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- Sun May 20, 2012 5:03 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Hill effects on shooting
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1414
Re: Hill effects on shooting
Not a case of being a fire base rather being historically correct. Artillery was never super accurate and the renaissance period allows it - so why not this period??? The general idea is to support your troops and help demoralize the other team.
- Sun May 20, 2012 3:00 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Hill LoS Effects
- Replies: 4
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Hill LoS Effects
Dad wants to know why if troops within 2MU of a crest can see over at any distance yet the enemy can see 6MU to see them ---- Aren't they 'hull down'???
- Sun May 20, 2012 12:42 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Hill effects on shooting
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1414
Hill effects on shooting
With FOG:A and FOG:R Artillery and shot can fire overhead if on a hill 1MU away from the unit 'below' them. In FOG:N it seems hills only function as a block on LoS. Why can't we fire over head? One good example of use in the period is Borodino...
- Sun May 20, 2012 12:27 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Skirmisher Formation - please explain
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2910
Skirmisher Formation - please explain
Skirmisher formation -pg 16 only says a formation used by light infantry and light cavalry. - pg 85 light infantry skirmishers are on skirmisher bases - pg 84 bases being open order if deployed into skirmisher formation Could someone please explain what on earth this is??? Being a FOG:A and FOG:R pl...
- Sun May 13, 2012 3:14 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Assault questions from QF mission
- Replies: 1
- Views: 754
Assault questions from QF mission
If less than 2 MU starting assault can the unit being assaulted stand and fire?
If Austrian cavalry charging french line infantry can they form square and defensive fire? if or if not how?
If Austrian cavalry charging french line infantry can they form square and defensive fire? if or if not how?
- Sat May 12, 2012 10:34 pm
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Prolong Artillery
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9503
Prolong Artillery
This is in the movement charts - no other reference in the book at all. What on earth is this? Only decent reference i could find was: A rough translation from Belidor's "Dictonnaire Portaif de l'Engenieur et de l'Artilleur" (1763): "Prolonge, Artillery, it is a rope that serves to pu...
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:50 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Overlap with swordsman
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1250
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:50 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Better Armour POA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2377
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:50 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Better Armour POA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2377
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:49 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Death rolls
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1175
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 4:01 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Better Armour POA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2377
Better Armour POA
Hey Guy's
An unarmored musketeer becomes protected when adjacent to a base of pike when in melee against unarmored lancers. Does the musketeer gain the better armored + in the melee POA?
An unarmored musketeer becomes protected when adjacent to a base of pike when in melee against unarmored lancers. Does the musketeer gain the better armored + in the melee POA?
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:48 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Overlap with swordsman
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1250
Overlap with swordsman
Hey guys,
If you have a 8 base BG of warriors counting swordsman vs a 6 base BG of pike n shot ( both BG's in two ranks), do the swordsman count as double + including the overlap or just the overlap base counts as te double +
If you have a 8 base BG of warriors counting swordsman vs a 6 base BG of pike n shot ( both BG's in two ranks), do the swordsman count as double + including the overlap or just the overlap base counts as te double +
- Tue Dec 28, 2010 3:43 am
- Forum: Rules Questions
- Topic: Death rolls
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1175
Death rolls
Hey guys,
An Artillery battery of 2 guns fires at a Swedish 7 base BG and inflicts one hit. Question --- Does the swedish bg take a death roll??
An Artillery battery of 2 guns fires at a Swedish 7 base BG and inflicts one hit. Question --- Does the swedish bg take a death roll??