Draws in True Grit! Melee

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MSG
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Draws in True Grit! Melee

Post by MSG »

Hi all,

We encountered a rarer result that surprised us with the result in our last game with equal casualties in melee for both sides. With both units retiring it caused a massive blowout in the lines. More than happy with unformed, casualty for retiring etc, and how the whole combat mechanic worked until the point when we ended up 3 foot apart :shock: We decided on the spot to implement a step back result and plan to do this from now on. Thoughts or did we miss something?

cheers, MSG
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Re: Draws in True Grit! Melee

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MSG,

Glad you are enjoying the game!

When retiring after a melee the retire move, as with Whipped, permits a retiring unit to halt behind a friendly unit.

So, if you have a supporting line or regiment the retire move is not so far, but no supports means as bigger hole in your lines!

DB
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Re: Draws in True Grit! Melee

Post by Munin »

Dave, when you say "behind" in this context do you mean physically behind, or is simply "still beside, but further back" sufficient?
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Re: Draws in True Grit! Melee

Post by MSG »

Cheers DB,

We played it right by the rules then but then we modified it so it looked to look right to us visually :D That similar result in GdA hasn't been an issue as there's always more units coming up behind. Time to paint some more ACW then!

thanks,

MSG
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