Close Quarters Targeting

By toriano, in Runewars Rules Questions

A flanked range unit (heavy crosbowmen) with close quartes targeting may attack with range dice to the flanking unit or not at all because this upgrade dont allow for range attacks by the flank ??

Still need to be in arc so no, however CQT says nothing about having to attack the unit engaging you. So you can still throw dice at another unit before your doomed archers die.

2 hours ago, Jukey said:

...however CQT says nothing about having to attack the unit engaging you. So you can still throw dice at another unit before your doomed archers die.

That is NOT correct!

CQT says "You can target enemies engaged with you". It does not allow you to perform ranged attacks against other units while engaged.
(RRG 65.2: A unit cannot perform a ranged attack if it is engaged.)

The answer to the original question is: You have to have LoS in arc to perform this attack against a unit engaged with you (possible but not guaranteed when flanked)

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Oops, for some reason always had it in my head as ‘you can perform ranged attacks while engaged’. My bad.

6 hours ago, Jukey said:

Oops, for some reason always had it in my head as ‘you can perform ranged attacks while engaged’. My bad.

You are right, Jukey. @Heilbuth You have the original Close Quarters Targeting. Check the FAQ, and you'll see that it now reads, "You may perform this [ranged attack] while engaged," instead of "[Ranged attack] You may target enemies engaged with you." This does have implications for an enemy engaging on the flank, as Jukey said, because they are out of arc, so they are not a valid target for a ranged attack. For some reason, they changed the wording on the card very soon after release, so some people already own the version with the new text on it, but many of us have the originals, which are now incorrect.

Edited by Parakitor
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On 28/3/2018 at 11:08 AM, Parakitor said:

You are right, Jukey. @Heilbuth You have the original Close Quarters Targeting. Check the FAQ, and you'll see that it now reads, "You may perform this [ranged attack] while engaged," instead of "[Ranged attack] You may target enemies engaged with you." This does have implications for an enemy engaging on the flank, as Jukey said, because they are out of arc, so they are not a valid target for a ranged attack. For some reason, they changed the wording on the card very soon after release, so some people already own the version with the new text on it, but many of us have the originals, which are now incorrect.

WOW. I never noticed that in the FAQ. That changed things up a bit.

Curiously I linked the image above from TabletopAdmiral, so their image is the old version as well. Looks like the Runewars wiki has the new version