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SteveT replied to the topic Indirect Fire Arcs in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 2 months ago
Then if a howitzer is facing South and the spotter is somewhere North facing North, and he spots on behalf of that howitzer, the howitzer is then lobbing a shell to its own rear, which doesn’t make sense to me.
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SteveT replied to the topic Indirect Fire Arcs in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 2 months ago
Thanks Stuart. So, I think the intended way to do indirect fire for a howitzer or Fixed Mortar is to rotate the base so the target is in its firing arc. i.e. issue an Advance order.
There is another curious little question that is then raised. If a spotter is doing the targeting, the spotter could be anywhere. Does the howitzer still rotate…[Read more]
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SteveT replied to the topic Indirect Fire Arcs in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 2 months ago
It is a particularly strange thing when you have a howitzer who must use its forward arc for direct fire, but can fire behind itself if using indirect fire…
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SteveT started the topic Indirect Fire Arcs in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 2 months ago
Must’ve played this game 100 times by now and it still throws up sudden questions.
We are assuming Indirect Fire weapons do not have firing arcs as such, after all their spotter could be anywhere. Perhaps they should be rotated to face the target anyway. A howitzer firing behind itself would otherwise be odd. But if they do have to rotate, c…[Read more]
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Garry Wills replied to the topic Cavalry formations in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 2 months ago
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.
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Garry Wills replied to the topic Cavalry formations in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 2 months ago
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.
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Garry Wills replied to the topic Main BP2 rulebook v Epic Battle rulebook in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 2 months ago
1. Well that is a bit unfair, the break tests are integral to the close combat results section.
2. No the victorious units excess casualties are removed after all the ‘necessary break tests’ have been done. This is a case of the rules not being explicit as the victorious units don’t need to take break tests. However it is implied by how the rules…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic Midway starter issues in the forum Blood Red Skies 2 years, 2 months ago
Going off patchy memory & 2nd hand info (from the BRS readyroom FB group ,that’s run by one of the beta group I think) but its not a seperate printing but rather corrections done during printing.
I say i’m going off 2nd hand info because neither myself nor any of my local group actually have the midway starterbox!!!
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Nat replied to the topic Midway starter issues in the forum Blood Red Skies 2 years, 2 months ago
The initial run of boxes did have several issues.. including the planes being put in to the wrong slots before being sealed which lead to large numbers of planes being broken in transit. And IIRC yeah WL did acknowedge the connector size issues… if you let the CS guys know I’m sure they’ll replace them all for you.
Sound like you got one of…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic Rules Question Thread in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 2 months ago
@ArtfulB….Albion Triumphant 2 pg 105 – KGL LINE have rifle mixed formation and are 40 pts
The KGL light battalions also have the same rule BUT are equiped with rifles so is pointless & NOT charged (i’ve done a breakdown of the points… they are costed for having rifles across the board)
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Nat replied to the topic Rules Question Thread in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 2 months ago
@Stefan – KGL have rifle mixed formation during the 100 days (Albion Triumphant 2) which is the extra point. (their skirmishers fire as rifles). In the Peninsular (Albion Triumphant 1) they are the same cost as the British Red Coats.
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Nat replied to the topic Struggling with play/stratagems in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 2 months ago
Ideas /suggestions for how to deal with Japanese with Russians…
1) heavy tanks – I like the IS2 or the ISU-152
2) protect the tanks by taking out the suicide guys… if you lose a unit to kill them – oh well
3) green inexp rifle squads sat near a Politruk (Stalingrad book) who’s out of LoS
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic Whats next for Black Powder? in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 2 months ago
I think there are a couple fo different questions to think about here.
1. Which conflict do you think Warlord will add to the ‘Epic’ range? (This means a set of of 13.5mm plastic figures.)
2. What conflict will Warlord create a new supplements for next? (This is in effect an expansion book for one of the core rulesets, Black Powder, Pike & Shot…[Read more]
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SteveT replied to the topic Second Wave vs Reserves in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 2 months ago
Yes, exactly. Very odd isn’t it! I notice the earlier books seem to use whatever terminology they felt like…
Cheers for your input Stuart.
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SteveT replied to the topic Second Wave vs Reserves in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 2 months ago
Germany Strikes , scenario 1, Post Office. Germans Wave 1 starts on board, wave 2 and wave 3 enter later. The word “reserves” not used at all which makes senses in the all out Blitzkrieg setting.
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SteveT replied to the topic Second Wave vs Reserves in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 2 months ago
Thanks Stuart, but what of the (few) scenarios that specify 2nd wave and not the word Reserve. Or 3rd wave. I am thinking they don’t need rolls to enter?
Cheers
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SteveT started the topic Second Wave vs Reserves in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 2 months ago
Second Wave vs Reserves
Am I right in thinking that units designated as 2nd wave/3rd wave/etc by some scenarios are not reserves and so do not need to roll an order check to enter the table?
Cheers
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Nat replied to the topic Questions for some topics. in the forum Victory At Sea 2 years, 2 months ago
1) RAW is unclear. As the ship would still move the min 1″ as its not run aground or at anchor it can be argued that the ship is not stationary, however I would play it as YES as the ship isnt sailing under control but drifting on the current and so can easily be tracked by the firing ship (hence the +1).
2) Two schools of thought with this- i…[Read more]
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invisible officer replied to the topic Questions regarding rules in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 3 months ago
To get xxxx about rules for a prototype that never saw service is a bit ….. . The two prototypes shared a single working turret. 205/2 got that turret and both vehicles got transported to Kummersdorf testing range. 2 was blown up at Hindenburgplatz in Wünsdorf, there it was used as pillbox. The explosion threw the turrret away.
205/1 had…[Read more]
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SteveT replied to the topic Epic Waterloo – rules in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 3 months ago
Hence my opening question …
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