Ha!…well done
macbeth and
primuspilus. You both out-manoeuvred me.
I was expecting an argument about LH fleeing through rough and bad going at full speed.
Or the use of the word ‘entirely’ in the Command Range rule.
I didn’t expect a debate about camels and rivers.
So let’s start with
macbeth.
Yes, personally I agree with you about camels having a command range of 4 BW in oasis and dunes.
Indeed, that is how I phrased it in those “Detailed Crib Sheets for DBA 3.0” that I put in the Fanaticus Wikipedia.
I even added the words “4 BW if sight blocked by…” as I thought that would make things easier to understand.
But when I gave a copy of those crib sheets to a colleague earlier this year, he objected and accused me of adding stuff that wasn’t in the rule book.
As I remember it, the accusation went something along the lines of rule 6.7 saying oasis and dunes are not bad going for camels, so camels ignore the effects of oasis and dunes, and that means ignoring their command range limitations as well. And if
Phil Barker wanted camels to have their command range reduced in these types of terrain, he would have said so in rule 6.7, or in rule 8.7 by saying “…or in or beyond a Wood, Oasis or Dunes, even for camels.”
But he didn’t, so I must be adding stuff that isn’t there. And I found this argument very hard to refute.
I still think he is wrong…but it has sown the seeds of doubt in my mind that I might have misinterpreted things.
Until the FAQ team comes up with a definite ruling, there will be players that interpret this rule differently.
Some potentially useful player aids can be found here, including the latest June 2017 FAQ and the Quick Reference Sheets from the Society of Ancients:-
fanaticus-dba.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Reference_sheets_and_epitomes
