Dervish appearing/disappearing

[bunwin63]

Having another try of PITS after a break of a few(?) years. Playing solo.

I'm struggling a bit with the appearing/disappearing rules. In my game, I have 3 terrain pieces and one Dervish unit. The scouts have scouted all terrain pieces, and one Dervish rifle unit has appeared in one of them, and driven off the scout. They then successfully rolled to unscout the terrain piece that they are in, and also to disappear.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but they can't disappear into the other 2 (scouted) terrain pieces? So if they disappear, it can only be into the same piece they are occupying?

Which leads me to the question, if all terrain pieces are scouted, is the Events Table the only way for Dervish units to disappear and appear?

[martin goddard]

A tough situation for the Dervish.
He needs to get some more scenery by using chart 1.
The game is long enough for the Dervish player to get what he wants.
If all  scenery pieces are scouted then no new units can be placed by the Dervish player until a new pice  is created or an existing piece un scouted.

The Dervishes will need to bide their time.  You are doing it right.

[bunwin63]

Thanks Martin

[martin goddard]

No worries.
I hope I am correct?

[bunwin63]

Yep, you were right. Several turns later, the Dervish have another unit hidden on the table, and more unscouted terrain pieces including one to the rear of the British. It's getting interesting