Slitherine

Hi,

idiot question, after playing one game: in melee, does a single element of overlapping knights give 1d6 or 2d6 towards the BG total? The rules simply stipulate 'as above', which could either mean 'as knights are treated above', or 'as the line directly above' i.e. 1d6 each for 1st & 2nd rank overlapping elements.

cheers

2d6, but Knights in sencond Rank never count as overlapping.



David

that's what I thought after rereading it more calmly ... however, not what we concluded in the haste of action (& as we both had overlapping knights, this wasnt a case of one side getting a particular advantage).

Any reason why you interpret that way, BTW?

firefalluk wrote: Any reason why you interpret that way, BTW?

Your interpretation never even occured to me.

Sadly, I think it's actually (a) more logically defensible and (b) not what was intended. To defend it - if the whole line for overlaps was just omitted, it would I think have the same rules effect (i.e. Knights would get 2d6 for overlapping elements in front rank only); so including a separate line for Overlaps implies there's something different about them.

However, that's just logic, and I have no real doubt that in fact this is a load of .... dumplings.

Sadly, I think it's actually (a) more logically defensible and (b) not what was intended. To defend it - if the whole line for overlaps was just omitted, it would I think have the same rules effect (i.e. Knights would get 2d6 for overlapping elements in front rank only); so including a separate line for Overlaps implies there's something different about them.

However, that's just logic, and I have no real doubt that in fact this is a load of .... dumplings.

Well I've re-read it and can see how it could be read both ways.

I think a better wording might have been: As above for respective troop type.

Regards

Dave M