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Bolstering question

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:37 am
by marioslaz
We recently found we applied in a wrong way a rule about bolstering. We bolster troops only when at 6 MU from enemy, and I found this limitation is only for broken troops. This means that can we bolster troops while in melee? (of course provided they don't drop cohesion in the same turn we try to bolster). I don't find any rules against it and in effect it seems reasonable.

Re: Bolstering question

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:00 am
by rbodleyscott
marioslaz wrote:We recently found we applied in a wrong way a rule about bolstering. We bolster troops only when at 6 MU from enemy, and I found this limitation is only for broken troops. This means that can we bolster troops while in melee?
Yes. And this is a very important part of the rules mechanisms.

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:02 am
by marioslaz
Many thanks for your quick reply

Re: Bolstering question

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:24 pm
by DaiSho
marioslaz wrote:We recently found we applied in a wrong way a rule about bolstering. We bolster troops only when at 6 MU from enemy, and I found this limitation is only for broken troops. This means that can we bolster troops while in melee? (of course provided they don't drop cohesion in the same turn we try to bolster). I don't find any rules against it and in effect it seems reasonable.
Bloody hell Mario, you've been playing some tough games :) Quick though, most likely.

Ian

Re: Bolstering question

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:37 pm
by marioslaz
DaiSho wrote:Bloody hell Mario, you've been playing some tough games :) Quick though, most likely.

Ian
Yes, we are members of "win or die" party :lol:. Curiously enough, our games last a lot, near 2 evening game, but this likely because we are slow player :). Or will it have been due the toughness of our miniatures?

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:27 am
by deadtorius
I had a unit once that bolstered from fragmented to full recovery (over 2 turns) and then broke their opponents who had originally fragmented them.

Now thats revenge..... unfortunately they got flank charged the turn after they broke their front opponents and I have never had the same bolstering luck with that unit since.

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:29 pm
by Blathergut
swine!! :P
deadtorius wrote:I had a unit once that bolstered from fragmented to full recovery (over 2 turns) and then broke their opponents who had originally fragmented them.

Now thats revenge..... unfortunately they got flank charged the turn after they broke their front opponents and I have never had the same bolstering luck with that unit since.

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:10 pm
by hammy
deadtorius wrote:I had a unit once that bolstered from fragmented to full recovery (over 2 turns) and then broke their opponents who had originally fragmented them.

Now thats revenge..... unfortunately they got flank charged the turn after they broke their front opponents and I have never had the same bolstering luck with that unit since.
A BG of sword and buckler men charged a BG of longbow, the longbow disrupted them on the way in, fragmented them at impact and killed a base then over the next few turns the sword and buckler men with their commander bolstered back to steady and routed the longbowmen :D

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:42 am
by deadtorius
Guess who was my opponent from the game from my previous post...
Blathergut :lol: