--- In dbmlist@yahoogroups.com, "JC" <curranjohng@...> wrote:
>
> -- In dbmlist@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Zorn <jrz3@> wrote:
> >
> > Too bad he didn't want to take the time to offer the rationale for why FMs
should work this way. I still think it's daft.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dbmlist@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dbmlist@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
John GL
> > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 4:48 AM
> > To: dbmlist@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [dbmlist] Re: Flank Marches PIP requirements and useage?
> >
> > I asked RBS - here are (part of) my question and his reply.
> >
> > "When a flank march arrives by march moves, does each group have to complete
its first march so that all bases are fully on-table, before making a further
march move? For example, a block of warband on 15mm deep bases could arrive only
3 elements deep, as a 100-pace move would mean that the fourth rank would be
partly off-table. War wagons have to arrive sideways as their depth is greater
than their move.
> >
> > That was always the official interpretation.
> >
> > Richard"
> >
> [JC] I presume the Flank March rules are that way to avoid the conflict you
would have between a notional column, half of which is still off the board and
still OK to come on, versus what is supposed to happen if the front part is
attacked and has to partially recoil off the board, when of course any element
not completely on the board should be removed. In the latter case is the tail
of the column lost without ever coming on board? You can make rules to get
around this but the official current approach has the merit of being both
straightforward and clear (and the demerit of being non realistic).
>

I don't think this is really an issue. What marches onto the table need not be
the head only of a column - it's a column in its own right. Any stragglers
could be a considerable distance behind, and probably are (depending on how soon
the player rolls another 6).

In my experience it's rare for stragglers to be left off-table anyway, though I
have heard tell than some players do this to induce any enemies fighting the
first arrivals to flee...

Cheers

John GL