My meta played the board game for the first time last night (we are normally LCG guys). The following question came up.
If a location is populated by nothing but routed troops, and that location is marched into, is that location conquered automatically or does a combat battle have to take place with battle house cards being used? One side claimed that it should be the same as taking over a location with nothing but a power token in it. The other side argued that combat should happen and cards should be played. I was part of the former group. It seemed odd to me that a location housing nothing but routed troops could still win a battle based on playing a house card.
thanks,
Dennis