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1. MarkGrindlay
   Member

   I have some clarification questions from a particularly enjoyable game this afternoon.

   The first relates to the 'defender' status.

   the example was as follows:

   Our Activity - we charge our cavalry into their cavalry
   Their Combat phase,an indecisive win for us.
   they falls back 1BW.
   We therefore follow up and catch him

   but there seems no 'second' combat pahse.

   so, we run through his activities and our reactions before the next combat phase, at which time we are now the defender.

   A decisvie win for us.

   result - ATTACKER takes 1 DISR - and we are now the defender

   even though we attacked, forced him to fall back and caught him.

   So the question.

   Is there a 'second' combat phase if the fall back result is 'caught' by pursuit?

   If not, does such a combat count as a 'countercharge' in such a circumstance?

   and the logical corolliary.

   if infantry only fall back 1 or 2 BW, this seems to mean that infantry will always be caught - is that correct?

   Posted 2 years ago #

2. Nick the Lemming
   Member

   The winner (never the defender) advances if the loser falls back as a result of combat, but not into contact. so there isn't a second round of combat, and the two units aren't in contact.

   Posted 2 years ago #

3. blucher
   Member

   "but not into contact"

   So how far short do you stop?

   Posted 2 years ago #

4. Sam Mustafa
   Le Grand Fromage

   A millimeter, a quarter inch, whatever.

   Just not into contact.

   Posted 2 years ago #

5. MarkGrindlay
   Member

   so you only 'catch' them if they react by falling back, roll low and you have momentum enough to catch them - at which point it would sill be the same defender combat turn.

   that's fine, our bad reading to not spot that the follow up on a combat fall back is not allowed to contact, only a reaction fall back.

   Posted 2 years ago #

6. Rich Jones
   Member

   Just in case ... Only cav is allowed the momentum move though ... infantry can never do it AFAIK.

   Posted 2 years ago #

7. MarkGrindlay
   Member

   we knew that Rich,

   but as I said, we misunderstood the difference between a momentum move in the reaction phase - which will catch the falling back reacter for the same turns combat phase,
   and the fall back from combat and (obligatory for attacker) follow up move - which will always have the dstance to 'catch' infantry no matter who is following up ...

   - except, as now confirmed, you do not catch in a combat follow up.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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