The current wording on
Minion Deployment is a little contradictory and does not accurately convey the design intent.
Minion Deployment should work similar to
Minion Movement. It should be reworded to the following: If a
Minion is on top of your
Deployment Stack and you can make any amount of
Progress with it by deploying, it must deploy. If a
Minion is on top of your
Deployment Stack and it can only reach a
Hex that is the same distance from its
Mark as its starting
Hex, it can optionally deploy to move to that
Hex. If a
Minion is on top of your
Deployment Stack and it can only reach a
Hex that is a further distance from its
Mark than its starting
Hex, it cannot deploy. Note that this only applies to minions. Heroes are still required to always deploy at their earliest opportunity to do so, with the one exception being to a
Hex that does not lead to their
Mark.