Slitherine

Two foot BGs, each of 8 elements, are in contact frontally and neither side has an overlap.

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Imagine a BG friendly to side A charging Bs and contacting the rightmost second rank element (marked B*) as a legal flank contact. The contact is not at right angles. The B* element is contacted on its rhs edge by the front corner of the charging enemy BG. (Not shown but referred to as C).
The B* element turns 90 degrees so that its front edge is in contact with the front corner of C, is this correct? The impact is fought at -2 and +2 POE with 1 element each. What happens in Cs movement phase. Does the whole of the C BG swing round so that its at right angles to B? (and parallel to B*)(That's what we did).

What happens if there are units friendly to B to the rear and right of B and in a position such that they prevent(?) all of C from swinging round to conform at right angles. Any other general comments about this type of circumstance would be welcome. For example would C have to conform if it exposed his flank - I guess it would, wouldn't it?

Hope this is clear - if not I'll draw a picture.


Thanks

BTW Excellent rules !

mikekh wrote: Does the whole of the C BG swing round so that its at right angles to B? (and parallel to B*/

Yes

What happens if there are units friendly to B to the rear and right of B and in a position such that they prevent(?) all of C from swinging round to conform at right angles.

Then it doesn't conform but fights as if it had done so.

For example would C have to conform if it exposed his flank - I guess it would, wouldn't it?

Yes. It is important to think ahead about such things.

What happens if there are units friendly to B to the rear and right of B and in a position such that they prevent(?) all of C from swinging round to conform at right angles.

Then it doesn't conform but fights as if it had done so.

If C cannot fully conform - i.e. can't completely swing round to conform at right angles, due to enemy units, does C swing round as far as the 'blocking' enemy unit allows it? And if so, how far short of the blocking unit must C stop?

Thanks

mike

mikekh wrote:

What happens if there are units friendly to B to the rear and right of B and in a position such that they prevent(?) all of C from swinging round to conform at right angles.

Then it doesn't conform but fights as if it had done so.

If C cannot fully conform - i.e. can't completely swing round to conform at right angles, due to enemy units, does C swing round as far as the 'blocking' enemy unit allows it? And if so, how far short of the blocking unit must C stop?

Nope, there is no such thing as partially conforming. If it can confom it does, if it can't it doesn't.

rbodleyscott wrote:

mikekh wrote:

Then it doesn't conform but fights as if it had done so.

If C cannot fully conform - i.e. can't completely swing round to conform at right angles, due to enemy units, does C swing round as far as the 'blocking' enemy unit allows it? And if so, how far short of the blocking unit must C stop?

Nope, there is no such thing as partially conforming. If it can confom it does, if it can't it doesn't.

Thanks, that make sense.