Camp

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Camp

Hello everybody,

I have a question about a unit entering a camp:

When entering, can a unit battle?

Kind regards,
Erik.

Yes.. the terrain does not disallow it, so the normal rules prevail.
The unit battles with a maximum number of dice, max 3 on a friendly camp, and max 2 on an enemy camp.

What about ranged fire into an occupied camp hex. Is there are decrement? We played the Phasis River scenario today and that question arose. As game master I ruled that any ranged fire into a camp hex could only be done with one combat die even if the firing unit had not moved. I did this because of the inherent defense of a camp site. But is this correct? The rules for battling into a camp hex seem only to indicate those units trying to "capture" the hex, i.e., close combat, rather than just shooting from a distance at the occupants of the camp hex.

Thanks,

Jim

I think in the absence of a limitation, ranged fire works as normal, with the advantages of a defending unit ina friendly camp (ignore 1 flag)

Camps seem to be very different to Fortified camps in Ancients