Deploy your armies

How to deploy your armies in the playing area.

Each scenario includes specific instructions on deployment, but here we’ll explain some general points.

Position of your units

Within the restrictions that the scenario specifies, you may position units anywhere that that is not impassable to them. However, any time you want to place a unit in terrain that is Dangerous to it, you must make an immediate Dangerous Terrain test: if you fail the test then you may not deploy the unit in that terrain — and as usual you must roll again to see if the unit takes a hit.

Table edge

In many scenarios it is important to know which edge of the playing area — or 'table edge' — is 'yours'. Some scenarios specify this, while others let you choose. When you have the choice, you can opt for any one of the following (and your opponent will get the opposite edge):

  • A long edge.

  • A short edge.

  • A corner edge — up to half-way along both a long and a short edge that meet each other.

[TODO: Example diagram to show each choice, and the half-way lines. Consider how best to use distinct terms for distinct meanings, to disambiguate throughout the scenarios; such as 'table edge' and 'deployment edge' (and potentially even 'Reserves arrival edge' or similar, as there is a difference from the deployment edge in some scenarios).]