A BG of 6 LF were uphill on a steep hill in CC with a BG of 4 LF. Madness we know but there was a plan when we started it
So behind the downhill LF traversing along their back, 2 MU away, is BG of Elephants. The downhill LF broke and ran back off the hill, and swung past the elephants. The uphill enemy LF pursued. And here it got tricky.
Pursuit suggested they contact the elephants and combat was resolved in the next impact. But I though pursuit was considered a charge for the next impact if they hit in the previous turn. But LF cannot charge non-lights in the open, even in the flank. But the pursuit rules say a pursuit contact is adjudicated in the next impact. But is that a charge ? Because LF cannot .... blah blah blah and so on.
In the end the uphill BG decided not to pursue anyway so it became academic.
But the question is, is a pursuit contact that is to be resolved in the next impact phase a 'charge' and therefore must obey the charge rules ? Or is it just a pursuit that gets played out in Impact ?
Steve
