Ginger wrote:
Neal has already ruled on this in
the 2012 FAQ;Quote:
Section 1.10: Overwatch
Q: Can a unit remain on Overwatch into a following turn?
A: If the Formation hasn't fired by the end of the turn, then they can remain on Overwatch into the following turn.
Note, in order to achieve this the formation effectively ‘passes’ its activation, but may only do that after all other formations have activated. This process was then articulated by the E-UK.
That's pretty tenuous. It just says that if you put them on overwatch and don't use it then they are still on overwatch at the start of the next turn, rather than cancelling it. It doesn't mention that it can span
a further turn, it's easy to argue it is answering the much simpler question of "does overwatch only last until the end of the turn?", i.e. for formations that already activated, not ones that haven't activated. Or, to put another way, the FAQ still makes perfect sense even if you have to activate the formation every turn. If so they still would have to activate in the next turn, it's just until they do they are on overwatch.
Not that I am against playing with passing allowed, so long as people agree, but very curious how this came to be given it contradicts the rules. If it is all a misinterpretation of an FAQ that would be amusing.