When miniatures in Melee are defeated, space may be created for the attacking miniatures to advance. After the attack is resolved, the attacking player performs the following steps to place their miniatures back into Melee:
- That player places each allied unit leader miniature that is no longer in base contact with any enemy miniatures into base contact with an enemy unit their unit was in Melee with before the attack was resolved.
- That player places each allied miniature that is not in Cohesion or no longer in base contact with an enemy miniature into Cohesion and into base contact with an enemy unit their unit was in Melee with before the attack was resolved.
Then the defending player performs the steps above. If any miniature cannot be placed into base contact with an enemy miniature during this process, they must still be placed into Cohesion.
If, for any reason, miniatures cannot be placed back into base contact with an enemy miniature and none of the miniatures belonging to that unit are in base contact with an enemy miniature, those miniatures do not move and that unit is no longer in Melee.
