Second Reading: Yes, You Can Hang Off the Board
A quick Second Reading episode from us today — the kind of tiny rules detail that can save an argument mid-game and probably surprise quite a few people.
We all know the classic situation: if a unit touches the edge of the battlefield while fleeing, it is destroyed. That one is pretty firmly lodged in everyone’s brain.
But as Stas pointed out, normal movement works differently.
The interesting bit is this: during a regular move, a unit can temporarily stick out beyond the edge of the board as long as the move ends with the unit fully on the battlefield. In other words, clipping outside the table during the movement itself is not automatically a problem — what matters is the final position.
That is one of those rules interactions that feels slightly wrong at first because we are so used to treating the table edge as a hard, absolute limit in every situation. But apparently, not always.
Here’s the rules screenshot Stas shared:
And here is the second image from the discussion:
We really like catching these small edge-case clarifications, because they are exactly the sort of thing that can come up once every ten games — and then completely derail the flow because nobody is 100% sure how it works.
So, the short version:
- Fleeing into the board edge: destroyed.
- Normal movement briefly going beyond the board edge: allowed.
- End position after normal movement: must be fully on the board.
Tiny rule, but a very useful one to remember.
If you enjoy this kind of rules nitpicking, then honestly, same. We will happily take more of these little “wait, really?” moments.