Slitherine

Just wondering something that has not come up yet, if a shock cavalry unit gets hit in the flank or rear by light cavalry, does it still get the extra die?
I realize the POA's are an auto ++ for the light cav and -- for the shock but was wondering about the dice additions/losses. Do they still apply?

There are no listed exceptions so I would say that the +1/-1 dice still applies.

Of course, the shock cavalry will have dropped a cohesion level from the flank contact as well as suffering the POA disadvantage.

Just wondering as I assumed the +1/-1 was due to shock momentum which I can't imagine they have if caught in flank or rear.

Remember that some of the shock squadrons would be turning to countercharge, just that this is not modelled in our mechanisms.

During the combat round:
LC gets 6 dice, -1 for facing shock = 5 dice. Hits on 4, +1POA for charging flank, -1POA for facing shock = 4 to hit
Shock HC gets 6 dice, +1 for shock vs LC, losing 1 per 3 (dropped a level due to flank charge) = 5 dice. Hits on 4 +1 POA for heavier cav, -1POA for hit in flank = 4 to hit.

LC should still win as it only needs 2 hits from 5 to drop shock to wavering.

Still could be risky if the shock player is lucky that day, but I guess for light cavalry its the best chance they can get. Even on a flank rear charge, rear or flank support for the attacker would be good idea.

Where does it say you only use the flank poa??

The light cavalry start with 6 dice - going down to 5 for facing shock cavalry
The shock cavalry start with 6 dice going up to 7 for facing light cavalry, then back down to 5 for being disordered.

The light cavalry have a +POA for charging the flank so hit on 3's
The shock cavalry have a +POA for being heavier and a -POA for being hit in the flank.

So overall the light cavalry have 5 dice hitting on 3's
The shock cavalry have 5 dice hitting on 4's

Given that the shock cavalry will be already disordered from the charge, the light cavalry have a good chance of breaking them and should at least waver them.

terrys wrote:Given that the shock cavalry will be already disordered from the charge, the light cavalry have a good chance of breaking them and should at least waver them.

As long as the LC get 2 hits from their 5 dice, they cannot lose (will win any draw as attacker). Even if the LC miss altogether, the HC will still need 4 out of 5 hits, otherwise the HC go backwards.

Seems about right to me.