Brits got some really cool toys in the desert expansions, but I have a question about two specific cards.

LRDG Advisor: 3pts - British Crewman
+1 Initiative. At the beginning of the game, immediately after deployment, this tank may make up to two moves.

Magician on Board: 5pts - British Doctrine
After deployment, this tank may redeploy. At the start of each turn, choose to gain either +2 Initiative in the Movement or Shooting Phase.

My question is this:
After all tanks are deployed, does this tank move twice and then redeploy if it wants? If so, does it get to move twice via LRDG Advisor again?

Both the movement and redeploy ability say "after movement," but the movement ability also adds "immediately," so is presume you are forced to resolve it before redeployment.

Right you are, after Deployment was my intention. Depending on initiative order, if you are facing another British Force with either of the above cards, or Zinovy Kolovonov, or Dr. Franz Bake, all of which make post-deployment moves, you could influence their move then redeploy, or respond to their advance.

So if you bring both, you may choose to redeploy and then move twice, or move twice before redeploying. Interesting. The take away is that you resolve all of the tank's abilities before moving on to the next initiative tank each phase, because there is no advanced timing mechanics like in MTG.

Not a point that becomes immediately apparent, but in the future, who knows?

Are you suggesting that after your Init 7 tank deploys you would immediately redeploy it and move two before any Init 8 tanks is deployed?
* If so, that doesn't sound right to me. I would think you redeploy after all tanks of all Init's have deployed.
* If not, and I misunderstood your post, sorry.

If deployment is a phase, which needs to end for the redeployment doctrine to trigger, wouldn't the 'at the beginning of the game' clause on the crew prevent it triggering at this second redeployment stage?

Hi Commander, I'll give it a go. Possibly because I've come from mtg and x-wing, I'm making it way too complicated!

LRDG Advisor: 3pts - British Crewman
+1 Initiative. At the beginning of the game, immediately after deployment, this tank may make up to two moves.

Magician on Board: 5pts - British Doctrine
After deployment, this tank may redeploy. At the start of each turn, choose to gain either +2 Initiative in the Movement or Shooting Phase

So if I redeploy with the magician (either using LRDG before or not using it, doesn't matter), what I mean is, because it happens after deployment, not at the end of it, have I ended the deployment phase and started a second self-contained one tank deployment phase? And if so, then it's not "the beginning of the game, immediately after deployment". It's now ever so slightly into the game after weird second deployment.

And separately, would the LRDG have to trigger before magician because of the "immediately" wording, if it's all happening in the same phase? Which if it's all the same phase means LRDG wouldn't get to trigger again after magician because it's already "after deployment" and you are only redeploying a tank, not reactivating the timing of the phase?

Either way I don't see LRDG working after magician. But correct me if I'm wrong. Cheers