SteveT

Then if a howitzer is facing South and the spotter is somewhere North facing North, and he spots on behalf of that howitzer,  the howitzer is then lobbing a shell to its own rear, which doesn’t make sense to me.

Thanks Stuart. So, I think the intended way to do indirect fire for a howitzer or Fixed Mortar is to rotate the base so the target is in its firing arc. i.e. issue an Advance order.

There is another curious little question that is then raised. If a spotter is doing the targeting,  the spotter could be anywhere. Does the howitzer still rotate…[Read more]

It is a particularly strange thing when you have a howitzer who must use its forward arc for direct fire, but can fire behind itself if using indirect fire…

Yes, exactly.  Very odd isn’t  it!  I notice the earlier books seem to use whatever terminology they felt like…

Cheers for your input Stuart.

Germany Strikes , scenario 1, Post Office. Germans Wave 1 starts on board, wave 2 and wave 3 enter later. The word “reserves” not used at all which makes senses in the all out Blitzkrieg setting.

Thanks Stuart, but what of the (few) scenarios that specify 2nd wave and not the word Reserve. Or 3rd wave. I am thinking they don’t need rolls to enter?

Cheers

Hence my opening  question …

Just a thought. Just noticed this post incredibly late. I also live in Japan. Sounds like you are being charged custom import fees, via Fedex, for an order of that size. There is a fine line between qualifying for free post from Warlord and getting slammed by Japanese customs; Bringing in a parcel worth more than 10,000 yen could invite the duty…[Read more]

https://www.shapeways.com/product/5NA8LGKM8/88mm-ammo-with-wicker-container-1-56-scale

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]

It has been done, in great detail too, by a group called VC on The Trail : https://vconthetrail.wordpress.com/download/

Superb effort on these reports. Must take ages to construct all those diagrams.

Keep ’em coming!

Yes, wounded (well, killed, removed) only on a 5+ after being hit (5 being the “penetration number” needed). But bear in mind some weapons have bonuses to penetration rolls.

Yes, interested. Tell us how it goes.

It is a bit of a pickle, as with any game that evolves. They really should have included a lot more of the common rules (like some terrain and weather stuff) in the rulebook. And take out all the  basic army lists in it, nobody uses those.

Hopefully this will all be in v3…

But I think people are not going to be happy at forking out for a…[Read more]