• Registered: 2005-03-27
  • Posts: 811

Topic: "Group" Movement

I was recently reading through the Hoplon 2 rulebook and got an idea.

In there they have provided for the abillity to perform Group Movement. How about this for those low-command armies, or ones that have lost commanders:

Group Move:
A commander may give a Move order to a group of units.  The Group Movement command costs 1 extra per command and may be used to move any number of contiguous units in regular formation. at any time, the units may separate, but any unit which becomes non-contiguous with the rest of the group may not accept another command that turn.

A Charge order (Move to contact) may be given to a single unit in the group as the group's last action for the turn. However, only the unit ordered to charge may move, the rest of the group may not move.

  • Registered: 2005-03-28
  • Posts: 287

Re: "Group" Movement

We talked about it once before but I cannot remember why we did not adopt it.

I agree it could work, though by lost commanders

jimbeau wrote:

How about this for those low-command armies, or ones that have lost commanders:

I assume you mean lost some - not all. Group movement does not address the issue of hapless, fearless, and dead officers.

Also, I would think that they do not have to be continguous. I would think that it could just be any unit within the commander's command distance.