diff --git a/vassal-app/src/main/java/VASSAL/counters/PlaceMarker.java b/vassal-app/src/main/java/VASSAL/counters/PlaceMarker.java
index d688a59471..a4e2b58b9b 100644
--- a/vassal-app/src/main/java/VASSAL/counters/PlaceMarker.java
+++ b/vassal-app/src/main/java/VASSAL/counters/PlaceMarker.java
@@ -237,65 +237,65 @@ protected Command placeMarker(boolean clearParentId) {
       p = getMap().snapTo(p);
     }
 
-    if (m.getStackMetrics().isStackingEnabled() &&
-        !Boolean.TRUE.equals(marker.getProperty(Properties.NO_STACK)) &&
-        !Boolean.TRUE.equals(outer.getProperty(Properties.NO_STACK)) &&
-        m.getPieceCollection().canMerge(outer, marker)) {
-      GamePiece target = outer;
-      int index = -1;
-      Stack parent = getParent();
-
-      if (parent == null) {
-        // we're not in a stack now, but we will be _after_ the merge
-        if (placement == STACK_BOTTOM || placement == BELOW) {
-          index = 0;
-        }
-      }
-      else {
-        // we're in a stack already
-        switch (placement) {
-        case STACK_TOP:
-          target = parent;
-          break;
-        case STACK_BOTTOM:
-          index = 0;
-          break;
-        case ABOVE:
-          break;
-        case BELOW:
-          index = parent.indexOf(outer);
-        }
-      }
-
-      c = m.getStackMetrics().merge(target, marker);
+      if ( xOffset == 0 && yOffset == 0 && m.getStackMetrics().isStackingEnabled() &&
+              !Boolean.TRUE.equals(marker.getProperty(Properties.NO_STACK)) &&
+              !Boolean.TRUE.equals(outer.getProperty(Properties.NO_STACK)) &&
+              m.getPieceCollection().canMerge(outer, marker)) {
+        GamePiece target = outer;
+        int index = -1;
+        Stack parent = getParent();
 
-      if (index >= 0) {
-        // we need to adjust the marker's position in the Stack
         if (parent == null) {
-          // get the newly formed Stack if there hadn't been one before
-          parent = target.getParent();
+          // we're not in a stack now, but we will be _after_ the merge
+          if (placement == STACK_BOTTOM || placement == BELOW) {
+            index = 0;
+          }
+        }
+        else {
+          // we're in a stack already
+          switch (placement) {
+            case STACK_TOP:
+              target = parent;
+              break;
+            case STACK_BOTTOM:
+              index = 0;
+              break;
+            case ABOVE:
+              break;
+            case BELOW:
+              index = parent.indexOf(outer);
+          }
         }
-        final ChangeTracker ct = new ChangeTracker(parent);
-        parent.insert(marker, index);
-        c = c.append(ct.getChangeCommand());
-      }
 
-      m.repaint();
-    }
-    else if (m.getStackMetrics().isStackingEnabled() && !Boolean.TRUE.equals(marker.getProperty(Properties.NO_STACK))) {
-      c = m.placeOrMerge(marker, p);
-      final Stack parent = marker.getParent();
-      if ((parent != null) && (parent.pieceCount > 1)) {
-        if ((placement == STACK_BOTTOM) || (placement == BELOW)) {
+        c = m.getStackMetrics().merge(target, marker);
+
+        if (index >= 0) {
+          // we need to adjust the marker's position in the Stack
+          if (parent == null) {
+            // get the newly formed Stack if there hadn't been one before
+            parent = target.getParent();
+          }
           final ChangeTracker ct = new ChangeTracker(parent);
-          parent.insert(marker, 0);
+          parent.insert(marker, index);
           c = c.append(ct.getChangeCommand());
         }
+
+        m.repaint();
+      }
+      else if (xOffset == 0 && yOffset == 0 && m.getStackMetrics().isStackingEnabled() && !Boolean.TRUE.equals(marker.getProperty(Properties.NO_STACK))) {
+        c = m.placeOrMerge(marker, p);
+        final Stack parent = marker.getParent();
+        if ((parent != null) && (parent.pieceCount > 1)) {
+          if ((placement == STACK_BOTTOM) || (placement == BELOW)) {
+            final ChangeTracker ct = new ChangeTracker(parent);
+            parent.insert(marker, 0);
+            c = c.append(ct.getChangeCommand());
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      else {
+        c = m.placeAt(marker, p);
       }
-    }
-    else {
-      c = m.placeAt(marker, p);
-    }
 
     // Set Our ParentID into the markers parent UniqueID. May have been called by Replace, in which case we do not set a parent Id as the parent will be deleted
     if (!clearParentId) {