Compendium pg 69, bullet 2 says: Other UGs must be deployed in the centre sector or be on a flank march.
This appears to be a change from original rules as checking back it does not appear in them. Original rules appear to have a 5 BW outer zone for deployment (and makes no reference to centre sector). {I only skimmed my original copy so could have misread it}
Page 61 and figure on page 67 both agree the centre sector is outside the 10 BW flank sectors.
Thus TuGs (not in ambush, or flexible mounted, or on an edge with a secure flank) must be at least 10 BW from flank.
Bullet 1 says only ....... may be in outer 5 BW.
So does this mean nothing can be between 5 BW and 10 BW?!? - my reading of game reports does not suggest this.
But I can not see how Rules as Written can be interpreted any other way.
I checked errata/clarifications document but didn't spot anything. Help please (a confused new player).
I haven't bothered going back to check older versions of the rules, but the current rules quite clearly state on p. 19 that TuGs can be deployed up to 5BW from the table edge (unless there is a flank march or secure flank involved). Clarity was not a hall mark of earlier versions but the latest version is vastly improved.😊
The Compendium edition talked about a flank sector for deploying terrain (10BW from the side edge) and a flank sector for deployment (5BW from the side edge). The new PDF/POD edition distinguishes very clearly between the two concepts.
As explained by SteveO - you cannot deploy TuGs within 5BW of a table side edge unless in ambush, a flexible TuG in skirmish formation or the edge is a secure flank.
Richard
The clarifications and errata document includes the following:
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DEPLOYMENT ZONES Page 69. Paragraphs 1. 2. & 3. Should say "Unless on a flank march or ambush, UGs are deployed >=6BW from the table centre line and only SUGs or flexible mounted TUGs in skirmish formation may deploy within 5BW of a table side edge without a secure flank from the PBS map.
Quote from: nikgaukroger on April 06, 2023, 06:53:35 AM
The clarifications and errata document includes the following:
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DEPLOYMENT ZONES Page 69. Paragraphs 1. 2. & 3. Should say "Unless on a flank march or ambush, UGs are deployed >=6BW from the table centre line and only SUGs or flexible mounted TUGs in skirmish formation may deploy within 5BW of a table side edge without a secure flank from the PBS map.
Thanks - found it eventually.