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So, me vs. my friends army, my unit has hit and run. He's running a bunch of bikes.

He surrounds my unit with bikes (all 1in away) and charges me with one of the units.

So my hit and run unit is in combat, but also surrounded by unengaged bikes on all other sides. Combat finishes, and I'd like to hit and run. He tells me I can't as I literally have no space to move my guys without being too close to his enemy bikes.

Am I missing something? Or is this a way to stop a unit from being able to use hit and run?


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B B B B B B B B B B
B H H H H H H B
B H H H H H H B
B A A A A A A A B
A A A A A A

Bad Diagram Key: B = unengaged bike unit. H = my hit and run unit. A = His assaulting bike unit.

You can technicaly hit and run through AAAA unit but not through BBBB unit.

As it says that Hit And Run unit ignores models that it locked in combat with but it also said that you can not use hit and RUN Move to move closer then 1" to other enemy models.

He's right. Hit and run only works if you can move your models more then 1 inch away from the enemy models they where in combat with. You'll be forced to stop before you can do that because he has surrounded your models. The number you need to roll on 3d6 for this to work does not exist.

edit, just noticed you are not completely surrounded. Yes Reinokatite is correct. You ignore the units you are engaged with for the hit and run move. Assuming there is enough space to run through them and end up more then an inch away you will be OK.

Unless you're on a jet bike. Then ignore this entirely and move so long as you don't land within an inch of the bikes.

You can move through the units you're engaged in CC with.

Ok so I would only not be able to escape if I was completely surrounded on all sides? So I guess he would need another unit surrounding the back half of his assault unit also.

Such as:

B B B B B B B B B B
B H H H H H H B
B H H H H H H B
B A A A A A A A B
B A A A A A B
B B B B B B

Bad Diagram Key: B = unengaged bike unit. H = my hit and run unit. A = His assaulting bike unit.

Budzerker wrote:
Ok so I would only not be able to escape if I was completely surrounded on all sides? So I guess he would need another unit surrounding the back half of his assault unit also.

Such as:

B B B B B B B B B B
B H H H H H H B
B H H H H H H B
B A A A A A A A B
B A A A A A B
B B B B B B

Bad Diagram Key: B = unengaged bike unit. H = my hit and run unit. A = His assaulting bike unit.

Yep, that looks about right. If there's nothing behind the unit you're locked in combat with you'd be able to move through them as long as you can make it out the other side.

Unless they are jet bikes. Then they fly over their opponents so long as they till enough inches