Reply To: Rules Question Thread
Hi Marecki, I interpret the rules a bit differently to Nat. If you order the brigade to charge then they will all have to attempt to charge. However, as only one unit can contact, the remaining units will move so as to attempt to support the unit in contact. This is described on p61 of BP2.
This makes sense to me in broad terms. If, as the overall general, I ordered one of my brigades to “fall-on and engage the enemy” then I would expect them all to go off and do this to the best of their ability. I wouldn’t expect to need to issue separate orders.
It is worth noting that this is different in Pike and Shotte. In P&S it explicitly says that you can’t do this, and that supports need to be given a separate order. I assume this is trying to make moving larger formations more difficult in the 17th and earlier centuries. Perhaps this is what Nat was thinking of? (It’s worth noting that my group play BP more than P&S and so we always forget this difference in P&S!)