Move Variation - The Verdict

WE both felt the Move Variation rule worked exactly as intended, adding a realistic layer of uncertainty to the battle.

There was no example of rival units rushing to seize a strategic point, which is when move variation would really come into its own.

But its presence throughout the Battle of Palm Hill affected outcomes, and helped improve the appearance of an advancing army, in this case the Egyptian, by making its line a little ragged instead of robotically uniform.

I will definitely be keeping move variation in my adaptation of Neil Thomas's biblical rules from Ancient & Medieval Wargaming.

Looking from behind the Egyptians early in the battle