questions after reading

[micheni1970]

hi all
i am dimitris from greece.a veteran DBM player and curentlly FOG A player and a big napoleonic enthusiast.
i just bought the FOGN rules and went through it once. so i have some questions to start with and some to follow hoping to find a little help here.
1.) what exactly is a "kinked" extended line?
2.) a small unit in extended line firing at a unit in tactical formation at close range fires 8 dice?
3.) a light inf unit with an artillery attachment that adopts a skirmish formation does it keep the artillery with it when moving or the artillery bases is lost.
thats for beggining
thx in advance
dimitris

[MikeHorah]

hi all
i am dimitris from greece.a veteran DBM player and curentlly FOG A player and a big napoleonic enthusiast.
i just bought the FOGN rules and went through it once. so i have some questions to start with and some to follow hoping to find a little help here.
1.) what exactly is a "kinked" extended line?
2.) a small unit in extended line firing at a unit in tactical formation at close range fires 8 dice?
3.) a light inf unit with an artillery attachment that adopts a skirmish formation does it keep the artillery with it when moving or the artillery bases is lost.
thats for beggining
thx in advance
dimitris

on your points Dimitris

1) A kinked extended line is one where the two halves of the unit bend in the middle to form an inverted V or Lambda shape ( but not a V shape) facing in two directions at an angle - that can also be called - as in Napoleonic times - " en potence" (and was famously used by Col Chamberlain of the 20th Maine at Gettysburg at Little Round Top in the American Civil War ). It will typically be used when behind terrain but can be used in the open. World best with large units as each half fires as a small unit.
2) correct
3) It keeps the artillery with it. The artillery stand is a really " marker" rather than a unit in its own right and is used to show that the unit has in built in artillery support instead of keeping a paper record. It adopts and shares the facing of the unit .