Infantry Squares in Epic 41K

The following is required to form a square

• Requires at least 4 units.
• Requires at least one officer of Platoon Level or higher.
• May only be 2 units deep
• All unit are "facing outward" in a hollow square or rectangle formattion
• If a square is formed all units of all detachments in the square must be in the square.
• A square is formed during movement phase and can only be "broken" out of by putting the detachments on "Assault" orders the next turn. On the turn it is "broken" it does not move during movement phase, is treated as if it were still in the square during firing phase, and until the first detachment in the square moves in the assault phase it gets the +1 assault. After the first detachment makes it's assault move, all effects are lost to all detachments in the square.
• Use (!) Special orders to mark detachment(s) in square.

The effects of a square are:

• All units in the Square gain +1 Assault.
• If ANY command units are alive ALL detachments in the square passes leadership test automatically.
• Can not move (except to fill in holes in square)
• Treated as on over watch for firing.