basic question regarding recoiling

[blackcompany]

I just started playing DBA again after a 5 year hiatus, so accept my apologies for the basic level of this question. I searched in the faq, through all relevant prior posts, and the rules but I couldn't find the answer.

In trying to decipher the rules for recoiling through friendly troops, there is a list of "this element type can pass through that element type". That is understood, but each example was for elements passing through differing types of troops. My question is simply, what about same troop types? Are they assumed to be able to pass through a similar troop type?

My specific example is this: when fighting against pikes that are supporting each other (or not supporting, simply having two "ranks" of pike bases for example), what do you do if the pike lose, but are not QK? Do they recoil through their same type friends, or should the recoiling pike unit be destroyed? If you can reference the page # of the rules that this is on I would appreciate it.

Blackcompany

[Redwilde]

Only the specified troops can interpenetrate. Otherwise as long as they are facing the same direction, they are simply pushed back to make room for the recoil.

Page 11, para 5, lines 2-3: "meets friends facing in the same direction, it interpenetrates if allowed, otherwise pushes back any except Elephants or War Wagons."

I find the Interpentrating Friendly Troops section among the worst presented bits of the rules. Technically, the grammar spells it all out. But whenever I have to take a look at it during a game, it always takes a very long time trying to parse it out. As a visual aid, I've underlined each of the separate clauses to try to make up for this info not being listed with bullet points or in a table.

[blackcompany]

thanks redwilde. i think i finally understand recoiling now. smile.gif

Blackcompany

[xeswop]

There is a detailed discussion of Recoil and a chart showing who recoils thru whom at

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/dba/bobcmts3.html