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I need some clarification or something, and if you can clarify, please put it in rules quotes / context such that I have a basis for argument against the person (store owner) who taught me.

My understanding of reacting to assaults on the second turn of assault:

Your unit A assaults my unit B. They are now locked in combat. Next turn, my unit C assaults your unit A. Unit B and C are attacking unit A, but unit A may only attack unit B.

That's how I learned, but a couple of folks in the forums here have told me that's wrong. Anyone with specific guidance, rules context?

I'm looking at page 41 of the rulebook about "multiple combats" and I think the following paragraph is being interpreted different ways:

ATTACKING
In multiple combats, when it is time for a model to attack, the following extra rules apply:

*Models that were engaged with just one of the enemy units at the beginning of the combat (before any model attacked) must attack that unit.

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Some people seem to read that to mean that Unit B can only attack unit A. Others read it as Unit B reacts to Unit C's attack, and any models that are in base contact with unit C may choose to attack unit C if they wish.

Their problem is they are interpreting 'beginning of combat' as before assault move when it's actually after assault moves and charge reactions, before attacks.

In an assault, all engaged models fight, in order of initiative, during each assault phase of both players. Should be under "Who can fight" and "who strikes first". Attacks may be divvied up between multiple units that are in range.

A store owner telling you that is just plain wrong...

don_mondo wrote:Their problem is they are interpreting 'beginning of combat' as before assault move when it's actually after assault moves and charge reactions, before attacks.

Is there somewhere that says that "beginning of combat" happens after assault moves and charge reactions and before attacks?

Page 32, box witht eh assault phase summary, three parts
1 Move assault units
2. Defenders react
3. Resolve COMBATS
So you're not into the combat portion of the assault phase until after 1 and 2......................

don_mondo wrote:Page 32, box witht eh assault phase summary, three parts
1 Move assault units
2. Defenders react
3. Resolve COMBATS
So you're not into the combat portion of the assault phase until after 1 and 2......................

This is absolutely correct. I'd just like to add an argument for debates against TFG:

Beginning of combat HAS to be after 1 and 2, otherwise assaults would never take place, as assaulting units can't be in base until they've moved; If the beginning of combat was actually at the beginning of the assault PHASE, nobody at all would be able to attack on the first TURN of a combat. (Which might be an interesting house rule....)