Hi guys, I have a question about moving charging units – specifically, about placing the 2nd and 3rd stand in the scenario below:
Please note that we’re following the Rick Prisley’s Trial Rules for moving chargers.
Yellow is a monster (let’s say a bone giant). Blue and Green are infantry units (let’s say skeletons). Red is a cavalry unit (Let’s say knights) which charges the yellow monster.
First charging stand is placed center-to-center with the yellow monster. That is clear.
But how to place the remaining stands?
Rules say that charging units always form a battle line if they can. Does “battle line†mean that they have to be in a strict line or can they be “staggered forward�
Apart from the “forming a battle line†the rules also say that you have to maximize frontage AND that if there are units adjacent to the target unit then the obligation is extended to these units too.
Rules also say that if a target is in irregular formation, the attacking unit needs to form a “forward staggered battle line). So if the three units (blue, yellow and green) are positioned with the yellow monster a bit ahead (as below), is it considered a kind of irregular formation?
If a strict battle line needs to be applied, the charging stands would need to be positioned as in figure 2.
If maximizing the frontage needs to be applied (and the formation is considered kind of irregular formation), the charging stands would need to be positioned as in figure 3.
What do you think should apply?
I assume that with a grey infantry unit instead of the red cavalry, the same should apply. But what would it be?
At first, I thought that it would be figure 2, but now I’m inclined to figure 3 now.’m inclined to figure 3 now.
