Memoir '44
Can I choose to retreat instead of ignoring the first flag (sandbags, bunker, hedgehog)?
The designer and a Days of Wonder staff reply confirm the "may" reading, and the rulebook wording agrees.
- GreenBear · Designer · 2011-07-19
- Memoir '44 rulebook · Rulebook · Resolve Battle
- Memoir '44 rulebook · Rulebook · Sandbags
- philmcd · Community · 2011-04-11
- goober_357 · Community · 2010-01-06
- Erich · Community · 2004-07-08
Yes. The rule says a unit "may" ignore the first flag, so for most units it is a choice: you can take the retreat instead when that helps, for example to pull a damaged unit out of range of a follow-up attack. Exceptions come from specific rules, such as Imperial Japanese infantry, who must ignore the flag.