Dear Aaron, I thank you very much for your kind message. I visit the "Strategia & Tattica" shop only once or twice in a year, so I have met Mr. Flaibani...
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Mark Watson
miniblogster
Oct 15, 2009 8:08 pm
[ as usual, apologies for the duplication of this message across multiple newsgroups. If any group moderators object to this practice, please let me know...
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SBSchifani
schifani78
Nov 30, 2009 5:02 am
AMW is serving me well this evening, I'm most of the way through a Najera refight. 31 units in the French-Castilian army, 15 in the English-Gascon army, and my...
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Ken Blackley
kblackle
Nov 30, 2009 6:00 am
... From: SBSchifani To: AMWGroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 10:02 PM Subject: [AMWGroup] Najera AMW is serving me well this evening, I'm...
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graymouser65
Nov 30, 2009 4:29 pm
Wow, that's a lot of 28mm figures! I can't wait to see the pics and read the battle report! Matt...
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M.G.
parrskool
Nov 30, 2009 4:39 pm
Ahoy ............... In this period, it was not uncommon for mixed "Battles" of combined archers and heavy infantry. They would swap ranks as appropriate,...
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SBSchifani
schifani78
Dec 1, 2009 1:00 am
It was a lot of fun and an English victory, though they were very bloodied and could have easily broken themselves had the cards fallen differently. Some of...
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ScottJ
belorabia
Dec 10, 2009 3:55 pm
Hello All, As you know the effect of morale throws after losing a base (a.k.a. "stand") after combat can be pretty devastating. Do any of you use in-house...
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jacar@...
acarhj
Dec 10, 2009 4:06 pm
One thing a lot of folks here do is take whole stands away. The damaged stand stays if one exists. That is their (and maybe your) rules interpretation. To...
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domskelton
Dec 17, 2009 12:22 am
... - I seem to recall Neil posted some time ago to confirm this was correct; indeed there's no such thing as a "damaged stand" in the rules; rather the *unit*...
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Steve Burt
pyruse
Dec 17, 2009 11:15 am
... That's right - hits are to a unit, not to a stand, so it doesn't matter which stand you take off, the unit keeps any hits....
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jacar@...
acarhj
Dec 17, 2009 4:37 pm
... All semantics. So if I say, "instead of taking a whole stand away, take a stand away and erase the extra hits", you end up at the same spot....
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ScottJ
belorabia
Dec 17, 2009 4:50 pm
... Okay, just to confirm my understanding. A "unit" consists of four stands/bases. Once a unit has received four hits after saving throws are resolved, one...
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graymouser65
Dec 17, 2009 5:48 pm
That's the way I read/play it for bases lost in melee. If the base is lost from shooting then I believe it depends on the exact period you are playing in...
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graymouser65
Dec 17, 2009 5:59 pm
Hi Everyone, I've decided to delve into ACW using Neil's "Introduction" book. I had a question. In the Ancients rules Neil explicitly states at the end of the...
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Steve Burt
pyruse
Dec 17, 2009 6:08 pm
... Yes. The interesting case is if your unit takes, say 6 hits. You remove a stand, and carry over 2 hits. If you fail the morale tests, you remove another...
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ScottJ
belorabia
Dec 20, 2009 3:30 am
... That's the way we understood and played the rules. (Still, morale is a very heavy determiner of a game. Not historically inaccurate, though.) Thanks to all...
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Mark Watson
miniblogster
Dec 22, 2009 2:21 pm
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jacar@...
acarhj
Dec 23, 2009 3:52 pm
Hi Matt, Look at the Napoleonic rules. The sequence of play is the same and he fully explains that defensive fire comes in the fire segment and hand to hand...
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graymouser65
Dec 29, 2009 6:26 pm
Hey John, Thanks, I hadn't thought to look back at the Nap rules in the book to figure out how the "later" ACW would work. Interestingly, just like for the...
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jacar@...
acarhj
Dec 29, 2009 6:50 pm
Hi Matt, A point about clarity, going back to the "turning" buga-boo, he has "turning" in the ancients rules but makes a distinction in the later rules with...
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M.G.
parrskool
Jan 17, 2010 11:53 am
Just a note to say how much I enjoy using the Wars of the Roses rules adaption by Graham Evans (Trial by Battle) in the files section. I started this period in...
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Graham Evans
graham_d_evans
Jan 17, 2010 1:27 pm
... Glad you are enjoying them. You post these things then wonder if anyone ever reads them, let alone play them. ... Coincidence. I own Poleaxed, but never...
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mckinco
Jan 18, 2010 10:56 am
The only advantage that higher quality troops hold is in respect to Morale checks. However as it usually involves only a single roll at a time there are not...
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jacar@...
acarhj
Jan 18, 2010 2:55 pm
... I like it. It looks like it will reduce the luck factor and erode the unit little by little rather than destroying an extra stand outright. The very...
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Anthony
anthonyclipsom
Jan 19, 2010 8:12 pm
... Interesting. Do you find it makes the game longer? I'd always thought the base-removal system was a quick-play mechanism, so, though your method allows...
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mckinco
Jan 20, 2010 6:52 am
... I'm not convinced myself about this house rule and it was just an attempt to ensure light troops aren't too effective. if they could evade without penalty...
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mckinco
Jan 20, 2010 7:02 am
... I haven't noticed that the battles take appreciably longer than with the base removal but then with the vagaries of dice and dithering commanders on...
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mckinco
Jan 20, 2010 7:06 am
... I haven't noticed that the battles take appreciably longer than with the base removal but then with the vagaries of dice and dithering commanders on...
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jacar@...
acarhj
Jan 20, 2010 1:40 pm
... You can do them in as they were done historically. Shoot them. Ride them down with cavalry. Attack them with other light infantry....
