Craig

v1.3 of the wardroom cheat sheet…. pretty much all you need to help you play (I feel)

Yes the formatting could be better, but oh well.

Pre-orders are normally about 3 months

12″ run, if in terrain that prevents a RUN order then the assault order is limited to 6″.

This is clarified in the FAQ

Hi Tomasz – I think it makes sense that earthworks etc. have the same effect as a building if they encompass a unit rather than just being a wall.  Note that as well as proving the bonus buildings also mean you can’t claim Support from units as well.

Hi Alexander, I think 600, or 300 for cavalry, would work quite nicely for standard size units in larger battles.  It was common in this period to form battlefield units in standard sizes, normally having to amalgamate and split different regiments to achieve this.

In the Epic P&S rule pool they point out that what your unit represents would…[Read more]

The answer is simplicity & the fact that the other rules that affect troops in transports (moral & tiger fear) have been updated since BA was first released….. (tiger fear in the last couple of years)

Basically now its passive rules apply to units inside transports but active rules dont.  (ok this falls down on medic saves – but I’d be happy…[Read more]

From the rule book:

“Units inside transports cannot be influenced by beneficial friendly rules either, such as the morale bonus or ‘You men snap to action’ ability of an officer near the vehicle.

Officers and other HQ units can potentially ride in vehicles, and as a general rule, their special abilities do not work while they are being tra…[Read more]

Superb idea.

Hi AJ, I’ve got my copy of the Epic rule book now and had a chance to go through it. While the summary reference sheet at the end of the Epic book is differently formatted to the the original QRS, and some different types of info are reflected, the actual factors, even down to move distances, are the same. This means the original QRS is just as u…[Read more]

The nine barrels of Fliegerfaust B produced a shotgun effect. At 500 m it was a 60 m circle.  So one can expect just one or two  its. And the expected 500 m range was never reached with the pre series front trial weapons.The circle  was reported as 10% of range, so 10 m at 100 m.

Around Saarbrücken a few of the front test series got used but sco…[Read more]

Hi AJ – I don’t think there is a separate QRS from Warlord yet.  I have not got my Epic P&S book yet either, to see if the regular P&S QRS has changed.  It has only just been released so might be a bit early for home brew versions 😀.

Hmm….

At best that would be a campaign book rule…and one that should be left in the books campaign….

Most likely a ‘historical makes sense’ house rule or a mixup of rules

Worst case – totally incorrect rules

Outside of a campaign book rule – yes the grenadiers’ would need a order die pulled from the bag to disembark

Its the typical rules wording over real world BA tournament  fuss. One reason why I avoid these like hell.

With the German army having no long Gewehr since 1935, but just a Karabiner / Carbine for all arms , that is just nuts. That a writer did name the K98 k by mistake a rifle is for some anal tournament rule lawyers heavenly given law. In WW 2…[Read more]

I read that as a clarification and historic usage (cavalary use carbines, we’re talking about cavalry so we’ll use the word carbines**).  But due to the way the book is written this can turn in to a circular argument*…. and so I’m going to agree to disagree  as the real issue is that Warlord do Frame work books not water tight rules… Yes I D…[Read more]

“My opponent stated that my mounted German HQ could NOT have rifle carbines, as the officer slot in the Armies of Germany only state that I can have the models having: “pistols, rifles, assaults rifles, or SMGs”, specially – that I could equip the models with rifles but not carbines ”

Wow, what a nonsense.  The Geman army standard rifle …[Read more]

@StuartHarrison …what is “considered as” if not “used as”? – its that they use the stats and rules… same thing as being used as.

@Neely – as said, where in the weapon rules do carbines exist?

In fact they are explicity the same entry!  If you look under weapons (again sorry cant give page number)

“Type: this is a generic description that…[Read more]

Well, you are both wrong to an extent as it goes like this:

1) Carbines as a seperate weapon dont exist in the rules…
2) Rifles are used as pistols while mounted (see below… dont have the page numbers as my PC rulebook is a printed to pdf ebook)
3) Cossacks have a special UNIT rule that allows them to use their rifles as rifles whilest…[Read more]

As  skymandr said….Its a case of after the initial boarding action then there are no inherant bonuses (ships equipment like Trained Marines will still apply) however you can attempt to pull away, but basically the boarding action continues until one of:
a) one ship falls below the threshold and surrenders
b) one ship disengages and sails…[Read more]

TBH its still down as ‘April’, so going off other releases it’ll be next friday or the friday after (21st or 28th) that (delivery permitting) you’ll get it

sorry not near my Hold Fast book atm

However – where are you getting 3 activations limit from?