16.51 Entering the Board

[campsawyer]

I'll try to be little more helpful than the count's son was...

If entering along a road, we imagine the extends out from the board hex. We then create our column off the board, each stack in an imaginary hex. Then the column moves on the board using the road movement rate.

Imagine a column of 8 trucks stacked 2 to hex. The 1st stack moves on at a cost of 1/2 MP(moving on to the board rad hex), the 2nd at 1 MP (through the off-board starting hex of the first stack, then first board hex). The last stack moving on at a cost of 2 MP (3 off-board hexes and the 1st board hex).

Peter, the MPs are not quite right. Entry by column is no different than entry abreast. The last sentence of 16.51 states "counting the first hex entered a their first MP(s) spent." Given that units move individually, this means that each unit just pays 1 MP to enter the board.