Units within 6 inches of a breaking unit

Supporting units – pg 70, units within 6″ may support a unit in combat

pg 77 break tests – Supporting units test if the unit that they where supporting fails its break test.

So its a conditional units within 6″ of a breaking unit need to test. – hope that helps.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by Nat.

Sorry, Garry, I have to respectfully call you on the reply above where you say a unit “supports the combat or not” within a 6″ circle.

Units that do not support a unit within 6″ do not make a break test. Only units that support a unit that breaks make the test. The rules are on page 70 for supports and page 78 for support break tests in BP2ed. This is just as Nat pointed out.

The only exceptions to that are if the unit that breaks is artillery or tiny. In that case, the support unit doesn’t have to make a break test (and again, another exception, that’s if the support unit isn’t tiny itself, in which case it would make the test.)

However, Garry, I reserve the right to be wrong, and If you can point out in the rules where I am I’ll happily take correction.

Respectfully,

George

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by George.

And I humbly and happily stand corrected, Garry. Thanks for pointing that out.

So, that means any unit that could lend support, wither it does or not, has to make a break test. Yes.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by George.

Actually, George, Garry is correct. A unit that is within 6 inches of a unit that breaks from combat must take a break test, regardless of whether it was used as support or not. See page 78 of BP2 paragraph at the bottom of the first column.