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Morning Mr Salt,
The first iteration of the deployment rules did have FUPs on the table edge, but in the ended they were dispense with in an effort to slim down the rules to an acceptable level. (Sorry about that!
)DB
C,
I would not worry too much, most Napoleonic rules these days are fairly basing agnostic and concentrate on the size of the unit rather than an exact figure count.
When playing General de Brigade, which was a 1:20 scale rule set French battalions would normally have 6 figures to a base, but I regularly placed just 4 or 5 on a base, as in the battle pic below.
All I did for GdeB was to simply say that each base represented six figures, regardless of how many models were actually on it.
DB
JT,
Right come on…..let’s have some exciting music as we watch your Marine Ville disappear undergound!
DB
Apparently the PTs are also being interviewed by BBC’s Radio 4!
Thus we can almost guarantee that particular article will be dripping with condescension!
DB
RMD,
Re: Your arc of fire hasn’t just suddenly disappeared because you fired a few rounds and you’re not going to suddenly stop firing and not shoot at close range because you already had a shot at them at long range.
Not in O Group.
That’s one of the mechanisms that used to annoy me, players using a sacrificial unit to draw fire; then the unit he really wanted to move now does so, moving out without a care in the world, accompanied by the band, cooks and the RAF in tow, as no one can now opportunity fire.
In O Group there is reaction for every action and a potential second action for the same unit to fire again, if command & control is working ok.
DB
GS,
Yes, the player takes the role of both Battalion and Company commanders. Most orders or actions are issued with regard to those command levels.
However there will be many occasions in the game when players are also making “tactical wargame” decisions down at platoon level, as the very nature of playing a miniatures based wargame using platoons as tactical units to create the granularity and challenge of WW2 combat, means that the player has to make these moves and position individual units as our miniatures, however well painted, cannot do this by themselves. So players, such as Deephorse, will also be able to make those down and dirty decisions as well.
With assistance from the above contributions I’ve now settled, (hopefully
) on an opportunity fire mechanism that permits units the chance to opportunity fire, with certain weapon systems having a better chance than others. If you fail, you still fire at the end of the enemy move action, but at disadvantage.If you manage to opportunity fire against an enemy at close range, then the dice roll is dispensed with and it’s an automatic shot. Ouch!
DB
DH,
You do hit upon one of the pertinent issues.
Another expample is a Tiger with an M8 Greyhound at close range and a Pershing at just beyond close range.
I could well imagine many a wargamer “having a bit of a moan” if the Tiger was forced to engage the M8!
In fact there are so many variables similar to the above, that the KISS philosophy will probably be foremost rules wise.
Again, many thanks for your thoughts. It certainly helps getting the old grey matter going….
DB
