You asked for an example in a historical context and I gave you one. Apparently, it wasn't good enough. I in turn asked for such an example from you. This, you did not or could not provide. Your presumption is incorrect. I would assume that all soldiers - particularly those labeled "superior&qu...

Historical context? How's this: You ever watched the scrum half in a rugby game? Big dudes, locked together into a tight, cohesive unit, slam into another, similarly structured unit from the opposing team. The aim is to get low and push the other squad off the ball. The team that is strongest and be...

so when it comes to dealing out punishment, to killing the other guys, Heavy Foot are no more effective than Medium?

Silliness.

Beer N Pretzels is about right. Im all for simplicity, especially in tabletop gaming. Nothing bogs down an evening like haggling over rules and spending four hours to resolve one "hour" of a game. Im all for keeping it simple. But... We neednt accept an incomplete or unsatisfactory game on...

Thanks, much appreciated. Just to sum up:

Does Heavy Foot get an advantage over medium foot in combat?

Interesting...the point values are also kind of strange. Or at least the potency of high-point-value troops isn't justified by their generally crappy performance. Speaking of which - another question (and I dont intend to poke holes in the roles here, I am genuinely curious) - but what advantage doe...

Wow. "How much better is irrelevant." I assume this statement is made is from the perspective of the rules and not simply history? I am enjoying the game but have to admit these rules are, well, rather hard to accept. To make no allowance for longbows - a weapon famous enough to give use t...

Thanks for the response. I guess I understand some of this, though a single manual would be nice. As far as armor goes - basically, if I understand it, a protected unit will have the exact same advantage against an unarmored unit as a unit that is armored or heavily armored? Also - am I reading it c...

Hi - Just read through a discussion from some time ago regarding an actual manual detailing the rules for FOG. As in, something other than that quote-unquote Help that comes with the game. Has anything become available since then? I was trying to determine how troop quality plays a role in combat re...

oh and I was just alerted to a post indicating that the latest update has some kind of bug in it making ranged weapons weaker? Anyone know anything about that and/or when it's going to be fixed?

Thank you for the posts. I have enjoyed this discussion and I hope my earlier post wasn't too negative :) That said, I do think the game would be more fun if ranged weapons were more accurate, and combat more decisive. I don’t agree that Longbowmen need to be able to maneuver to be successful. They ...

My brother got me on to FOG digital for christmas. He's in Australia and Im not so it makes for a nice way to get a game going and stay in touch. We've played a lot of table top rules so were really just looking for the digital version of all those little men. We like the game, sort of. But from my ...