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phiwum · 03-27-2021, 02:14 PM

I use the second interpretation, to wit "you must stop as soon as you become engaged by your foe, ending your move, but you may use your action on that same turn to initiate HTH."

I previously read the rules as saying that even if you initiate HTH in the action phase, you may immediately make an HTH attack. The rules are ambiguous there, but I've come to see that this interpretation makes initiating HTH too darned good. Without this interpretation, if you initiate HTH in the action phase (so you were already engaged), the other guy will get an attack before you do. Makes you think a little bit harder about your options.

One of those times where I had a minority reading on a rule only to later see the wisdom of the more experienced TFT guys. That doesn't mean I'll stop being stubborn, of course. I'm right up until the point I decide I'm wrong.

03-27-2021, 02:14 PM	#3
phiwum Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Boston area	Re: How do you adjudicate initiating HTH? I use the second interpretation, to wit "you must stop as soon as you become engaged by your foe, ending your move, but you may use your action on that same turn to initiate HTH." I previously read the rules as saying that even if you initiate HTH in the action phase, you may immediately make an HTH attack. The rules are ambiguous there, but I've come to see that this interpretation makes initiating HTH too darned good. Without this interpretation, if you initiate HTH in the action phase (so you were already engaged), the other guy will get an attack before you do. Makes you think a little bit harder about your options. One of those times where I had a minority reading on a rule only to later see the wisdom of the more experienced TFT guys. That doesn't mean I'll stop being stubborn, of course. I'm right up until the point I decide I'm wrong.