Temporary Field Fortifications are intended to represent things like Stakes (sharpened wooden sticks, naughty end pointing towards enemy), Emplaced Chains, makeshift barriers (overturned carts, etc.) Something that a body of troops could carry with them and set up quickly in front of their body to ...

The answer is not to defend your temporary fortifications with shock foot. Non-shock can test not to pursue, or indeed may need to test to pursue. If you put troops that are expected to charge, due to their nature, behind temporary fortifications they are likely to sally out. Not the answer I was l...

There is if foot are fighting and have beaten mounted in which the foot do not have to pursue defeated enemy mounted I am aware of this rule. But this is not what I am talking about. Here's my point: Shouldn't troops have a chance to restrain themselves when defending a pre-set position like a fort...

How many times in history have troops left a defended location because they have broken/seemed to have broken the troops to their front only to be run down later. I'll give on easy example 1066 the english wing charged off the hill sure others have others. Troops once they have the bloodlust traini...

Question It seems like battle groups that break an enemy in battle must pursue even if they are currently in field fortifications. This seems a bit strange. Would troops defending a fortified camp charge out from behind the walls even if doing so meant certain death? This rule makes me think about C...