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I hate to disagree with you Big Al but the statement on page 49, second paragraph reads “Regardless of these modifiers, a 6 always scores a hit…There is no such thing as either an automatic hit or an impossible shot.” And accepting that the “/“ is equivalent to OR, this means that modifiers are not cumulative for those 3 conditions. This is a substantial divergence from the way we have been playing so I want to be sure I have it right before I spring it on my gaming group.
BTW: Happy New Year again!
I don’t know about that. The To Hit Modifiers table on page 49 is quite clear. I now read the line “Target is Not Clear/Skirmish/Artillery” as “Target is Not Clear OR Skirmish OR Artillery”. The Target being in one or more(!) of these conditions defines whether a -1 penalty is applied. The fact is the die roll required to hit can never be greater than 6 (also on page 49, second paragraph) so being cumulative does not make any sense.
I am in a quandary regarding Shooting To Hit modifiers in BP2.
In the To Hit Modifiers chart on page 49, it instructs players not to apply the Target Is Not Clear/Skirmish/Artillery -1 penalty more than once even if the target unit may be in more than one of these conditions (ie, skirmishers in woods). Clearly these effects are not cumulative.
But on page 187 in the How It Played section for the Battle of Deadman’s Creek, the author states that “With both sides being in skirmish order, often as not clear targets or in cover, you pretty much need a six to hit every time.” This infers that the -1 To Hit Modifiers ARE cumulative. So which is it? Are To Hit Modifiers cumulative or not?
Battalion Gins in Hand-to-hand fighting in Last Argument of Kings.
In our recent game of Mollwitz an Austrian Infantry regiment in Line was charged on its flank. The flank that was charged had the battalion gun so it was the initial point of contact.
We resolved the melee by allowing the gun to conduct closing fire but all hand-to-hand hits were assessed on the parent infantry unit similar to how skirmishes behave during fire in Mixed Formation. Did we play that correctly?
Yes, in addition to being muzzle loaders, the French artillery used timed fuses rather than contact fuses used by their German opponents. Which brings up another issue: what should the firing stats be for artillery? I am thinking that the French should use the standard 3/2/1 but the Prussians should be something like 5/5/5. What are your thoughts?
