Against the facts!

[OotKust]

Read a piece on rules and someone wrote-

Division,army and corps commanders don’t move once they’re on the table.

As if WRG’s versions weren’t bad enough (ie restrictions & biases) 40 years ago, why are gamers still plagued by non-sensical, ahistoric rule mechanisms that blatently fly in the face of known historical activities.
Makes no sense to me, and then ‘players’ (read followers) of such defend their chosen rules against the facts!

From Marlborough and before to The Indian Mutiny, commanders in field operations who didn’t move, usually didn’t win…
~d

 

[Not Connard Sage]

Tell that to Thomas Picton.

Obvious contrarian and passive aggressive old prat, who is taken far too seriously by some and not seriously enough by others.

[hammurabi70]

Perhaps they consider the commander base includes a communications team, supply depot and artillery firebase.

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[OotKust]

Not Connard Sage wrote:

Tell that to Thomas Picton.

Maybe, perhaps he’s the exception (ie outlier).
Can’t recall, may have a bio somewhere, but the Brit books are up for sale too !
-d

[Not Connard Sage]

OotKust wrote:

Not Connard Sage wrote:

Tell that to Thomas Picton.

Maybe, perhaps he’s the exception (ie outlier). Can’t recall, may have a bio somewhere, but the Brit books are up for sale too ! -d

 

Picton was shot through the head leading a bayonet charge at Waterloo. After being shot in the hip at Quatre Bras.

Led from the front did Tom.

 

Obvious contrarian and passive aggressive old prat, who is taken far too seriously by some and not seriously enough by others.

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