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  • April 29, 2022 at 9:26 pm #187616
    East Norfolks
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    Maybe a silly question but can cavalry form Attack Columns?

    Thanks

    April 29, 2022 at 10:19 pm #187617
    Garry Wills
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    Not under the standard rules but they are allowed ‘deep formation’ in the Clash of Eagles supplement (p.96), which gives them some benefits in movement and combat resolution but greater vulnerability to artillery and reduced combat dice.

    April 29, 2022 at 10:37 pm #187618
    East Norfolks
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    Thanks Garry.  That’s what I thought but then saw the attached section of the new Epic Battle rules showing Cavalry as an Attack Column.  Any ideas what this means?

     

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    1. Cav-AC1.jpg

    2. Cav-AC2.jpg

    April 29, 2022 at 11:21 pm #187621
    Garry Wills
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    I don’t have Epic, I can only assume they are referring to deep formation from Clash of Eagles. A column formation other than march column is clearly a valid option. One of the things with Warlord stuff is they are not great at being consistent from one publication to another.

    June 16, 2022 at 8:11 am #187799
    Richard C
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    I think the rules are clear, the cavalry attack column is the remaining stands behind the Leader stand as per your picture. Not that that make sense, when we play 28mm we have two ranks of six figures.

    February 12, 2023 at 12:17 pm #188733
    East Norfolks
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    FYI – just worked out what this is about.  The Epic Battles rule set has a new rule for French cavalry – “Cavalry Column of Attack”.  Sorry – bit slow to realise this…

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    1. EB-new-French-cav-rule.jpg

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