Hi All,
The other night I experienced a rather unusual combat situation which struck both me and my opponent as odd in its outcome - there was nothing odd about the comabta itself, given the way I play!
I had an elephant at the end of a line and (natutrally) it got hit in front, flank and rear by enemy mounted (Cav in front and rear and LH in the flank).
I survived the combat in his bound, becaues we drew.
In my succeeding bound I hit his Cav in the rear of my pachyderm with a LH. I fought this combat first. The combat result was that I failed to kill him, so he turned at the end of combat (incidentally, should that turn be at the end of the combat between those 2 elements or at the end of all combats that bound - anybody know?)
Next, I fought the elephant combat, and died - surprise, surprise!
My LH to the rear of the elephant died as well as the elephant, but the Cav of my opponent, sandwiched between my LH and the elephant didn't die.
WHY?
Why should elephants only kill friends to the rear within a base depth? I (and my opponent) thought that the reason behind elephants killing things a base depth to their rear was to simulate the destructive power of elephants being destroyed and scattered, so neither of us could really understand why it should have the kill effect only against friends to the rear. Can anyone explain?
Incidentally, I think it is odd for the same reason that expendables only kill friends to the rear.
I respectfully suggest that for both Elephants and Expendables it would make better sense if the kill anything in a base depth to their rear when they are themselves destroyed.
Grandad
