allow the LH to contact.
At the start of the charge, the LH doesn't enter the ZOI of a Cav BG, but after the evade is executed, and the charging LH move their VMD and can contact the LF, the path crosses the ZOI.

Is this a legitimate case for an interception by the Cav.?

On the night (and getting late) we decided it wasn't. Thankfully my LF held, but fragmented, with no casualties, and held the LH in a continuing melee and the LH suffered a flank charge in my turn.

RobKhan

[berthier]

If playing V1 the answer is no. If you look at the turn sequence, intercept moves occur before evade moves. Can't say about V2 as still waiting on the dead tree version.

[RobKhan]

Thanks for the confirmation Berthier, that's the answer and reason we arrived at. It just looked "wrong" having a LH mob charging across the front of Cavalry and there being no reaction. But I got them in my next turn, and didn't lose my LF. Happily it was part of the destruction of my opponent's right wing.

RobKhan

[kevinj]

Can't say about V2 as still waiting on the dead tree version

For all of you tree-killers, it's the same in V2

[pyruse]

Thanks for the confirmation Berthier, that's the answer and reason we arrived at. It just looked "wrong" having a LH mob charging across the front of Cavalry and there being no reaction.

RobKhan

The 'real life' reason for no reaction would be that they would see a mob of their own light foot running in front of the chasing light horse - hard to charge the light horse with your own guys in the way.

[zoltan]

The 'real life' reason for no reaction would be that they would see a mob of their own light foot running in front of the chasing light horse - hard to charge the light horse with your own guys in the way.

I think you may be overstating the regard the cavalry would have for their friendly LF. Bags of smoke and up the guts! So a few scummy LF fall victim to friendly fire....

[ShrubMiK]

The cav were too distracted by bitching and moaning about their commander who didn't put them in the best position to get at the enemy without running their servants over

[bbotus]

bitching and moaning

I think they were laughing their a--es off watching the LF run as fast as they could--stupid plebeian scum that they are. Besides, if the cav wait until the LH catch the LF then maybe they can actually catch the engaged LH and give them a proper thrashing.

[RobKhan]

They were not Plebeian scum....they were worse, they were barbarians....not even Romans........they were mercenary Cretan archers!!!!!

And I'm not a tree killer, I just can't afford the bizarre chemicals, minerals and rare earths that go into these modern portable devices produced by questionable means in far off lands!!!!!

RobKhan

[kal5056]

it could not have been a flank or rear intercept either because as described the "Interceptor" could not have starterd with a base entirley behind the from of the charging bG.