Order of March

[evernight]

Dear friends,

Please tell me if I made good understanding of the rules.

When we build our armies, we need to note down the order of march, so a army with 8 BGs has a deployment 2-2-2-2. Then we must number these bgs from 1 to 8. The players place alternatively the first batch which includes bgs 1 and 2, the second batch bgs 3 and 4 and so on.

The batches could have BGs of any type, for example a skirmish and a heavy foot and each BG could be placed anywhere on the table: in this case, the skirmishers ahead in the center, and the HF behind in the right side (respecting the distance from the rears for each troop type)

[petedalby]

Yes - you have understood correctly.

[ravenflight]

To add to what Pete said, yes, you have it correct. The only time that this changes is when you remove some troops from the pool for ambush/outflank reasons.

So, using your example, you have 8 BG's like this.

1 = LI
2 = LH
3 = HF
4 = HF
5 = Cv
6 = Cv
7 = Art
8 = HF.

Now, you decide that you're going to put 2 BG's (1 & 3) into ambush. You would now deploy in this order.

2&4
5&6
7&8
Nothing.

Similar with outflanks.

What you do NOT do is deploy:
2
4
5 & 6
7 & 8

The 'gaps' are taken up by the next BG in order.