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Only if you assume that the LH do in fact start their charge, and that both BGs start moving at exactly the same time.carlos wrote:I'm green and want to impact the LH in front of me. There's about 6.5" between the 2 LH BGs. However, I have enemy knights in the rear and I'm in their restricted area. My understanding is that if I declare a charge on the LH the Kn can charge into the rear of the LH. Is this correct? Pretty bizarre situation considering the Kn would never be able to catch the LH in a race directly forward.
I can understand the rules have to be simple, but still that's pretty strange.
Quick addition. Mounted have to be within 4 MU and infantry 2 MU to charge. The restricted zone which extends 2 MU in front of BGs that affects movement is not quite the same thing.carlos wrote:Yesterday this situation happened:
However, I have enemy knights in the rear and I'm in their restricted area. My understanding is that if I declare a charge on the LH the Kn can charge into the rear of the LH.
Here is the answer, satisfactory or otherwise:davem wrote:I posted on a similar situation recently. Look for my thread "The Agema were on the bench, but still Alex lost"
I too felt the way intercept charges were handled resulted in some silly looking situations.
To date I don't feel I received a satisfactory answer apart from the obvious "you muppet, what were you doing letting them get in such a bad place?!"
I would like to see further debate on intercept charges.
It's a design decision. We are not in the market for rules amendments for a very very long time.The effect of the rules is that the chargers don't actually start their charge at all, and this represents them being too distracted by the enemy behind them (or on their flank) to start a charge on someone else.
Essentially the declared chargers have more important concerns than charging the enemy to their front, and if ordered to do so will dither until the flank/rear enemy hit them.
My drawing was rubbish. In fact my LH were at about 3.75 inches from the knights, that's why it looked so odd that they could be caught.bddbrown wrote:Quick addition. Mounted have to be within 4 MU and infantry 2 MU to charge. The restricted zone which extends 2 MU in front of BGs that affects movement is not quite the same thing.
Sorry Richard, but I do think this is a mistake. There are other people encountering this situation in their games and finding it odd. Simon has pointed out how he exploited it in our game: he moved the Cv to my front so close to me that a wheel when charging would be impossible and thus ensure I couldn't attempt to make frontal contact with the interceptors.rbodleyscott wrote:Here is the answer, satisfactory or otherwise:davem wrote:I posted on a similar situation recently. Look for my thread "The Agema were on the bench, but still Alex lost"
I too felt the way intercept charges were handled resulted in some silly looking situations.
To date I don't feel I received a satisfactory answer apart from the obvious "you muppet, what were you doing letting them get in such a bad place?!"
I would like to see further debate on intercept charges.
It's a design decision. We are not in the market for rules amendments for a very very long time.The effect of the rules is that the chargers don't actually start their charge at all, and this represents them being too distracted by the enemy behind them (or on their flank) to start a charge on someone else.
Essentially the declared chargers have more important concerns than charging the enemy to their front, and if ordered to do so will dither until the flank/rear enemy hit them.
