Killing Piles softly...

[mad lemmey]

If you hit a wall of pikes, two wide, many units, and kill one file from a pike block, can the pikes continue to fight one base wide, or do they have to leave a base in the denuded file and remove from the other file?
It was game five, we couldn't remember...

[nikgaukroger]

As the various requirements for formations do not apply when you are in combat a pike unit can indeed be reduced to a single file - as can any unit.

It may be prevented by the not breaking contact with enemy (if at all possible) rule, but that is a different thing.

[Simon Meg-Meister]

Pikes have no choices.
Once in they are all engaged.
If 4 bases happen to die in one file then indeed it will be single file and 4 ranks deep for a while ... but probably not for long !!

Si

[AntiokosIII]

Is it just me, or does the title of this thread sound like an ad for hemorrhoid cream?

[mad lemmey]

 

[Simon Meg-Meister]

Roberta Flack must be spinning in her grave ....

S