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Nat replied to the topic La Haye Sainte Final assault scenario, epic black powder in the forum Black Powder 1 year ago
Now I dont have epic BP…..
But independant units shouldnt count towards brigades breaking but SHOULD count towards to overal army…. ie I’d count them as an unbrakeable brigade of mauraders who’s brigade commander is your army commander.
Also the French wining by taking the LaHaye Sainte only fits with the history of the battle.
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic Infantry/Artillery and Cavalry commanders in the forum Pike & Shotte 1 year ago
I think that the different types of commanders were devised on the assumption that often commands were composed of primarily one troop type, and that some armies had less or more effective commanders for either foot or horse. An example is the Ottomans where the infantry commander have a relatively poor 7 command, and the cavalry a better 8. T…[Read more]
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic These Waterloo Boxed Armies make no sense! in the forum Black Powder 1 year ago
Hi John,
Very sorry to hear you are having a struggle getting started. I’ll take a pitch at trying to help with some suggestions.
I think part of the issue is that the rules aren’t very prescriptive about how you form units, brigades and armies as they wanted to be a flexible as possible. This is great for people with existing forces but of co…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic These Waterloo Boxed Armies make no sense! in the forum Black Powder 1 year ago
argh… take 2…
1) WarLord rules are frame-work not pickup tight rules…they are still written in the 1980s mindset of you play with mates and alter the rules to fit what you want2) Extra stands are due to allowing for breakages, as well as fitting the most possible models on a sprue to keep costs down (for us the gamers as well as…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic Questions Wind/Smoke in the forum Victory At Sea 1 year ago
oh… also do check out discord as well… both the official warlord discord server as well as the Victory at sea one as not all people use facebook!
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Nat replied to the topic Questions Wind/Smoke in the forum Victory At Sea 1 year ago
The game is based on being simple.. not realistic..
1. the bow must be pointing at the board edge marked as the wind… so if the right hand side to you was marked as the wind then so long as your bow is pinting at SOME POINT of that edge they your good. … this can be the top corner in order to get your carrier off their board edge
2. th…[Read more]
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Nat replied to the topic Chelmsford Bunker – Napoleons wars in the forum Black Powder 1 year ago
Sorry havent logged in for a while so didnt see this.
But yeah most of the additional formation stuff is clash of Eagles as is the optional rules for forming squares.
The file is core rulebook v2 + Albion Triumphant 1 & 2 + Clash of Eagles combined…
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Nat replied to the topic Light mixed formation – how many dice for shooting. in the forum Black Powder 1 year ago
Each base gets half a dice for shooting….
so a standard unit of 6 bases put 3 in skirmish… so 1.5 dice, as you cant have .5 of a dice its rounded up to 2
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SteveT replied to the topic Is this an error in Black Powder Albion Triumphant Vol 2? in the forum Black Powder 1 year ago
Cheers!
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Nat replied to the topic News from the Wardroom! in the forum Victory At Sea 1 year ago
The Royal Dutch Navy for VaS….
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Nat replied to the topic Is this an error in Black Powder Albion Triumphant Vol 2? in the forum Black Powder 1 year ago
theres several possiblitys….
1) note 1 shouldnt be there – its a version of the Corp cavalry brigade left in by bad proof reading
2) note 2 should say half of the brigades in the divison should be line light
3) they are trying to say that no more than half of the divisions cavalry can be dragoons, however you do it.Personally I’ve gone…[Read more]
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SteveT started the topic Is this an error in Black Powder Albion Triumphant Vol 2? in the forum Black Powder 1 year ago
Page 121 French Army design list
In the cavalry brigade box it says both of these things, which I think contradict each other?
(1) Note: all regiments in a brigade must be the same class i.e. medium or light.
(2) Note: up to half of all regiments in a brigade must be Line Light
In my understanding it means if I choose to have 2 regiments in…[Read more]
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic new player with questions in the forum Pike & Shotte 1 year, 1 month ago
You’re very welcome, Mark.
I’m glad you’ll be giving the rules another go – I definitely think they are worth it. The overall system is straightforward, especially as you’re already up to speed with HC. They are also very flexible and easy to tinker with.
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic new player with questions in the forum Pike & Shotte 1 year, 1 month ago
Hi Mark
If the musketeers are within 3” of the pike then they can provide support. Being able to provide support does not depend in anyway on the order a unit has received. Good luck 👍.
Hi Dave,
I think I’ve seen these before, but a good reminder and they are certainly a well thought through set of factors for using combined units. 👍
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic new player with questions in the forum Pike & Shotte 1 year, 1 month ago
Hi Mark,
Troops provide support based on their position relative to a combat. The orders they have received that turn are irrelevant – you don’t need to be given an order to support to provide support.
I wonder if perhaps the the section and Charging Units and Support Units (p62) is causing some confusion? I can see that the first sentence of…[Read more]
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic new player with questions in the forum Pike & Shotte 1 year, 1 month ago
Hi Mark,
You’re right (see p62 of main rules). The move of A’s musket blocks up to support the pike have to be a different order.
When you come to work out the result of combat ‘supports’ have to be within 3”. Note that supports don’t fight directly in the melee as they do in Hail Caesar, but instead give a modifier to the combat result. So,…[Read more]
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Charge The Guns replied to the topic new player with questions in the forum Pike & Shotte 1 year, 1 month ago
Hi Mark – great to hear that you are giving P&S a try 👍.
Great question and this can be a bit confusing because the answer is “yes”, ie you can play either way. Some prefer to fight the pike and shot units separately as different units, and some prefer to fight as a single, combined unit. In our group it varies depending on the size of game.…[Read more]
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Garry Wills replied to the topic Light mixed formation – how many dice for shooting. in the forum Black Powder 1 year, 1 month ago
This comes from Clash of Eagles pp.96-7. The formation deploys half the bases in skirmish order rather than a third, and each base seems to get a shot, which seems a bit excessive given half the unit can’t fire.
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SteveT replied to the topic Epic and formations in the forum Black Powder 1 year, 1 month ago
Thanks, Mike.
It occurred to me that if bases were mounted so that one strip could be removed , 2 bases would be able to make a perfect square…
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Nat replied to the topic News from the Wardroom! in the forum Victory At Sea 1 year, 1 month ago
points list with the new L & M class ships costs included
plus a number of unofical discord stated Dutch ships ….ready for when they are uploaded
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