Thanks, everyone, finally managed to beat it on colonel.

If you re-read the description, you will see that it is immune to penalties from flank attacks, but not rear attacks. (Compare the description of Early Tercios, which are immune to both). Whoops, I'll check that out. Which scenario are you playing? The first listed under "Historical Scenarios&...

It's listed in the description of each Keil unit that it's immune to penalties from attacks to the sides or rear.

I'm stuck on the VERY first scenario because I am a noob. My problem, basically, is that I don't have a counter to the keil (here, "Royal Swiss"). In the scenario, you are provided with "Early Pike & Shot," which are an *extremely* poor match-up against the Swiss. Your main a...