George

Precisely historically accurate unit sizes are not particularly important in skirmish-scale games as the action is  not taking place on the parade ground, but mid-war or mid-fight, where forces varied due to shortages, official reorganisation, or on some temporary detachment/attachment at this scale at this point in time. Of course something…[Read more]

Is it still happening? We have done upgrades on the forum which may have corrected this.

Great job! Nice work.

Its normally a 3 month pre-order window with Warlord.  And is down on the UK site as as release date January….which can be any time in January :

One of the reasons why they’ve split the website down is to allow for delays in releases however so far its only been a couple of weeks between the US & UK with other systems (VaS, BA) that I’ve heard…[Read more]

lack of concistancy in a warlord book!

Ok jokes aside, the Armies of … entries are generic to cover multiple years and doctirine /organisation changes (for example the Soviet LMG squad 6-12 men, 1 to 2 LMGs only in mid war where they ever 12 man with 2 LMGs) where as the Campaign entries are (in theory at least) true to that campaign.

(ps this…[Read more]

(disclaimer… not got my Russians on the table yet)

yeah fair point on the Artillery front…
As a Russian I want multiple small bdes for the breakpoint and the fact that half of my Bde commanders have to be SR7.  So multiple bdes of 1 regiment works better for me (again in theory)

However, dont forget that BP is a framework rule system, so if…[Read more]

For both its easy to make it a none entity rule… As the rule only affects battalions of different regiments (or cavalry regiments*)

The russians can take a brigade of 1 regiment… that may or may not have multiple battalions,  The one brigade where you need multiple battalions from different regiments is the grenadier brigade which…[Read more]

It was Laiton ou aurore jaune  – Golden yellow.   The plate was yellow brass, not gilded. So slightly darker .

Collection Raoul / Brunon had an original Tschako, made by Chapelier in Paris, the guards supplier.

The field unifom 1812-15 was more plain. No red cuffs, no elaborate lacings- Tschako with oil skin.

I’d take it to include the table edge where your models can enter the table from.

So with ‘meeting engagement’ I’d say cant be 12″ away from the enemies table edge OR an already deployed forward deployment unit!

Only the ship with Radar gets the benefit.

Think of it this way, you make a pool of dice for the aircraft, a pool of destroyers & cruisers without radar, a pool for Destroyers & cruisers with radar & a 4th pool for those with advance radar.
Pools 1 &2 can be rolled together as they are a 5+, pool 3 is a 4+ with a re-roll & pool 4 is a 3+ with a…[Read more]

the book ‘soft underbelly’ was released a couple of weeks ago, and is available for purchase through the UK store (other stores dont always show the same info)

the units /army deals are still up for pre order (they may be a Feb release……)

@Stuart….. intresting take.  As the wording doesnt say nearest eligible vehicle, and its not being targeted I’ve always read it as the closest soviet vehicle irrespective of order die gets a dog run under it.  Kinda like how you pick a unit to be shot when your firing unit FUBARs…. the proximity is the only targeting restriction.

Some of warlord do read these forums…. however if you email info@warlordgames.com  then one of the service guys will pass the question on to the rules team*… you should get an offical answer then.

*if they get asked enough they should put it in to the FAQ – they have with the VaS ones that I’m aware of

oh I agree totally… I think consistancy and clarity* is important between books (& factions in a game!)…. well…. lets just say I made my point clear to one of warlords authors**…. (and similarly warlord themselves, never did get an answer to that email about proof reading in their books :p )

*as in not needing a FAQ /errata to find out…[Read more]

The issue is a mix of …. warlord dont have the same authors for the campaign books, os htere is little consistancy between the books – either rules or units  &warlord try not to FAQ/Errata the campaign books

So, not having the books in question I would go with
1) IF its purchased as a single unit then it provides one order die & is activated…[Read more]

All of that is in the main rulebook for Mixed Formations. Clash of Eagles has just repeated it.

Dont forget that as far as the rules are concerned each crewman is considered to be on their own 25mm round base.  This is important for working out templates, and distance between the crew and the gun (its meassured to the breach of the gun).

Having said that I play that if you hit the gun with a certain size template (3″) I just say you hit…[Read more]

Beat me to it, Garry!

You need to look at the rules for mixed formation for this aspect of line infantry play. The mixed formation section is part of the advanced rules. Technically the mixed formation is based on a third of the battalion being deployed as skirmishers, rather just the light/voltigeur company, so you may prefer to allow mixed formation for some of your…[Read more]

Whats the rule that stops the Landwher from deploying skirmishers?