Slitherine

Question;


Can a unit in an odd formation reform in your opponents movement phase?


I charge a unit in the flank that turns only 1 base to face me. Then in the movement phase, his unit is in an odd formation, however, to reform facing my unit, he would CREATE an overlap against me.


The rules say you may reform, not must. So in essence, does this count as expansion that creates an overlap? If that turn had passed, and in my opponents next movement phase he wanted to reform facing me with the full unit and create the overlap, I would have no problem with it. It's the creation of an overlap that I have a problem with. I know it says you cant expand to make an overlap, but can you reform to make one? If so, could the person whose turn it actually was, feed in to match the overlap at that point?


Thanks,


Clay

When reforming, you have to make the minimum change to the position of each base. This is quite restrictive, but in some cases may lead to an overlap being created.

You can reform in the other player's turn.

Reforming does not count as feeding in more bases to the melee. After reforming, you can feed more bases in by an expansion if this would normally be allowed. If it is the opponent's turn, you can do this only to match an existing overlap.

If an opponent reforms in your turn and creates an overlap against you, you can expand to match it as your "feeding in" move. Or you could expand to create an overlap on the opposite side.