Memoir '44
How does Behind Enemy Lines work, and are all its parts optional?
Several players agree every part is optional and ordered; a publisher post confirms only the road-hex bonus.
- rasmussen81 · Publisher · 2008-10-07
- ColtsFan76 · Community · 2008-10-03
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- axeme · Community · 2006-01-22
An ordered unit may move up to 3 hexes, battle with one extra die, then move up to 3 hexes. Every part is optional, so a unit may move 6 hexes without battling, or skip the retreat or the battle, but the parts must happen in that order. Taking ground after a close assault is part of the battle, not movement, so a unit can move 3, assault, take ground and move 3 again. A unit starting on a road may gain one extra hex only if it stays on the road.