It's great to see a revitalization of Fantasy in the Cincy area. As such, I am following suit and dusting off the old O&G (while simultaneously kicking myself for trading off the dwarves and brettonians for more 40k goodness). I finally got in my first couple of games since who knows what edition of fantasy (I played around the time of 2nd ed 40k). Anyway, onto the question.

Normally a combat is won or lost with both sides still having models on the table, thus Break Test, followed by Flee and Pursuit. If lucky enough, the Pursuing unit Overruns the Fleeing unit and by situation moves away from the location of the combat. My question pertains to situations where one unit completely eliminates their opponent. Is the unit left where they are, or do they receive some sort of a consolidation move? I want to say no, but it seems strange that such an effective charge would be penalized by not having any movement. Thanks,

-Patrick

p.s. let me get a "hell yeah" if you think this is the most poorly laid out fantasy rulebook ever, haha.

It's always good to see another fantasy player and a fellow greenskin to boot! Welcome to the Waaagh!

A charging unit is entitled to an "overrun" move after wiping out an opponent in combat. Note that this only applies if the charger wipes the enemy out (your troops can't overrun if they are charged and wipe out the chargers) and it only applies on the actual turn that the unit charges.

This move is 2d6/3d6 just like a normal pursuit move except that the movement is always directly forward rather than in the direction that the enemy would have fled in the case of multiple units in combat. This move is supposed to represent the momentum of a devastating charge and it would be silly if that momentum carried you off at a sharp 90 degree angle or, worse yet, back the way you came!

Also, unlike a normal pursuit move, the overrun is entirely voluntary. You don't have to pass a LD test to hold pursuit if the move would put you in a bad spot (exception: Hatred or frenzy'd units are REQUIRED to overrun whenever possible and may not even test to restrain).

Hope this helps!

awesome, exactly what I was looking for, thanks