Flank Marches & Ambushes

Question 1

What does a flank march consist of?

Answer 1

A sub-general or ally general and 1 to 4 UGs.

(p. 178, A2.1)

Question 2

When is a flank march prohibited on a flank?

Answer 2

When the flank is a secure deep water flank.

(p. 178, A2.1)

Question 3

What may not be part of a flank march?

Answer 3

• Army commanders
• Elephants
• Battle Wagons
• Artillery
• Camps
• (Presumably units with the barricades or obstacles characteristic)

(p. 179, A2.2)

Question 4

Which UGs of an allied contingent must partcipate in a flank march with the ally general?

Answer 4

The entire allied contingent.

(p. 179, A2.3)

Question 5

How and when do you place flank marching cards?

Answer 5

• After out-scouting, place one or more generals on table with cards underneath them: left flank, right flank, and/or bluff (any card other than ambush).
• Place a sticky note with the card indicating the UGs with the flank march.

(p. 179, A3.2&3)

Question 6

What restrictions are there for cards for a flank marching general that has not yet arrived?

Answer 6

• Their cards are dealt face up.
• They may not be gifted cards.
• They may only discard in the card phase.
• If hesitant, the first red card is spent to become committed.

(p. 179, A4.2 & 3; p. 95, E6)

Question 7

When is a flank marching card revealed.

Answer 7

• When the flank marching general is dealt their first red card.
• (Second if a hesitant ally general - the first is used to become committed.)

(p. 179, A4.4)

Question 8

How many red cards are required for a flank march to arrive?

Answer 8

• 1 if only contains skirmishers (including flexible mounted arriving as skirmishers), but
• 2 if it contains any Cv, Cm, or Ch TuGs, or
• 3 if it contains any infantry TuGs.

(p. 179, A4.5)

Question 9

How many red cards does it take for flexible mounted to arrive with a flank march?

Answer 9

The flexibles can decide at the time:

• If one red card is used, they must arrive in skirmish form,
• If two or three red cards are used, they can arrive in either skirmish and/or loose form.

(p. 179, A4.5.1 & 2)

Question 10

During what phase does a flank march arrive?

Answer 10

The movement phase.

(p. 180, A4.6)

Question 11

How are cards played, and what are the restrictions for an arriving flank march?

Answer 11

• Cards are played as normally - you do not have to play any of the red cards you may have accumulated.
• All UGs must arrive on the same turn during the movement phase. Any not arriving are lost - they do not count either as broken or for army size.
• They may arrive anywhere on the flank.
• They may not go within 6BW or enemy units that arrived via flank march previously this turn.
• The general must arrive with the first UG.
• Later UGs are considered in command based on their proximity to the general.
• Note that they may perform double moves.

(p. 180, A4.7, A5, & A6)

Question 12

What happens when two flank marches arrive on the same flank on the same turn?

Answer 12

UGs may not go within 6 BW of enemy UGs that have arrived as a flank march this turn.

(p. 180, A6)

Question 13

How may ambushes can you deploy?

Answer 13

Up to three.

(p. 181, B.1)

Question 14

When deployed, do ambush cards have a close proximity zone?

Answer 14

No.

(p. 181, B.2)

Question 15

Who may not ambush?

Answer 15

• Army commanders
• Elephants
• Battle Wagons
• Artillery
• Camps
• UGs with the barricades or obstacles characteristics

(p. 181, B.3)

Question 16

Can a general be placed in ambush?

Answer 16

Yes, but only if all the UGs in his command are placed in ambush.

(p. 181, B.4)

Question 17

Where may an ambush card be placed?

Answer 17

• Entirely in your half of the table,
• Such that the ambush would not be visible from anywhere in the opponent’s half of the table.

(p. 181, B.5)

Question 18

How and when do you place ambush cards?

Answer 18

• Ambush cards are placed at the same time as flank marching cards.
• Place a sticky note indicating a single UG (or that it is a bluff)
• The sticky note may also indicate a single general.

(p. 181, B.6)

Question 19

Do you indicate that a general is in ambush before the ambush is revealed?

Answer 19

Indirectly. Generals in ambush are placed on the rear of the table at the end of deployment and have one or more ambush cards allocated to them.

(p. 181, B.7)

Question 20

Are ambush cards allocated to generals and, if so, when?

Answer 20

Ambush cards are allocated to generals at the same time as other UGs are assigned.

(p. 181, B.7)

Question 21

When are ambushers revealed?

Answer 21

• When they voluntarily come out of ambush, or
• When the enemy comes in range to see them - Bluffs are treated as skirmish infantry.

(p. 181, B.8)

Question 22

When an ambush is revealed, how are the bases placed?

Answer 22

• As many bases as possible are placed on the card.
• Additional bases are placed next to those placed and no closer to the enemy than those placed on the card.
• Any bases that can’t be so placed are lost.

(p. 181, B.9)

Question 23

What’s the special movement rule for ambushes?

Answer 23

• When revealed, ambushers may charge with a single green card regardless of whether or not they are in command range of their general.
• For other prompted moves they are out of command until moved unless their general is in ambush with them.

(p. 181, B.10 & 11)

Question 24

Can ambushers shoot?

Answer 24

Yes, but in doing so they are revealed.

(p. 181, B.12)