Open Order Cavalry and evading

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  • April 5, 2019 at 12:12 pm #159410
    arcole
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    Hi All,

    I had a situation in a game last night were a unit of heavy infantry charged 2 small light cavalry units in open order.

    When rolling to see how successful the evade would be, one of the cavalry units rolled a 12. Should that be treated as a blunder, or just a single evade move?

    We decided to treat it as a blunder, and the unit rolled a 6 – charge. Should the cavalry be allowed to do that as they are in open order. Reading the countercharge section at the bottom of page 60 I think that they should not.

    April 5, 2019 at 1:57 pm #159432
    Big Al
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    It should be treated as a blunder. The evade rule states that quite clearly. As the unit is Open Order, it cannot Charge a formed unit, so can’t charge the charging infantry. The easiest thing to do is reroll on the blunder table. Alternatively, just treat it as a failed order and move the evaders a single move away from the charging enemy.

    April 5, 2019 at 6:17 pm #159476
    arcole
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    Thank You

    April 8, 2019 at 6:16 pm #159599
    Charge The Guns
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    Perhaps one of those things that you have go with what sounds best, but I would go with the counter charge option. Crazy things happen in moments of stress and it could be that the ‘officer’ gave the wrong order.

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