Editing Coup-De-Grace: Rules of Conflict (section)

==Adjacency and Facing==
<br>The game is played on a square grid.

For the purposes of this game, each square is treated as being adjacent to four other squares - the ones that contact it edge to edge. Diagonal squares are not considered to be adjacent.

Also, each mini has a "front facing". This has game implications, in particular with regards to defence. With the exception of certain special rules, melee attacks may only be made against an adjacent target in the front facing of the mini.

Ranged attacks and shields refer to a "front 90 degree arc". This includes a row of three squares in front of the mini (the front facing adjacent square, and the square either side of it), the five squares in front of those, the seven squares in front of those, the nine squares in front of those, and so on.

Ranged attacks normally ask you to consider the range to a target. To do this, count squares as if moving towards the target via the shortest possible route. For example, an adjacent square would be at Range 1, and the nearest diagonal squares at Range 2.

Game groups who have access to such things will find that a hex grid may be easier to use, and the game will work just as well for this. Square grids are considered the default only because they are more common!
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