Slitherine

This is what I can find in the rules:

REFUSING TO CHARGE
 Light foot need to pass a test to charge any enemy other than light foot.
 Light horse need to pass a test to charge any enemy other than skirmishers.
 Unless shock troops, disrupted troops need to pass a test to charge.
 A battle group that refuses to charge may not move or shoot that player turn.

Well, in all my time playing FOG I have never been able to get a disrupted LS cavalry to charge.
Remember a tight game against ericdoman1 and how one disrupted LS cav of mine refused to charge a fragmented MF in the rear...
that's just plain stupid
Anyhow, if the rules are as posted above surely at least one or two of my countless tries should have been successful?!

hidde wrote:This is what I can find in the rules:

REFUSING TO CHARGE
 Light foot need to pass a test to charge any enemy other than light foot.
 Light horse need to pass a test to charge any enemy other than skirmishers.
 Unless shock troops, disrupted troops need to pass a test to charge.
 A battle group that refuses to charge may not move or shoot that player turn.

Well, in all my time playing FOG I have never been able to get a disrupted LS cavalry to charge.
Remember a tight game against ericdoman1 and how one disrupted LS cav of mine refused to charge a fragmented MF in the rear...
that's just plain stupid
Anyhow, if the rules are as posted above surely at least one or two of my countless tries should have been successful?!

Remember that that disruption gives a negative modifier to pass the test to charge

Yes, of course, but never once pass the test in 2,5 years of playing?
I can't be 100% sure of that but I know I have thought of this, on and off, for a very long time and I have no recollection of a successful test!

hidde wrote:Yes, of course, but never once pass the test in 2,5 years of playing?
I can't be 100% sure of that but I know I have thought of this, on and off, for a very long time and I have no recollection of a successful test!

They do pass, just saw it in a game, refused twice and then obeyed ( and routed at impact , guess he knew better than me lol)

An undrilled ls cavarly that is disorderd or disrupted would need to roll 7 or higher on 2 d6, or 6 out of 11, slightly better than 5050 chance.

Disrupted undrilled would need 9 or higher. Disrupted drilled need 8 or higher so both less than 50/50.

Chris

batesmotel wrote:Disrupted undrilled would need 9 or higher. Disrupted drilled need 8 or higher so both less than 50/50.

Chris

OOps you of course are correct, did the math wrong (dont ask )

Ok,thanks. At least I know it's worth trying.
Some lucky day it will happen to me too!

hidde wrote:Ok,thanks. At least I know it's worth trying.
Some lucky day it will happen to me too!

Sometimes maybe they refuse for a reason lol. Just finshed a game where my roman superior disrupted LS refused twice to charge an enemy skirmisher. Third time he obeyed , the skirmisher held and my cavalry autorouted from casualty losses, doh...