Slitherine

Hmm, the Napoleonic holy grail? Mechanically doable. If it's to be army-size actions with a span of command of not more than 20 maneuver elements then it's BGs representing and working effectively as brigade/divisional formations. None of the battery/battalion/squadron minor tactics and the ground scale adjusts upwards so musket range goes likely down to a couple MU. The whole command structure will have to be less free form as well and the mechanics reworked but all doable and with some more sparks of genius potentially excellent.


The movement and combat scale for Pike & Shot are likely the same as now, but the mechanics of mixed formations without abstracting them in Armati fashion is going to be a problem. With mixed formations on both sides the shooting mechanics will need to change to make good shooting rolls effective enough - POA changes, and maybe the +2 to death roll for being shot at would be reduced to +1 or the testing threshold for cohesion tests reduced so the shooters interlineated with the shot have decent prospects of effective action.

Quite a task, but well worthwhile.

>>>> But please get the FoG lists and campaign books out first! <<<<

Thanks,

Mike

mmmm.... Polish Winged Hussars... mmmm....

I believe that hussars and pancerni were in the same Battle Group.

puster wrote:

Ranimiro wrote:Maybe a base of 3" x 3" with 1 arquebucier in each corner and a block of 4 pikemen in the center would do the trick and still function as a single unit.

That sounds a bit smallish for a scale.

not so sure. the frontage has to allow 4cm-wide bases to contact evenly, so your options are 8cm by 8cm or 12 by 12.

12 by 12 is *big*. but, the outer two cm on each edge could be for guns, the inner 8cm for pikes.

which means you're looking at about 16 guns (4 per corner), and 64 pikes (8 wide by 8 deep)!!

trying to recreate attrition on that base would be... difficult.

o54881 wrote:I believe that hussars and pancerni were in the same Battle Group.

Probably at some scale yes. But certainly rather different element types within the BG.

T ofind little recent discussion. Am I in the righy place to discuss FoGR?

Yep, lacking any new input or rules the debate stalls for the moment, but you are at the right place for FoGR

I am not sure that small details such as 'lacking ... new input or rules' will prove an obstacle to one as persistant as Luke.

Is there a projected release date?
I ask so that conventions and competitions can plan for the launch.
Rampage, Cold Wars or IWF would need some notice to allow for the event.

Ouch I just traded a BUNCH of Renaissance guys because I thought - I would NEVER USE THEM

o54881 wrote:Is there a projected release date?
I ask so that conventions and competitions can plan for the launch.
Rampage, Cold Wars or IWF would need some notice to allow for the event.

Ok,now can we have at least an idea for a release date? How about a photo or two(or three...).Some of us would really like to know.

Sorry no can do - you'll have to await an announcement from Slitherine and/or Osprey on that.

Will that be by smoke from a burning copy of DBR spotted over Osprey Towers?

nikgaukroger wrote:Sorry no can do - you'll have to await an announcement from Slitherine and/or Osprey on that.

To be fair,we did have teasers for FOG ....

timmy1 wrote:Will that be by smoke from a burning copy of DBR spotted over Osprey Towers?

and will it be white?

Most certainly if they get the Hugenot (sp?) list right and allow Millers to be super troops.

I've been said that on Amazon it's possible to preorder FOGR .... is it true ?

Matteo

Yes it is true. I have seen it with my own eyes on Amazon UK (though I have not got a pre-order out there). Believe same applies on Canada Amazon. Also there is a 30YW/ECW companion available to pre-order