David Ettel
United States
Seattle
Washington
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I’m new to the GCACW system and I’m having a little problem understanding flank attacks. Can hexes only be covered by units of the active player which are ADJACENT to the defender or can units which are one hex away from the defender also cover a hex?
In the illustration below, are hexes 3729, 3828, and 3329 covered?
Thanks for the help!!
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G. Harding Warren
United States
Arnold
Maryland
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These are covered hexes. They are in the ZOC of inactive enemy units. These enemy units needn't be adjacent to the defender.
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武士に二言無し
Italy
Caravaggio
Europe + Earth + Via Lactea
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Hi Daniel,
I'm with You with that "difficult" rule ... 
At pag. 17 "Flank Attacks" (in brief): the attacking units active or inactive occuping an hex adjacent to the defender or units projecting their ZOC on hexes adjacent to the defender ... those are the two typical situations that define an hex "covered".
In the illustration all the six hexes adjacent to Davidson-A are "Covered":
3730+3930 by ZOCs of Whitacker-A;
3830 by Whitacker-A himself;
3729+3828+3929 by ZOCs of D.McCook and J.Mitchell
Fiuuuuu 
Good wargaming,
F.
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David Ettel
United States
Seattle
Washington
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Thanks for the quick responses people!!
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Patrick Pence
United States
Tallahassee
Florida
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Davidson's in a heap of trouble. Why wouldn't he Cav retreat? Looks like he had at least 3 opportunities...
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Robert Willeke
Germany
Bonn
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I'll just throw in that the units in the North need to project at least 1/4 of the combat value into an adjacent hex to have it covered.
Probably not a problem with Infantry surrounding Cavalary though.
The interesting case would be the defender at combat value 8 and both northern units at CV 1, 3729 and 3329 would not be covered, but 3828 would be, since the combined projected CV is 2.
The good thing is that Flanking is one of the few "hard to swallow" rules in this system
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David Ettel
United States
Seattle
Washington
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Sorry about Davidson (being cavalry) - I just chose counters at random to illustrate my question.
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