Classical Hack Q & A

Here are some good questions From Spain

1)On page 9 you say “Units which expose their flank or rear, to an enemy unit´s charge cannot respond or turn to face them” The question is, what do you want to say with the word “respond”? Is a charge response what do you want to say that they cannot make? In other words, Can evade any unit who is charged flank or rear? Can make a normal charge response any unit who is charged flank or rear?

My thinking is this. In the movement phase of a turn players can easily see if they are placing themselves in a bad situation by facing this way or that way. The units cannot respond because they can see what will happen by the enemy in the movement phase. The movement phase determines for almost all units who can charge or respond to a charge at the top of the next turn in the next turn's charge and charge response phase. So if a unit places itself in harms way they cannot respond.

Now the almost units item above. I should have been more clear on this. A unit which is not engaged in a melee and that is able to evade as a response to a charge can do so. In this case units that can evade can do so in response even to a flank or rear charge.

If a unit that is not able to evade (Close ORder) cannot turn to face a charge as he was able to see things happen. Because the move distances are so short to permit the unit to turn and face would almost make charge by flank and rear next to impossible.

I should clarify this in the response to the charge section on page 9. Both in response to charge and evade.

Units in melee cannot turn and face a flank or rear charge.

Units which cannot evade and who are not facing a flank or rear charge cannot turn and face-because they either could see this coming and did nothing. Also mechanically (the way the rules are designed) there will be times when in the rally phase enemy units will be placed in a very good position to do things to the enemy like charge flank and rear.

On the other hand sometimes an enemy in rally will be at a disadvantage.

Units which can evade a charge and who are not engaged can evade a flank or rear charge

See example top page 23.

2)Must abort his charge, any unit who makes a front charge and itself is charged at flank or rear in the same time?

I would and do quarter the movement. The unit(s) initiating the charge moves first then the unit responding. All in quarters. The unit being flank charged does not abort. Did you see aborting a charge somewhere?

3)An unit is charged by two enemies units at the same time, one charge it by front and the other charge it by flank. If the charged unit gives a evade response, from which of them, it evades?

The unit that is closer to it.

4)Flank charge or rear charge must face directly on the enemy flank or rear (page 9), but is permitted an initial free wheel 22 ? degrees in this facing?

First to be a flank charge the unit flanking must have more of its figures behind the enemy's flank than in front of it. So if a unit on the flank of an must start here. It can make the wheel only if it begins with more stands behind the enemy's rear ranks. I did this to prevent units hitting on corners. I want the units to line up evenly. So this wheel applies only when they begin their charge well behind the enemy's flank not to get to the position which puts them on the enemy's flank.

5)When in a multiple charges you make a quartered movement, who moves first? Sometimes is said that moves first who got the initiative; sometimes is said that moves first who first declared a charge and then moves who made the response and then the others; sometimes is said that moves first who is faster (more high normal movement). Who have priority?

The unit(s) initiating the charge when the player being charged is responding to a charge declaration.

Units which both want to declare a charge and both announce a charge declaration the faster of the two moves first.

Priority is determined by the intention of the players (responding to a charge or both declaring that they are charging.