Winning and Losing

[wargamer1972]

Question: You have only lost one element, your opponent has not lost anything yet. Then you lose your general. Game over?

[dervel]

my understanding is yes....

[mickw]

Under 2.2 but not I believe under version 3.

[Bardolph]

"A side is defeated and must immediately flee off the battlefield if, at the end of any bound, any of the following apply:
It has lost its commander-in-chief, and has also lost more AP than the other side."

Seems pretty clear to me. Game would also be over if you lost your General as the first element lost.

[Martyn]

Originally Posted by mickw

Under 2.2 but not I believe under version 3.

In answer to the original question, yes, in HoTT it all over.

FYI in DBA v3 the loss of a General counts as an extra element lost which contributes to the 4 needed to lose but does not have the potential immediate effect unlike 2.2.

[DesertScrb]

Of course, the game's not actually over till the end of the bound, so you still need to play out any remaining combats between elements in contact.

For example, if you lost a 2AP element in a previous bound and you lost your 2AP general this bound, you still have a chance to remain in play if you can destroy (or force to flee off the board) at least 4 AP of your opponent's elements in this bound.

[David Constable]

Yes game over, general and more elements, it has happened a few times in UK competitions, including myself at Penarth.

David Constable

[Alan Saunders]

Originally Posted by DesertScrb

For example, if you lost a 2AP element in a previous bound and you lost your 2AP general this bound, you still have a chance to remain in play if you can destroy (or force to flee off the board) at least 4 AP of your opponent's elements in this bound.

I have lost a game when my general had been killed but I had lost fewer AP than my opponent, but in his bound he brought Hordes back on, pushing his casualty total below mine. Something of an anti-climactic way to lose a game

[Paul Potter]

Originally Posted by wargamer1972

Question: You have only lost one element, your opponent has not lost anything yet. Then you lose your general. Game over?

all the time!
-Paul