Hello !
I've read the instructions... and the forums.
Yet, my wife, my friend and I got in quite a bloody argument a few hours ago. Details :
I had a flesh ripper brute. I attacked my friend's archer. He had to retreat. I used pursue to go where he was and then turn right to attack one of his citadel guard, which was a better tactical target in my situation then finishing off his archer.
And then all hell broke loose.
I read the instructions.
My move seemed totally legit. Nothing against it. Words used say :
- "may instead (of Advance) move..." (so Pursue is a distinct step then "advance")
- "...move the attacking unit..." (not specifying direction)
- "...must move the attacking unit into the hex the target unit occupied before moving it any further." (nothing about the direction of the second move from Pursue 2)
- "can't return to original location" (if they explicitly say not to return to original location, it seems clear that any other location is OK)
- "one additional attack" (nothing about the target)
And I've read words from Julia on these forums confirming my point of view.
As well as some other threads on boardgamegeeks.com.
BUT, my friend and wife are just stuck on the word "Pursue" and therefor can't accept the fact that I would change target. (They even argued that pursue should ONLY be used if target had retreated. Not if it was killed...)
So here's my question : could anyone give me some strong argument one way or the other....
Or give me some sort of link to a statement/FAQS/something from FFG to help me stop the bloodshed between my wife, my friend and I... ?
Thanks !