Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

[Doug]

>Which means that I am not _required_ to decide which particular unit
>I'm going to contact until the Charge Move phase. And in some
>circumstances, it won't be _possible_ for me to decide until the
>Charge Move phase. If this is correct, it might be obvious to you
>but its something of a revelation to me.
>Doug
>*****
>
>Really, thisis being made much more complicated than it is.
>
>First, charge path is set AFTER the initial wheel.
>
>Second, the only decision about which targets you can hit is to echelon or
>not. You still have to charge and you still make contact with the first
>non-evader in the path. You can't choose not to hit that target.
>
>The charge move rules can't describe all the various combinations as
>individual examples. It does say what to do if your target evades.
>It does say you
>can echelon to hit a second target.
>
>You also might have to hit two or more targets because you hit them at the
>same time.
>
>But there is no choosing not to charge. There is no choosing not to hit the
>first stationary target. Jon

But sometimes there IS a choice of targets because you can choose in
which direction and how far to wheel. For example, if CCC is
directly facing and centered in the gap, it could
1) charge straight ahead and hit both 111 and 222
2) wheel left and hit only 111
3) wheel right and hit only 222

111..222.
...............
...CCC....

SECOND ITEM:

In the email above you said:
"charge path is set AFTER the initial wheel."

But that statement WRT _when_ the Charge Path is "set" is not
consistant with what you said in answer to another of my questions
(below). Below, the Charge Path is used during Charge Declaration.
Do we actually have an Initial Charge Path and a Final Charge Path ???

I ASKED:
During the Charge Declaration phase, are we "declaring" against
individual units of our choice, or is the "declaration" against a set
of units which we have no control over; the set being comprised of
certain units which are within an area bounded by the Charge Reach
and Charge Path rules?
YOU REPLIED
The latter.

THIRD ITEM
It seems to me that we should come up with a term like "Charge Zone"
which means an area on the table whose boundaries are determined by
the workings of the Charge Path and Charge Reach rules.

FOURTH ITEM:
As I understand the intent of the rules (possible incorrectly):

The Charge Zone (Def. per above) which exists after Charge
Declarations gives us information regarding which units take
reactions (ex: evading) and which units contribute to morale effects
(ex: unease).

Prior to the charger making his Charge Move, there may be changes in
the location of units within the Charge Zone due to reactions like
evading. Or the charger may no longer be able to charge at all
because of failing a morale test.

The first motion of the charger making his Charge Move, might be a
wheel, which would result in a new Charge Zone, which at this time
would only be used to determine the geometrical relationship of units
in order to discover which unit(s) will be contacted by the charger.

I hope I stated all this clearly even if wrongly-- I've been
interrupted 4 times while trying to compose it and I gotta go...

[joncleaves]

The charge path is set at declaration, which by definition must include in which
direction the charger will wheel, if at all, and how much.

The clarification to 6.163 says:

"6.163 (Pg 3 Add: ‘Written charge declarations are for competition games and
are designed to prevent ‘me too’ charges and to ensure a player’s intent
is clear. A charge declaration includes the charging body, the target(s) of the
charge and whether or not the charge will be impetuous (6.164), if possible.
Note that by declaring the target(s) of the charge, any wheel by the charger
(6.165) and therefore the charge path (6.163), will be defined. Players in
non-competition games may always elect to just verbally state their charge
declarations.’

Jon