Clarifying the rear support question a little further, you can even support 2 BG's each with 12 bases with a single BG of only 6 bases by having the supporting unit in a column straddling the line between the 2 supported BG's.

Cheers!
Jason

Thanks so much for your comments, guys. Re: MF Hoplites, I completely agree! Great suggestion. Re: 8/12's vs. 10's, in my experience when up against tough foot opponents (Impact Foot or Armored/Heavy Weapon), I tend to lose a base and then it's downhill from their without getting the 2nd POA. Re: re...

Hi all, I am planning on participating in an 800-pt tournament, and I was hoping you might comment on this army: C-in-C (Alexander) 1xIC Sub-commanders 2xTC Agema 1x4 Cv, Armored, Elite, Drilled, Lancers, Swordsmen Companion Cavalry 1x4 Cv, Armored, Superior, Drilled, Lancers, Swordsmen Elephants 1x...

I'm confused with the rule regarding roads presented on p. 41. Specifically, it states... "Troops in column move at +1 MU along roads or through any terrain if the indicated move distance is less than their move distance in open terrain." Okay, so their are two ways to interpret the "...

Thanks guys!

Yeah, I too think that logically they are two reasons to test, but if the game designers intend it not to be that is good enough for me.

Thanks for all of your feedback!

Cheers!
Jason

(I just typed up a response and then lost it, so sorry if this is somehow a double post) I think they are separate triggers per page 112 ... * test a battle group after all shooting dice have been rolled if it suffered either of the following: - 1HP3B - 2 shooting hits if shot at by artillery And I ...

Suppose I have 4 light artillery shooting at a 8-base unit. I score 4 hits. Does this qualify for the "more than 1 reason to test" since I inflicted both 2 shooting hits from artillery & 1 HP3B? If this is the case, then the modifier to the cohesion test for the above example would be ...

Re: elite + superior not autobreaking

Wow! Thanks for the clarification. I did not notice that subtlety.

~Jason

I only glanced at the QRS but I think I detected at least one mistake. Don't ALL sized 2 BG's autobreak when they take a casualty? The section on autobreak in the QRS lists "N/A" as the number of remaining bases before autobreak occurs for Superior and Elite troops. If I am correct, that r...

I don't have the list handy, but my initial reactions are as follows: * I much prefer 8 bases rather than 6 for your longbowmen. They are a little more durable that way. But more importantly, they can concentrate more firepower on the enemy (remember that 2nd rank bases only get 1 shot for every two...

(I did a forum search and did not find the answer to the following:) Suppose I have a Danish Select Levy (Mixed BG of Heavy Weapon & Crossbow/Swordsmen). And further suppose that in the front rank I also have a mix of troops. When removing bases can I choose whether to remove a heavy weapon or s...

On the back of the "Immortal Fire" Army Companion book there is a picture of some very nicely painted miniatures including two units with the Macedonian star on their shields. One unit has blue helmets and blue shields and looks to be hypaspists. The other unit has red shields (and bronze ...

A variation on the above question which came up in a game of mine last night. Suppose a commander is fighting from the front rank and his BG breaks. There is a friendly BG within 3 MU's which must now make a cohesion test for seeing its friends break. Appendix 8 shows that this test occurs after pos...

One of the Osprey books suggest that companions wore yellow cloaks with a lilac border whereas the elite unites (agema?) reversed that with lilac cloaks and a yellow border. So that is one way I suppose I could differentiate. However, does anyone know if the jaguar saddle cloth was also a mark of di...

Has anyone put Alexander's artillery to effective use? It seems to me that without field fortifications, one would have to devote a unit of infantry to protect it, and with only 2 Art available, it seems that not enough dice would be generated to make a real difference.

Thoughts?

Hi all, I am soliciting ideas on how to differentiate between my BG of Alexander's Agema vs. the mounted Companions while using the Xyston miniatures. One idea I had was to use the horses with the jaguar saddle blankets for the Agema and the ones with the cloth blankets for the companions. However, ...

Thanks Hammy for the picture to clarify how a 6 element BG can support 2 8 element BG's. My approach would have actually been simpler. Instead of having 2 files x 3 ranks (as you have drawn), I was considering 3 files x 2 ranks. Then I can have them facing directly forward and still support both 8-B...

If my notes are correct, rear support occurs at 8 MU for foot and 12 MU for mounted.

However, as MikeK points out, putting the Sp 8 MU back is problematic anyway because a) they are too far back to quickly plug the hole, and b) they will likely get disrupted anyway by the fleeing Pk

~Jason

Thanks Marc! I was hoping I was overlooking something and that I could somehow avoid the Pk routers from hitting my 3x2 Sp, but I think it would be unavoidable. I think the column support is probably the best. Needing columns for best support "feels" a little unhistorical to me, although, ...

Hi all! Question #1: I want to rear support my 2 BG's of 8 Pk with my 1 BG of 6 Sp. I also want to avoid loss of cohesion to the Sp if the Pk rout. I know I can easily do this if I keep the 6 Sp in a column, but is there a way to do it having the Sp with a frontage of 3? I know I can rear support bo...