Nat

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]

Whats the rule that stops the Landwher from deploying skirmishers?

The issue with a jet version of single engine props is that they wouldnt really work that well… the airframe is wrong for how the engine draws in air – look at how the phantom or F86 Sabre look….far easier to design a new aircraft, Twin engine aircraft might work with early jet engines – stuff like the whirlwind!

HOWEVER – I do like the…[Read more]

Poor skirmishers rule no longer has any meaning…it basically removed the +1 skirmishers got in v1.

The points I think are right…not got access to my spreadsheet where I ran all the calculations

v1 was that (set number of models per grouping /unit), v2 gives an approximate frontage per unit… its very similar in overall size…

ie a Normal sized unit of 24 models with a base of 15-20mm frontage per model works out +/-20 mm of the v2 frontage…. heres a table I drew up for my group as a reference

Unit…[Read more]

rough rule of thumb…units are made of groups (called companies in the rules but not historical companies) tiny are 1-2, small 3-4, normal 5-6 & large are 7-8

each group is about 80-100ish men

each group provide 1 hth, .5 shooting & .5 stamina.  hth is rounded to the next even number, shooting & stamina are rounded to the next number
Elite…[Read more]

Well

Clash of Eagles is the book about the French invasion of Russian 1812 where the Prussians where part of the French army….
the Hundred days is the waterloo campaign (Albion Triumphant vol2)   the number in brackets is what the value should be if you calculate the cost of the unit from scratch.

Horse Artillery
reg art
small (1/2 b…[Read more]

Because the points are fudged…. if you use the points calcualator from v1 rulebook  you find with standard artillery they come in at 30 points for the Prussians OR you use them as light guns (36″ range) and 26 points is right.

[quote]Infantry models are always allowed to see and shoot through enemy infantry and artillery models as if they were not there. Note however that if you shoot through an enemy unit, this will provide cover to their comrades behind, as explained later in the section about cover[/quote]

Basically its worked out from the firing model… if the LoF…[Read more]

So the AT gun has a clear line of sight at a tank and declears a shot, suddenly theres a unit in front of it….. but that doesnt matter?

(as it happens I do tend to play it that the mods are worked out when you roll to hit, & I make sure my opponent is aware that I can jump the riders off to infront of the tank and so hinder the clear shot)

You’ve hit the biggest issue with WLPS & Carriers in my opionion after a number of discussions – the free flights (which is why all the community points systesm have a carrier discount)

Deep Deployment – after the FAQ has added about a page of extra rules, they’ve adminted that it doest work so ‘recommend you dont use it in tournaments’…. I…[Read more]

yes….

which is why the wording of tank riders & its lack of timings/clarity is a problem….. because they dismount when the shot is decleared and found to be in range, so even though they are down if they go infront of the tank the shot now passes over them…so do you work out the cover when declearing the shot or when rolling the dice (so…[Read more]

I’d cry…. my list would need a fair bit of luck with the FAN torpedo rolls… BUT as my list is a 1943 list the teeth are pulled from that USN list (corsairs arent carrier capable, DP is half dice & Alaska isnt a valid selection) so I’d give it a go…..

You either choice an army from the ‘armies of’ book and gain the 3 special rules, of which 1 is the free FO, OR you choice the specific commonwealth list

eg Indian army from duel in the sun removes the 3 British army rules and ONLY has the two in the duel in the sun (pg 23)

Easy Army – whilest great, and recommended by warlord isnt(!) an official rules source & in fact is a single guy.   There are a couple of rules issues, some are due to his interpretation (0-3 AT rifles in the soviet urban assualt platoon – EA has it as 3 not 9!) & others due to how the site is programmed (like the german MMG experten rule).  So it…[Read more]

RE: Kumano’s refit – Oh well thats what happens when you use BS and dont double check..meh :p …saves 30 points… thats 2 more bettys :p

Type 93 torpedoes with their extra range are a lot easier to use as 17″ is short range (+0)… but yeah at long range they become hard to use, and at extreme range almost impossible.

The basic stragergy for…[Read more]

yeah… the refits could do with i) being clearer
ii) being proof read… I mean seriously the whole book should have been…I have a ‘small’ spreadsheet of over 200 issues with the stats blocks (missing info, blatenly wrong numbers, doubled up refits etc etc), & I gave up!
iii) dont even get me or enoich started on the points…..

Also the attacking unit must be over 6″ away or not have a rule that prevents reactionary fire, & must be in arc (if the weapon /team has the fixed rule)…

Up and at ’em It you dont have AT grenades.. its a mute point because you arent going to destroy the tank… if you do have AT grenades its a mute point as you dont take the tank fear test anyway…

Blood Curdling Charge; as said in the FAQ, its treated like being within 6″ of the target… so units in ambush still get to fire.