I can't believe I have been playing this long and this is the first time the Blaze event has actually occurred when a unit was in the targeted hex. Anyway, what actually happens to the unit?

In the game I just finished, the unit retreated out of the hex to an adjacent hex. But honestly, that left me a bit unsatisfied:

1: Should the unit have taken a suppression check, been reduced, or left as-is?

2: For Armor units, if they were in Fire mode, should that have had an impact on the outcome?

3: When the unit retreated, it retreated out of LOS (due to the blaze), I'm assuming that means that the original attack cannot be completed

Any infantry in a hex that becomes ablaze are immediately reduced. All units in a blaze hex may not activate again this turn and must immediately retreat to an adjacent hex without enemy units. Any units unable to retreat are eliminated. Blazes are impassable for all units.

[q="lmkedm"]
Here's the relevant portion from the rules:


It's a free move to leave the hex (regardless of armor's block side); if the original shot is no longer possible, it is cancelled without further effect.

If the attacking player puts a puts causes a blaze on a defender's hex (and unit(s) those units are not avilable for the rest of the turn.

If the defending player casts an attacker's hex and units ablaze, they are immediately available at the start of the next turn.

any player that has Armor units affected by the blaze gets a free re-org by virture of moving out of the blaze.

Wait, where do you see that?

It's a free move to leave the hex (regardless of armor's block side)...

Perhaps it is my misinterpretation of Mark's comments about,



I guess my real contention should have been that the tank is forced into the Move Only state due to the retreat and should not be available to fire in the immediately following round.

I'm over thinking this the frequency of this happening is small enough that I doubt it will have a significant impact in the ultimate outcome of any scenario.