Area Attack
(Rule)Description: When the attack hits, determine the position of the attacker's base:
• In case of a Ranged Attack, determine which Arc of the target the attacker's base is Located in.
• In case of a Melee Attack, determine which Facing of the target the attacker is Engaged in.
Front or Rear: Choose up to Y different ranks of the target.
Flank: Choose up to Y different files of the target.
For each rank/file selected this way, the unit suffers X hits, to a maximum equal to the number ofmodels in this rank/file. A single Area Attack can never cause more hits than there are models in the unit.
SomeArea Attacks have a higher Strength, Armour Penetration, and/or additional Attack Attributes stated in square brackets (e.g. Strength 3 [7], Armour Penetration 0 [4], [Multiple Wounds (D3)]). If so, a single hit from this attack, chosen by the attacker (following the normal rules for Distributing Hits) , uses the Strength, Armour Penetration, and Attack Attributes in brackets. The bracketed values and Attack Attributes are not applied to any other hits.
Figure figure/area_attack illustrates examples of differentArea Attacks .
• In case of a Ranged Attack, determine which Arc of the target the attacker's base is Located in.
• In case of a Melee Attack, determine which Facing of the target the attacker is Engaged in.
Front or Rear: Choose up to Y different ranks of the target.
Flank: Choose up to Y different files of the target.
For each rank/file selected this way, the unit suffers X hits, to a maximum equal to the number of
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Figure figure/area_attack illustrates examples of different