Another odd rule situation

[Sparafucil3]

A10.61 TERRAIN BONUS: There is a -1 DRM to any Infantry Rally attempt which occurs in a building, pillbox, trench, or woods.

B30.5 ROUT & RALLY: A pillbox is equivalent to a building for both rout [EXC: Known enemy units; see 30.7] and rally purposes ...

A10.51 DIRECTION: ... Assuming it can abide by the previous requirements, a routing unit must move to the nearest ... building or woods hex (even if overstacked) unless that route is ...

From all of that, I take it a trench, even though it is Rally Bonus terrain, is NOT a valid rout destination. A trench is not even a valid rout destination in a DTO scenario (I know a unit can rout to a trench, it just can't designate the trench as its destination per A10.51). I must admit, I find this rather odd. -- jim

 

[Brian W]

I always thought it odd that a rubble hex is not valid either. If I were panicing I would rather be behind stone rubble than in the woods, especially some rinky dink one-hex grove.

 

[pward]

Unless you're ADJACENT, you can always stay in the trench.

 

[revaddict]

I too have found it odd that trenches, gullies and such are not rout/rally terrain. But then again I've never spent a day in uniform--much less in combat.

Paul

 

[Brian W]

But then again I've never spent a day in uniform--much less in combat.

Me neither, but I panic and rout all the time.

 

[Eagle4ty]

Unless you're ADJACENT, you can always stay in the trench.

Trenches are Rally terrain (i.e. units receive the rally bonus), not just valid rout destinations.