[Dr Dave]

Sorted and thanks. A combination of green stuff and arms from other German sprues + more green stuff.

[Dr Dave]

Thanks Jim, I’ve ordered a sprue. However, looking at pictures their jackets are the panzer crew double breasted type – not the simply single breasted, shortened, late 1944 jacket.

I’ll see how I get on.

 

[Dr Dave]

Hi George,

In GH p54 light wood assumed a spread of small trees younger trees with some undergrowth. Not a managed orchard and not the hundreds of years old Wilderness.

As for speed they are treated as in rough ground. In BP1 p36 this means that they can enter the light wood but move at 1/2 speed.

[Dr Dave]

1. It’s 12″
2. GH came out before the BP 2nd Ed., So BP2 follows GH.
3. GH says what it means. Artillery can still move through though at a big penalty as they seek a path through and around the undergrowth and trees.

[Dr Dave]

As thin as possible. I have Super fine 1/72nd Aero black rigging by Infini models.

[Dr Dave]

On campaign the cartridge box often had a fabric cover – often an off white or linen. Then the fusilier, grenadier, volitgeur badges would be painted on. Are they for that?

[Dr Dave]

Thank you Peter.

[Dr Dave]

Thanks Nat, but – and don’t tell Warlord this – but I’m using 1/6000 scale ships. So the ranges and model size discrepancy is much less apparent.

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[Dr Dave]

Ha! Found it!

Page 59: “Squadrons” – it does say ships must remain within 4″ of the next ship in the Sqn for this to count, but later says they all have to be within 4″ of each other! I’ll assume the former

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[Dr Dave]

I’d assume that the rules as written are trying to allow players to field variety over totally authentic lists? In reality the II Reserve cavalry Corps was composed entirely of Dragoon regiments (8 of them). Similarly the IV RCC was all Cuirassier.

[Dr Dave]

It’s worth remembering that professionals call it “fire and movement” for a reason, not movement and fire!

It’s always struck me as odd that you advance against a prepared foe and you have the drop on him in the firefight. So as you plodded across the field to get within range what on earth was he doing?

[Dr Dave]

Mick,

The point is that often a brigade would put an entire regiment up front in skirmish order. This way – if you use the mixed order as well of line plus skirmishers – you could really swamp someone with skirmish shooting, perhaps someone who was reluctant to (or couldn’t) use it – such as defending a fort, buildings, line of cover etc…

Deployment zones – it’s just where your troops go. You can be in any formation you want.

As you say – march column is a guaranteed move. Though it is more vulnerable when actually fighting.

[Dr Dave]

Garry, you’re right to a point. But the aim was really that standard represents 300. The average strength of a Regt at Gettysburg say.

Cavalry dismount as skirmishers because that’s what they did. I’ve never read of them being formed in ranks and files when fighting on foot.

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[Dr Dave]

Sorry to be the “wet blanket” here but the intention in “Glory Hallelujah!” was that a standard cavalry unit dismounts as a standard unit of skirmishers. It was that way for two reasons:

1) keep it simple

2) if units drop by one size when dismounted then it means that for a small unit 1/2 hold horses when it would become a tiny unit – obviously a bit odd. Hence the box contents for Epic ACW do not reflect the unit sizes in the rules in terms of the number of figures. but in BP2 it’s all about frontages anyway.

Either way, play how you want and enjoy the game – that’s the main point.

[Dr Dave]

Hi there Tom – I’m glad that you like it.

1) As per the normal rules troops in buildings would not count as formed. I take this t be because in a cluster of buildings the attacker would be able to tell precisely which buildings were occupied and which ones were not. So we play that just like normal.

2) Yes – that was the intention. The modifiers are inclusive.

3) I fear that the follow me is not a “get around”. If the intention is to charge into contact then the colonels of the respective regiments will still be asking “Really?”… and prefer to close and shoot rather than actually cross bayonets. Sorry.

I hope that helps. But remember the supplement rules are optional. If you think that they are too prescriptive then feel free to ignore them. Also, check out the “Uppity” special rule on p64.

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