Why do we need to worry about skirmishers being drilled or undrilled? They act the same in the game . . . don't they?

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Ryan,

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Mark

Mike, I think you have it exactly correct. There seems no reason for the commander to not move off from the BG in the JAP. Since the BG routed this turn, he can't try a cohesion test, so why not move away.

OK, there is the problem. I did not read the part about them needing to make a rout move when they autobreak. I knew that the BG was not removed until the JAP. Thanks. However, you could have the situation where an enemy BG is in contact with a friendly BG with commander that is destroyed. Anyone ha...

The Commander had made his death rolls. We also thought we should apply the rule on page 50, but it is in the movement section and the BG did not break until the JAP.

We had a situation where a BG of Roman Cavalry, with a Commander fighting in the front rank, was destroyed in the JAP because of autobreak. They were in melee at the time. What happens to the commander? Does he die because he is in contact with the enemy and alone? There was no other friendly unit i...

What can the LF be used for in open terrain behind the enemies line (other than sacking the baggage..?)
Appreciate any advice thoughts - thanks.

They can be used to take on broken BGs so the enemy can't return to combat.

Skirmishers need careful use as skirmishers in FOG. If you are wanting to get your heavies into a fight its very easy. Put your skirmishers in front of the legions and don't charge enemy skirmishes. If you are charged evade bhind your heavies. This is the maximum sped forward route that shiedl your...

We were toying with the idea that you can disengage skirmishers if they can move directlly behind heavier units in one move. We were thinking about allowing any unit to break off from melee with an evade move before any other action in the impact phase. Any unit can then declare a charge against th...

We ran our first large battle over the weekend; Late Republican Romans against Later Seleucids. It was an interesting battle except for one problem which I will cover later. The Romans were outclassed in cavalry and were concerned about having a Cannae pulled on them, so they wanted to press forward...

Hello, I was wondering what the advantage is of Light Horse with Bow over Light Horse with Bow*. The Bow armed light horse costs one more point per stand, but I can't find any advantage for them over the Bow* equipped light horse. This is an easy one. There are no LH with Bow*. Thanks for the quick...

Hello, I was wondering what the advantage is of Light Horse with Bow over Light Horse with Bow*. The Bow armed light horse costs one more point per stand, but I can't find any advantage for them over the Bow* equipped light horse.

Thanks, Mark