Mandatory Groups?

[keif149]

Greetings,

Question from a potential new player flipping through my rulebook; are groups mandatory? Meaning ( I think) if all qualifications to form a group are met, do they have to form a group?

IE: if 6 soldiers could form a group, do they have to or can they remain 3 and 3, 2 and 4, etc etc.

Thanks in advance.

[stryderg]

Usually, you want a higher Rep mini to lead a group of lower Rep minis. If you separate them, then the lower Reps won't activate as often.
The way I play it, everyone is a member of a group, sometimes it may be a group of one.

You are leading a squad of five other men (6 total). They are all in a circle around you because the squad has just entered the table.
Activation dice are rolled and your side scores a 5. That's your Rep, so you can activate. All of your Rep 3 and 4 guys look at you for instructions because they cannot activate this turn unless you tell them what to do.

You instruct Able and Baker to move towards that tree line, so those Rep 4 guys move off and end up 8 inches away from you. So next turn, you cannot tell them what to do, they are too far away.
You also tell Charlie and David to move towards a hill top in the opposite direction. So those Rep 4 and Rep 3 guys move off and end up 8 inches away from you. Same thing, next turn they are on their own with Charlie (Rep 4) in charge.
And you tell Edward (Rep 3) to run straight ahead through the field to see what's out there. So now he's 16 inches away and in the open.
You stay at the starting point.

Next turn, activation dice are rolled and your side comes up a 4.
You can activate, but you are by yourself.
Able and Baker can activate, they are a group of 2 with the leader a Rep 4, and a grunt Rep 4.
Charlie and David can activate, they are a group of 2 with the leader a Rep 4 and a grunt Rep 3.
Edward cannot activate, he's a Rep 3 and by himself. So a group of 1 with a Rep 3 leader.

Good Luck, Edward!
Oh, and welcome aboard!

[Ed the Two Hour Wargames Guy]

In NUTS is says the smallest group is a squad, but when you are on the table, as Stryderg mentioned, you can split them up into smaller groups. The more important thing to remember is as long as they are within 4" of another group member they are in the same group and can activate together. So you can spread the group pretty far apart. If someone goes down and the group is split into two asa there's now a gap of over 4" just close the gap. Hope this makes sense.

[keif149]

Thanks everyone. I have been playing for quite some time, just not much posting on the new forum ;-)

My question was from a friend thinking about playing. I think what he is asking is that just because 2 groups can legally form a larger group, are they forced to.

( 2 groups of 3 men from 2 different squads with the same rep, come with in 4" of each other- are they forced to from a larger group, or can the player choose to keep them in their original form of 2 groups, 3 men each)

Cheers.

[Ed the Two Hour Wargames Guy]

May 6, 2020 17:53:51 GMT keif149 said:

Thanks everyone. I have been playing for quite some time, just not much posting on the new forum ;-)

My question was from a friend thinking about playing. I think what he is asking is that just because 2 groups can legally form a larger group, are they forced to.

( 2 groups of 3 men from 2 different squads with the same rep, come with in 4" of each other- are they forced to from a larger group, or can the player choose to keep them in their original form of 2 groups, 3 men each)

Cheers.

Nope, you can form or break up groups as you like. So if 1st Squad moves into 2nd Squad area they can form one group. Just decide who the Leader is - usually the 1st Squad Leader.