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Originally Posted by Chris Rice
Engagement is one of the key features of TFT tactical combat so I wouldn't want to do away with it completely. However, some have mentioned a very gamey tactic of using figures with the Defend option to pin enemies in place. One could logically argue that if you're Defending then you're not Engaging. So it might be worth considering a ruling that Defending figures do not Engage.
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Yes. There are a few other problematic conditions:
* Fliers stopping flight in mid-air due to engagement.
* Panicked runaway horse or bull running full speed somehow stopped because engaged by two people.
* You can't flee the impending troll army (or step away from a rolling boulder or lava or whatever) because a hobgoblin is threatening you with a stick.
* You are in very heavy armor and have to stay next to opponents who you're sure are very unlikely to hurt you if they hit you. (The rules actually call this out in the "knight in armor is not engaged by a teenage girl" line, but it's not defined where the line is. Also it seems clear in an RPG that a person
could keep moving, but there would be consequences - well what are the consequences?)
* You're sure it's an image you're facing, and try pretending it isn't there are walk forward.
* You're a 7-hex dragon with three hobgoblins or wolves or something engaging you somehow making it impossible for you to move except to push into them one hex.