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Its probably a silly question, and I'm sure no fair minded gamer would never do this but is there actually anything in the rules that would stop the CO being moved into a nice position behind an enemy force and then start deploying reserves?

As the CO unit can never be targetted it seems to be completely invulnerable as it runs around the table, deploying reserves and dropping mortar fire at will...

The Pointy Stick rule

Check the over run rule out for your answer

I'll check the overun rule (I don't have the rules to hand) although I thought that was only used when units moved towards close combat.

I like the idea of the 'Pointy Stick rule', but I am unaware of its finer points, could you possible provide some more details?

Ah, you point at the player and then stick the rules to 'em.
Compare to "rolled up newspaper and wasp".

Get a Pointy Stick, and poke said opponent somewhere unpleasant; the eye is a good place to start!

Another way to avoid this horribly stupid form of gamesmanship is to have a house rule - command units cannot be deliberatley targeted - UNLESS THEY ARE THE NEAREST ENEMY UNIT. We play this all the time. Failing that overun the T*sser!

I should think that keeping a small reserve (probably a good idea anyway) and good tactics would enable you to show him the error of his ways without even needing a house rule. Overrun the idiot.

Do you mean physically overrun the opponent, or his command base / model? Either appeals to me, but I'd like clarification please.

CO's also vulnerable to idf (indirect fire), shell em.

IanS

Just put a HQ and some troops in a chopper!

Dr Dave, you have permission to do both

Unfortunately, I don't think you can specifically target command stands for IDF, Ian. Nice idea, though.

Just read this thread and it strikes me that if the rules both allow for player A to go gallivanting about with his CO and for player B to stop him by simply overrunning it, then any success this tactic meets with is actually player B's fault for taking his eye off the ball.

As command units are moved at the end of the command phase, the supposedly adroitly positioned CO is going to have to endure exposure during an entire enemy turn, during which overrun could either knock him out or force him to fall back on a friendly unit and, crucially, suffer that units fate. Only then does it get to make a roll (which may fail) to bring on all of three (count them!) reinforcing units which can't receive orders until the owning player's *next* turn. That's a 'plan' that takes three turns to reach fruition.

If your opponents using this tactic on you and it's working you're really not trying hard enough!

Many thanks for the numerous replies, the question was purely hypothetical as I had assumed that as HQs could not be targeted, then they couldn't be a target of close combat, and therefore an overrun.

Now I know that the no-targeting rule only affects firing I can see how moving a stand into contact with a 'Rommelesque' HQ unit would neatly solve this problem.

No Badger - you cant, but drop a load near it, one's going to scatter....

IanS