IIRC non-irregular units can't recover from disruption in the woods, making life even nastier.
A few Questions
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Posted 6 months ago #
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"IIRC non-irregular units can't recover from disruption in the woods"
I think (= I don't have the book with me) the rule is actually that a unit that "moves through" rough terrain can't recover - which I read as meaning it they are in rough terrain but don't move they can rally.
Cam
Posted 6 months ago # -
"If the use of regular mounted in woods becomes a issue for some people and their games, then they can always have a house rule..."
One risk is seeing something unusual happen in early games and thinking we need to respond with a rule change. What I find often happens in games like DBM and FOG is a competitive response develops that nullifies the initial problem.
I personally need to play a lot more games to work out if large cavalry units are panzers in woods against small infantry units - I am with Sam that it seems like a waste of my most precious resource: a unit that can kill multiple enemy in a couple of turns that tends to be on the board for a fairly short time (how many large cavalry units are not reserve options?). I am certainly not convinced small cavalry in woods are much of an issue.
But if large cavalry units do have an incentive to fight in woods, then they will probably find that enemy infantry will not be standing around in woods waiting for to be charged - they will be sitting defensively right behind woods or sitting on the edge of woods (as I recall the rules unless at least half your bases are in a wood, you count as in the open and can form square even if some of your bases end up in the wood after changing formation) allowing them to pop in and out of cover depending on the threat.
I am sure that clever people (which excludes me) will most likely think of a counter that means players will not tend to use cavalry in woods.
Cam
Posted 6 months ago # -
A question from our game this week.
Spanish regular infantry are defending a woodline. French regular unit attacks from open terrain.
Terrain modifiers are: Spanish: -2 for Bad Terrain, +2 for cover. French: -2 for Bad Terrain.
Correct?
Posted 6 months ago # -
Another questiion from this week's game:
Spanish Voluntario Cavalry (Irregular) is roaming around in the French rear and sees a limbered artillery unit accompanied by a regular infantry unit in march column. Can the Voluntarios attack either of these regular units?
Posted 6 months ago # -
[ Spanish regular infantry are defending a woodline. French regular unit attacks from open terrain. ]
If by "unit" you mean "infantry," and if the opposing sides have equal Esprit... then the modifiers are a net -2 for the French attacker. The Spanish get the -2 for Bad Terrain, but then the +2 for Cover, whereas the French just get the -2 for terrain.
[ Can the Voluntarios attack either of these regular units? ]
Not in open terrain, no.
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