I am experiencing the same thing. Playing on Challenging, I haven't managed to get more than 2 trucks off, and no way am I getting near the 'lost paratroopers'.
I did quickly learn NOT to capture the farm too soon, as that is what triggers the German arrivals. I also learned an easy way to defeat ...

Ah - I looked up 'Battle Screen' in the manual and saw 'Ctrl-H' to hide interface. So I did that, and the unit icons at the bottom disappeared. Then when i hit Ctrl-H again, they came back, along with the other things which had previously disappeared. Odd, but a solution!

I was just playing Operation Goodwood and suddenly it is no longer displaying cover and terrain type at the top of the screen when I select a space for moving. Also, my supports (Morale, Replacements, Artillery ) have disappeared from the right side of the screen. It doesn't even show the 'end turn ...

Is it just me?

Why is it that obstacles which are defined as "...linear hindrances to movement" do not hinder movement at all if they are not defended?

I can accept a 12MU section of stream sitting in the middle of the table not connected to anything, if it is taken as representing only that part ...

Battle Academy is an excellent game by any standard - and well beyond anything else I am interested in playing on the iPad. It is challenging, and addictive. It plays as well on the iPad as any PC wargame I have played in the past - anytime, anyplace you can take an iPad.

Just one plea - I really ...

Terrys - thanks for that comprehensive reply, since the rules do not actually explicitly state that pursuers must follow enemy (if anyone believes they do, I'd like to see a direct quote from the rule book!), these explanations are a great help.

Cheers.

Fine. Thanks.

Just the 6MU from enemy and no previous failed CMT this turn will cover it then. That would have been perfectly clear if so stated in one place in the rules, rather than saying 'may' also be eligible! :roll:

The command radius bit is about cost in CP for the CMT, not eligibility. I ...

Yeah - OK, then, that's fine (I had pretty much reached that conclusion myself), but...
why not just show the table as

Artillery Canister 2MU, 6MU, n/a
Artillery roundshot n/a, n/a, 16MU (as is shown for Rockets!)

or even as just a single line for
Artillery 2MU, 6MU, 16MU. *
*type of round is ...

I appreciate all the arguments against it. I was just trying to point out that the rules do not specifically define "skirmish formation " in terms of arrangement of bases. Which is why I would rather see the definition on page 107 changed to "Light Infantry may adopt 'skirmish order' in any tactical ...

None of those replies specifically address the case of routing troops pivoting to deviate through a gap (as opposed to sliding - my routers contracted from 3 wide to 2 wide and pivoted to enter an 'angled' gap partly behind them). But please be clear about this - I am not talking about a "straight ...

Thanks- and agreed it's not particularly efficient; I just wanted clarification.

From what little we have played so far, the general feel is good, although I know some people who will be reluctant to accept the abstraction of the tactical unit.

Anyway, sorry to be pernickety, but Blathergut's answer to my first question is still not specific - just what are the conditions ...

Apologies if this has been covered already - but the search on this forum doesn't seem to recognise a 2-word phrase, even in double-quotes!

Now then - this could just be a dodgy terminology issue...

Pg37 "If the unit always stays more than 6MU from enemy combat units (not commanders) it may also ...

This is only partly a question about skirmishers...

I can't find any specific rule about changing a large unit from 3 deep to 2 deep (we just treated it as a formation change).

However, neither can I find any rule to say that skirmish cannot be 3 deep! I can't think of many occasions when you ...

My opponent and I searched to find the definition of direction of pursuit, but couldn't find it. (Directly forward, or following the pursued?)

Since the only rule I have seen about contacting new targets (I think) mentions pursuers being outdistanced, we assumed that pursuers with a long enough ...

If I read this correctly (I don't think it is too difficult, really)... Put another way, which might be more clear:

Target Infantry in any formation* at Close = 4+
Target Cavalry charging firers** at Close = 4+ ;

* except target infantry assaulting who start more than 1BW outside area of fire ...

The firing Ranges table on P48 shows ranges for canister 2MU,6MU and for roundshot 2MU,6MU,16MU.
That's fair enough - but this is the only mention of canister I can find in the rules, apart from the heading of the Medium Range factor table!

What is the difference (in rule terms, I know the ...

I've done it now, too - and before reading your replies, ironically, but what I did was remarkably similar to joelq.

Sherman Firefly hunting about, other Sherman in ambush position, PIATs relying on hold fire until rear shot (as far as possible). Got lucky with artillery barrages, too - although ...

A teeny little erratum in the Sacile list...

In Albert Gyulai's Division, the first infantry unit is shown as "Line infantry, veteran, drilled".
This doesn't fit the standard unit description - it is 'type, training, training' instead of 'type, elan, training'.
I am assuming it should be Line ...

I've done pretty well with earlier scenarios. Learned about holding fire very rapidly. Also keeping tanks skulking round corners to gang up on heavy German armour when they poke their noses out, or sneaking right up behind them. But neither of those works very easily when you only have two tanks ...