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Fighting in 2 Directions POA

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:40 am
by pcelella
Just wanted to check something about fighting in two directions.

Suppose that I have an unit that has been contacted in the flank by light horse during the impact phase (so that they do not drop a cohesion level), but is also fighting a formed unit to the front. I know that the bases turned to fight the unit to the flank are at --POA durning the impact phase. Now during the following melee phase what happens - the bases fighting the enemy on the flank are obviously -1 POA for fighting enemies in two directions, but are the other bases fighting to the front also -1 POA for the same reason? Seems reasonable, but it is not quite clear to me if that is how it works.

Thanks

Peter

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:43 am
by nikgaukroger
The - PoA applies when the BG is fighting in 2 directions and so applies to all bases in the BG fighting. One of the (few) cases where a PoA is applied by BG rather than by file.

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:49 am
by hammy
See the glossary, P134

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:12 pm
by pcelella
Thanks guys - I thought that was how it worked, but I just wanted to make sure.