Engaged/Disengaged Question

[Skarg]

Originally Posted by MGregory

What I read is, that in the example above a charge attack would require movement of at least 2 hexes (backing one hex and then returning to the original). Thus R could charge attack B by stepping back one hex and then stepping forward. No movement would be required for a standard attack by R against B.

Yeah, but the confusion was about the Option named "Charge Attack", which is one of the potentially confusing things about the options list - it doesn't mean you have to do a charge attack if you take that option.

The confusion is usually about how the options list combines movement and action, but movement and action are two different parts of the turn, which frequently have figures change their Engaged/Disengaged state during the turn. And people get caught up thinking they need to choose one Option during Movement, which is not the case, because they can/should choose their option during the action phase according to the situation.

Really it's that the figure adjacent to a foe's back can move up to full MA during his movement phase. Then during his action phase, he can choose options based on how far he moved during the movement phase, and what his current engagement state is at the time he acts.