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River crossing exploits - 5/4/2011 8:04:53 PM

Jzanes

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The following two river crossing strategies might be worth looking at. Maybe they are WAD but they seem sorta gamey to me.

1. When a unit loses in combat and retreats across a river, any pursuing unit that immediately crosses the river after them, does not shock attack and does change the hexside to friendly allowing for easy exploitation by follow up units.
2. Units with 0 AV (artillery, HQ, etc.) can cross an enemy held river hexside and not be forced to shock attack (since they can't attack). However, they will convert the hexside. Usually, this is no big deal as the defender will just attack the 0 AV unit, force it to retreat, and reestablish hexside control.
Where this exploit causes trouble is when you've moved units into a hex from another direction but really want to move units into the hex across a different hexside which is an enemy held river hexside. In this case, your AV in the hex "protects" the 0 AV unit used to cross/convert the river hexside, allowing your across the river force to arrive without having to shock attack.