So heres something that came up in a game yesteraday.

i have a revenant titan , its 12 Cm from a enemy formation. i then get engaged in a FF by another Enemy formation that is 14 cm away, according to how i read the rules i HAVE to counter charge the closest unit even if its not the one making the initial engagement action. Is that correct or have i mis read it and have the option to counter charge the Engaging unit as a priority over the, now this seems kind of odd, as if its a HAVE to choice, then im counter charging but not reaching a unit thats not even in the engagement.
I can undertand if i was to make contact as that would draw them in, but as i cant all it does is draw me into more enemy support FF. so is this just a clever use of the rules on my opponents part or am i missing something.


Any input would be handy.

Regards

Tim NZ

There are several points to note here.

1. Counter-charging is optional; the defending unit(s) do not have to move and need not use their full movement.
2. Counter-charging is evaluated on a unit by unit basis, with each moving towards the enemy unit nearst that defender. This can force defenders to move in different directions.
3. Counter-charging is deemed to be a "move"; so embarked troops may dismount and units in the formation must be in coherency after the counter-charge.
4. War engines may 'barge' during their counter-charge.

While this may sound a little goofy, it represents the situation where several formations are firing and moving towards a defender, which is in turn moving to meet the most critical threats or being pinned in place by the various attackers.

The usual tactic is for the attacker to move a supporting formation up to one side of the target and then have a second formation perform a clipping attack from a different direction resulting in the defenders being 'pinned' by the supporting formation and unable to move without losing coherency.

However in the situation you describe it is quite possible for the Titan to counter-charge away from the assaulting formation and end up outside 15cm from any of the assaulters in which case the assault fizzles out altogether. In really extreme cases, if the supporters were >10cm from the Revenant, it could end in B-B with the supporters and fight the assault with them instead of the original attackers.

Interesting points you raise there, it really opens up a few options to assualts i hadnt really thought of in regards to pinning units as you describe it.
Thanks for the feed back and answers, sounds like in this case i was jsut out played and quite well

cheers Ginger.