rallying

[Stuart Bleything]

Hi there ,
I apologies more questions that came up whilst gaming .
If a unit is victorious in combat wiping out the unit , can it then rally in any direction including moving over enamy charecters . If so and the charecters have none of there own units are within distance are they captured .

Stuart

[Big Red]

If you have defeated the enemy either in the first round or subsequent rounds, you are allowed to "Fall Back".  This is the correct term in the game for rallying.  You roll 3d6 and are allowed to move anywhere from the lowest single dice roll up to the combined total of the 3 in any direction you wish.  There are other conditions that apply to Falling Back but they are described in the rulebook.

So, taking the above into account, if your 'Fall Back' move allows you to contact an enemy character and there are no enemy units within 30cm of that character, he is dead - remove as if a casualty.  If the character is a General, the battle is over.

Hope that helps.

[forbes]

An important point about 'fall back' is that it doesn't have to be backwards, despite the name.

[marell le fou]

In fact, you can consider this distance of 3D6 as a "standard move". Normal rules apply.

[Stuart Bleything]

Many thanks for the clarity .

Stuart

[Stormwind]

Wait, fall back lets you go in any direction at all? Not away from the defeated enemy?

[wmchaos2000]

Yes, when Falling Back from winning a round of combat. =(Fall Forward)
If Falling Back from a draw, you can never cross the extended line of battle.

[David Wasilewski]

We play a house rule though that when any unit falls back, it can never advance beyond the extended front line of battle. The reason we use this rule is that we occasionally got this scenario:

It's your opponents turn and he charges you. You roll a high number for your fall back roll. You use it to move BEHIND an enemy unit. Then it is your go and you flank/rear charge him.

Silly

Dave 

[Lex]

Fallback (after combat)

1) on drawn combat - not allowed to cross the "line of battle", iow. slide away to the side or backwards. Remember this is a normal move with a minimum and maximum distance PER STAND! Roll dice to see who goes first, winning dice allow you to force opponent to go first (or last)

2) on winning a combat and forgoing the option to ADVANCE or after having ADVANCEd once already - this should be renamed to EXPLOIT, as this normal move allows you to move your unit beyond the "line of battle".

VERY IMPORTANT !! 

REFORM AFTER COMBAT - this only takes place AT THE END OF A COMBAT TURN
Roll dice to see who goes first, winning dice allow you to force opponent to go first (or last)
EVERY unit that participated in combat is allowed to reform at the end of the phase.
ALSO!  check the procedure!  Nominate one stand and PIVOT it to the preferred position, then arrange additional stands into a legal formation  <--  legal formation = contact between individual stands of the unit on at least one point. There is no obligation to reform in line or column!