The Rule I/We Forget the Most.

RobKhan · Post by **RobKhan** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:31 am

I'm putting this one up as a different way of helping beginners, less experienced, or forgetful experienced players to cite cases as a help to all and sundry. I hope this is in the right part of the forum.

In all our games here in the Hamburg area, we always seem to collectively forget to conduct breakoffs with mounted against foot. We had yet another game last night when it happened again........but we are consistent and fair in our alzheimic performance.

Personally, I always need a nudge from my friendly opponents to do my re-rolls. Now the absurdity of this is that I play Mongols with lots of superior shooting. Did it again last night .

What are other peoples experiences?

RobKhan

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:46 am

Mainly break-offs. But than I hardly ever use chargy cavalry.

Petefloro · Post by **Petefloro** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:06 am

we always seem to collectively forget to conduct breakoffs

Yes, we've done that a few times. It helped me a lot to follow the Turn Sequence every phase,so during the JAP "make break offs" bit I'd look around the table and sure enough there's a cav BG in combat with steady foot that's got to move back.

I always need a nudge from my friendly opponents to do my re-roll

Same here, mostly with CT re-rolls. The other day,during a game, I rolled for a CT and got two ones. " You're superior" my friendly opponent said, "you can re-roll"."Oh cheers mate,yeah" I said and promptly re-rolled two twos.

pcelella · Post by **pcelella** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:28 am

For me, it is most definitely always break-offs. I have to put a big sticker on my QRS just to remind me to do them.

Peter C
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Polkovnik · Post by **Polkovnik** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:11 am

Yes, break-offs and re-rolls were the ones we used to forget. I think we remember pretty much all the time now though.

grahambriggs · Post by **grahambriggs** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:12 am

Rerolling 6s for poor troops is a frequent one, probably because we all know 6s are good. we had a game at the club where my opponent had massed poor longbows. He must have rolled three dozen 6s in the game and got excited until reminded

dave_r · Post by **dave_r** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:53 am

Lot's of people seem to forget that if you only lose a melee by one that you can't double drop.

MatthewP · Post by **MatthewP** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:04 pm

The -1 off cohesion tests for Medium Foot loosing to Heavy Foot in the open is one I always forget.

Polkovnik · Post by **Polkovnik** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:10 pm

dave_r wrote:Lot's of people seem to forget that if you only lose a melee by one that you can't double drop.

Yes, I've seen my opponents face light up when I've been beaten by one and rolled low. I've put the Disrrupted marker on without working out the numbers, and he started demanding to work out the result to check for the double drop.

Polkovnik · Post by **Polkovnik** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:12 pm

grahambriggs wrote:Rerolling 6s for poor troops is a frequent one, probably because we all know 6s are good. we had a game at the club where my opponent had massed poor longbows. He must have rolled three dozen 6s in the game and got excited until reminded

Agreed, and can be a bit of a problem I think. If you forget to re-roll 1s for Superiors, then you have missed out and you only have yourself to blame. If you forget to re-roll 6s for Poors then you are cheating (albeit unintentionally).

hammy · Post by **hammy** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:07 pm

The one I miss most often is that you cannot claim rear support from dissordered troops

iversonjm · Post by **iversonjm** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:27 pm

Orbs.

peterrjohnston · Post by **peterrjohnston** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:38 pm

Polkovnik wrote:If you forget to re-roll 6s for Poors then you are cheating (albeit unintentionally).

No, cheating requires intention.

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:38 pm

iversonjm wrote:Orbs.

You'd have to know the rule to forget it. Has anybody figured it out yet?

peterrjohnston · Post by **peterrjohnston** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:43 pm

Orbs, aren't they in FoG(LotR)?

(gratuitous link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B2LPxggvqY )

petedalby · Post by **petedalby** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:45 pm

No intercept charge through disordering terrain.

And +1MU if in column and slowed by terrain.

iversonjm · Post by **iversonjm** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:33 pm

peterrjohnston wrote:Orbs, aren't they in FoG(LotR)?

(gratuitous link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B2LPxggvqY )

No, you're thinking of Rings.

iversonjm · Post by **iversonjm** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:34 pm

peterrjohnston wrote:
Polkovnik wrote:If you forget to re-roll 6s for Poors then you are cheating (albeit unintentionally).
No, cheating requires intention.

As opposed to inattention.

footslogger · Post by **footslogger** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:52 pm

Forgetting to dice to cease looting the camp.

Jilu · Post by **Jilu** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:14 pm

Generals sometimes move when 'in the way' even if their exact place on the table can change a lot