Slitherine

Our group has two different views of evading and what direction the evader MUST go in. Page 65 has a very good visual example of doing a 180 degree turn and moving to their own rear. Under the circumstances shown.....no flank or rear impact.

I know my group so I have to ask the following too. Can the evader still choose to do a 180 instead, if there is no blockage of a path that is the direction the charge is headed in?? Does it matter that elephants were doing the charge?

The other view point is that no matter what, the evader MUST end up evading in the direction the charge is going.

It is a good clear set of rules. IMHO, the rules would be clearer IF our group was not made up of guys who have been wargaming for 35 plus years. Us old farts can be a little......well never mind.

Evaders must go directly away from the direction of charge or directly to their rear. The owning players choice.

Unless it is a legal flank or rear charge when the evade must be directly away from the direction of the charge, turning and wheeling where necessary

Forgot,

If charged from 2 directions it can split the angle

philqw78 wrote:Forgot,

If charged from 2 directions it can split the angle

So, Phil, does this mean a total of four options?

A) To own rear.
B) Directly away from charging unit Alpha.
C) Directly away from charging unit Bravo.
D) Split the angle between (B) and (C) above.

??

Four options but all in different circumstances

If charged by a single unit and is not a legal flank or rear charge it may evade directly to its rear or directly away.

If charged from two directions and neither are a legal flank or rear charge it may evade to its own rear or split the angle.

If a single unit flank or rear charging it may only evade directly away.

If More than 1 charger, 1 or more of which are a legal flank or rear charge, it splits the angle

Stating the sometimes elusive obvious, the direction of charge is of course the direction from which the charger would contact the evading BG as indicated by the measuring stick laid down by the charging player. Since this direction is arrived at after any wheel, and the wheel can occur at various times during the charge move, the exact direction of charge is not known in advance to the evader when deciding to evade. Believe me, the evader may be very very unhappy with evading away in the direction of charge, so it is always valuable to ensure a satisfactory evade path directly to the rear if there is the risk of an uncomfortable direction of charge.

When you decide to evade ask what the direction of charge is so that you can evade that way if you wish. However once/if you have then evaded out of the path the direction can change.

philqw78 wrote:When you decide to evade ask what the direction of charge is so that you can evade that way if you wish. However once/if you have then evaded out of the path the direction can change.

True, but if there aren't any interceptions possible the charger may but doesn't have to state the direction until it's actually time to evade - so you may be stuck deciding to evade before knowing the direction of the charge - if your rear is clear, however, you have a safe option going that way if the routing away from the direction of the charge is unattractive..

And, as you say, if everyone evades out of the path (using the declared direction) the charger may change direction in an attempt to catch evaders.

I think after much reading of many threads and parsing and debate I finally have all the nuances of the Impact sequence of play down, hence the draft FAQ discussion.

Mike