George

well in the 9 months since the question was asked…

merchentmen, schooners & cutters (sloops) have been released so who knows what else is comming!

Hi Stefan,  I’ve just downloaded the booklet as I like the look of the game….

however not sure what you mean by the campaign steps not being in order….

step 1 – load your ship & see whos trying to stop you reaching england

step 2 – determin battle (or how the clash happens)

step 3 – fight battle

step 4 – sell the cargo off your suriving…[Read more]

sorry, got myself confused on game systems!

That’s right. Your excess casualties are removed. But, as I said (and I am probably being pedantic over terms) hits are not casualties. You roll to hit then your opponent rolls dice equal to the number of hits as morale saves. Any that are failed become casualties. So, if there are five hits and your opponent saves three of them you have two c…[Read more]

Nat – yes, if the cavalry contacted the artillery as well, then it could give closing fire. However, that situation wasn’t mentioned in the question.

SteveT – I have never failed to Form Square. I’ve lost count of how many games I have played since the release of the game back in 2010. It is one of the complaints about the rule that many pla…[Read more]

Nat you are incorrect. There is pre measuring allowed! There is no rule that states that a player cannot premeasure anything.

Also, in regard to the example of an order, you can do exactly that. If you don’t premeasure, you won’t know how many moves your order will require, but it won’t make it any less valid. You can still give the order and j…[Read more]

This is why most players give their Generals a command rating of 8 and the brigade commanders a rating of 7 and occasionally 6. It is also why the alternative rules for commander traits work well.

Also, don’t forget that the command roll is subject to modification. If a unit is further than 12 inches away from the commanding officer, there is a -…[Read more]

There are some Special plastic glues. I use a German brand,   a liquid one called Faller Super Expert.   It sets much faster than average plastic glues, the Company also had that, just called expert.  Both  are very strong.

Some do plastic miniature glueing with super glues.  Not my way but for those who want to try there is a trick. These Cyanac…[Read more]

Yep as George said….

You are shaken at the end of the activation where unit stamina is exceeded. (dont forget disordered if a 6 to hit was rolled)

After a break test you are either broken OR your casualty tokens are dropped to the stamina value

Taking the units involved as normal sized normal cav…

you’ve got 6 dice HTH from the Cav hitting on 3s with a 4+ moral save on the infantry – 2-3 casualties

Infantry hit back on 5s (disorderd) with a 4+ save on the Cav – 0-1 casualties

In combat resolution the infantry get +1… so do stand a chance of getting a draw.

However if the…[Read more]

You need some benefit for spending (Napoleonic suplements) 25 points per pip of Staff Rating….

plus dont forget that you need to spend a ‘move order’ to change formation and there’s no pre-measuring or stating I’ll move x”s forward its Y unit will go to Z location then change formation / hold ground /unlimber etc etc… so even with 3 moves…[Read more]

Failing to form a square on our first attempt ever was very unlucky. But it’s going to happen, on average,  once in every 36 attempts. After that the infantry were destined to get chopped up. And they were.

Wow! I have to say that they were extremely unlucky. I have  never failed to Form Square and I’ve not only been playing since v1 was released, but I suffer from poor dice rolling, too. So much so, that a friend I was helping to play test his Rules began changing them. I pointed out that my poor rolls didn’t mean that his rules were faulty and need…[Read more]

They had failed to form a square (p.89 failed to form on a double 1). I was really asking if the artillery support was killed. Seems yes.

You are really going to have to read through the rules. Yet again, you are missing out important things, like the infantry forming Square if they are being charged to their front. If they Form Square, the cavalry don’t charge home, which then protects the artillery.

To answer your question, yes, the artillery breaks. You can’t choose whether a u…[Read more]

Ah yes Al, I can see it now, I was looking for a Hit mod or something, but its on the Formation mod list: attack column 1 dice

Thanks

You need to read the rules on hand to hand combat. It is all fully explained there.

For cavalry charging infantry, there may also be the “Must Form Square” Rule to apply, which would mean that the combat doesn’t happen.

anyway, to answer your question, the unit is only destroyed if the break test result states it. As the test was “pass…[Read more]

Your unit gets to maximise its firepower. When in column, firepower is reduced considerably – either down to one third or nothing at all.