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Charge The Guns replied to the topic Can Charging Units Fire? in the forum Pike & Shotte 2 years, 5 months ago
We’ve found, across BP and P&S, that once you’ve broken the seal (so to speak) on changing the turn sequence, then there are all sorts of interesting things you can do, as RR shows above. In BP we’ve also tinkered with changing the sequence for artillery, but not musketry.
As interesting as these things can be it does start to become confus…[Read more]
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Steeljackal replied to the topic US paras paint colors in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 5 months ago
In Normandy us aurborne uniforme arent greenish, but something like yellow/sand.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V2seqc6jZ-ZV6lEa5Q5sKIMj78Jb7lRu/view?usp=drivesdk
I use colors that I already have, armypainter hemp rope and bazooka green then army painter quick shade and uniform is ok, nobody see difference.
If uou want more precise colors…[Read more]
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Garry Wills replied to the topic "D3" in Special for Cavalry? in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 5 months ago
This is the Heavy cavalry rule which comes in different forms. Hvy Cav +1, means that when they charge or countercharge they add 1 to the combat resolution, i.e. equivalent to an extra casualty inflicted. Hvy cav +D3 is similar except the addition to the combat resolution is based on the score of a D6 halved, i.e. an addition of 1, 2 or 3.
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic Can Charging Units Fire? in the forum Pike & Shotte 2 years, 5 months ago
Hi RR and DM,
I see the logic in the approach, DM, but the way we have tried it is to do Shooting first, then Command/Movement. Partly this is because we would never remember what orders we’d given if we then did a round of firing, before carrying the moves out 😀.
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invisible officer replied to the topic Hms victory special rule in the forum Black Seas 2 years, 5 months ago
One of the many xx rules. I gave Black seas a try. Having large Napoleonic fleets in 1/1200 and 1/300 the models had been no option for me but all rule sets deserve a try.
All flagship 3 decks made the others around fighting harder. But no RN one was lost in action. So to give the enemies of Britain a moral bonus is doubtfull.
Orient, hmm. T…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic Hms victory special rule in the forum Black Seas 2 years, 5 months ago
quick discussion with my local gaming group… RaW, yes it does
RAI – I’d actually argue now that its also a yes… if you look at its cost v l’orient its only 10 points more for a argubaly far better ship (less chance of going boom! for starters :p)
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Garry Wills replied to the topic Black powder: Size of 15mm bases in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 5 months ago
Thanks very much CTG, the youtube channel started as support for my books, but has evolved into a record of my games. 40 years ago I used an A4 hardback notebook for this, but it is good to move with the times. Enjoy.
Garry
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Nat replied to the topic Hms victory special rule in the forum Black Seas 2 years, 5 months ago
hmm…. I would say no, you dont pay points to benefit your opponent. I would put it down to missing the word ‘friendly’ or ‘British’
I mean Collingwood and Lawerance have their rules worded differently but mean the same thing – one will never strike their colours under any circumstance & the other allways passes …
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic Black powder: Size of 15mm bases in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 5 months ago
Wow, Gary! How have I missed your fabulous YouTube channel for so long? There are a nice set of battles to catch up with there. Good support for painting sessions 👍
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic Can Charging Units Fire? in the forum Pike & Shotte 2 years, 5 months ago
Hi Dave M, definitely worth trying out the Salvo rule. Let’s us know how you get on.
While our club likes all of the Black Powder rule derivatives the one thing the made us uncomfortable was the situation where a unit in defence, say a British line, was patiently waiting for the attacker, but the attackers rushed up and shot them before they h…[Read more]
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic Can Charging Units Fire? in the forum Pike & Shotte 2 years, 5 months ago
Hi Dave Morris,
I’ve not interpreted the “unfair advantage” bit like that. I have always taken it that we shouldn’t try and gain an advantage by declaring a charge on a target beyond the unit’s longest (3 x) move, which is the sense of that whole section. But, as you say, we’re all free to play the rules as we see fit.
Hi Mark,
As wel…[Read more]
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Garry Wills replied to the topic Black powder: Size of 15mm bases in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 5 months ago
Personally I think Black Powder works better in 15mm on most tables, since you get more room to manoeuvre. You can see my games here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuj8XPFZLKIDi6WqgTihHDMTBPzY-AU7f
Garry
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Garry Wills replied to the topic Black powder: Size of 15mm bases in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 5 months ago
Because I am an OCD nerd I converted the metric frontages in the book to inches and used those numbers as cms;
BP1figs
BP1(mm)
BP2Min-Max (mm)
Implied figure #
Men (1:20)
cm scale frontage, mm
Figures 15mm 1 rank
Men (1:33)Large
36-40
360-400
260- 325
26-32
520-640
102-128
17-21
563-704Std
24-30
240-300
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic Can Charging Units Fire? in the forum Pike & Shotte 2 years, 5 months ago
Hi Mark,
I think that the unit can fire. On page 58/59, the paragraph ‘Charge!’ explains that “… only the final move in to touch is a charge …”. So if you requires three moves, for example, to reach your target, but you only roll enough command for two moves, then you are not going to get as far as actually charging, you are just taking two mo…[Read more]
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Garry Wills replied to the topic Converting Blackpowder to 15mm in the forum Black Powder 2 years, 5 months ago
I have always played BP with 15mm and use three key changes to take advantage of the extra space on the table;
1. use cm instead of inches, it is the easiest conversion, at least for those of us in Europe.
2. increase artillery ranges by 25% (you will struggle with some historical scenarios with out this)
3. the brigade move maximum separation…[Read more]
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic Even More Husaria in the forum Pike & Shotte 2 years, 5 months ago
Thanks , IO, much appreciated 👍
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invisible officer replied to the topic Even More Husaria in the forum Pike & Shotte 2 years, 5 months ago
Lovely Husaria. Superbly done.
One of the best looking cavalry in history. Fortunately for the neighbours their fame is bigger than the true effect had been. Too few and not ever the super men …. .
Just a small part of Polish army.
At Vienna they charged post the battle was won by the today ignored Western horse and foot. And in the…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic Hidden set-up AND dug-in in the forum Bolt Action 2 years, 5 months ago
well the thing is when you get to ‘needing more than a 6’ to hit any extra modifiers are pointless…. as its still 6 followed by 6 to hit…. the only thing that the extra negative modifers do is counter any positive mods.
pg 53
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Charge The Guns started the topic Even More Husaria in the forum Pike & Shotte 2 years, 5 months ago
<p class=”p1″>Finished another unit of Polish ‘Winged’ Hussars, this one using 28mm figures from Warlord Games. </p>
<p class=”p1″>The figures are packed with details, and were a challenge to build and paint, but the end result is, I think, glorious. </p>
<p class=”p1″>More pictures, and information on the Warlord set, on my blog here : https://the…[Read more] -
Nat replied to the topic Agile and positive trait in the forum Blood Red Skies 2 years, 6 months ago
Appoligies, just seen this….
But do check out the BRS FAQ (found going to the webstore, then the community site – resources) as the Mosquito has been errated to have 2 trait cards.
However you do have the right of it…. A squadron will have a single Positive or Negative trait that is (for the want of a better way of saying it) allways on. …[Read more]
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