Units can’t “get on” boats…they can only embark.  The embarked unit counts as a ship and can join another ship to make a fleet, but the unit never gets on the other ship.  it becomes a ship.

So how do you get an army to another continent if it is more than 4 movement points away?  I've been trying to figure this out for hours.  Very frustrating when you have your continent under full control and can't get to another continent because the troops die before they can get there.  Any ideas?????

Leadpipe_Psycho wrote:

So how do you get an army to another continent if it is more than 4 movement points away?  I've been trying to figure this out for hours.  Very frustrating when you have your continent under full control and can't get to another continent because the troops die before they can get there.  Any ideas?????

Technology. 

choose norsemen +3 on naval units movement, build lighthouse of alexandria (+2) and nothing will stop you on the sea!

The Pentakonter has the "boarding vessel" property which applies "boarded" status to units. That seems to imply that units can "board" the Pentakonter. Which is important because I want to get my scout to a nearby set of islands they cannot reach with an ocean movement of 2.

So how does the Pentakonter apply "boarded" status to units?

Hrimner wrote:

The Pentakonter has the "boarding vessel" property which applies "boarded" status to units. That seems to imply that units can "board" the Pentakonter. Which is important because I want to get my scout to a nearby set of islands they cannot reach with an ocean movement of 2.

So how does the Pentakonter apply "boarded" status to units?

It attacks them. "Boarding vessels" board Enemy ships in combat(immobilizing them)  You can never put a land unit on any ship other than the one it gets when it embarks. (the "Naval Transport" ships that only exist when a land unit embarks on to them, and disappear when it disembarks)

Thanks much. Boarding... as in boarding an enemy vessel instead of boarding friendly units for transport!