RE: [Epic] 40K/IG infantry Detachments

From: John Erickson <erickson_at_...>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 16:02:50 -0500

David wrote:
>I've got the rules on hand, so....
>
>From page 107 in the battles book (the figure is a crude reproduction)
>
>MOVING *PAST* IN THE ASSAULT PHASE. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? >Simply put,
>it means you can't deliberately move further away from the closest enemy
>when you make an Assault move.
Ok , clear concise, I understand. I am blushing cause I forgot the closest part.

>However, you don't have to move towards
>the nearest enemy detachment...
Again, don't have to move towards the nearest enemy, I understand.
Now we take two totally understandable sentences, string them together and we
get ........mud. What the heck does it mean that I can't move away from the
nearest enemy but I don't have to move towards the nearest enemy? So if
you assault move you have two choices: move towards the nearest enemy. Or
move along some invisible circumference determined by the distance between
the moving detachment and the nearest enemy with the final position closer to
some other enemy unit? That's nuts. why didn't they just say You must move
towards the nearest unengaged enemy. The other option is just ridiculous. I admit
 the error of my ways. I missed the word CLOSEST in the first sentence.
thanks,
John
p.s. but I still like these rules darnit


                           
Received on Wed Apr 30 1997 - 21:02:50 UTC