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1. George Krashos
   Member

   Hopefully this isn't coming across as "the new guy" looking to poke holes in a ruleset - I have to say I'm very enthusiastic about the Lasalle rules and know that they will be a staple of my gaming table for a long time.

   So, that brings me back to my question - other than for the sake of satisfying a need for historical accuracy, why would a player use rockets in say, tournament play? As the AB system has no points to it, they are no cheaper than standard artillery, are worse against infantry as you need a 5+ to cause a disruption and don't get double dice for short range. Heavy artillery even outranges rockets.

   Is there something I'm missing about using rockets or are they simply there for flavour?

   -- George Krashos

   Posted 8 months ago #

2. paulus
   Member

   flavour:) sounds about right....Paul

   Posted 8 months ago #

3. Sam Mustafa
   Le Grand Fromage

   Flavor, and comic relief.

   Wellington didn't want to take them, either!

   But what fool would create a Napoleonics game and not have rockets? That would be like not having Cossacks.

   Posted 8 months ago #

4. George Krashos
   Member

   Well, I'm all for flavour, but I'm also into game balance and fairness - because after all, this is a game and so if a British player wants to take rockets he shouldn't be penalised because he wants something different on his game table. In a point based army list you could accomodate rockets differently - the AB system doesn't. Therefore for my games, rockets throw double dice (i.e. 6d6 for 3 bases) and hit on a 5 or 6. As before they have no short or longe range but retain the 16BW range in the rules. That makes them more playable IMHO.

   -- George Krashos

   Posted 7 months ago #

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