In the French translation, I used the expression "phase de harcèlement" which could translate back as "skirmish phase". In initiation, I explain that this...
It seems that it is the player control over the direction of an evade that is the problem and the fact that it is done before the real threat of the enemy...
Your proposal is a real evade in the sense usually given to this expression in most rule. It applies only as a reaction to an enemy movement. Its main drawback...
The nature of the Shako-type evade is narrowly prescribed -- so this is not a problem. In Shako it happens continuously without a moments pause to move...
'Skirmish Phase' seems an excellent description to me as it encompasses eventualities both offensive and defensive. Cheers Rodge ... [Non-text portions of this...
Good morning Chris I think your comment on the whole evade manouver debate is the most common sense resolution to the whole question .Evade must mean simply...
... Another solution A3 could make would be to end the silly Crossbows can't shoot and move rule. It is a nonsense rule at the level of detail at which Armati...
'Another solution A3 could make would be to end the silly Crossbows can't shoot and move rule. It is a nonsense rule at the level of detail at which Armati is...
I agree. Some posters here think we don't get the 'light troops manoeuvre phase' subtlety. i think quite a few of us completely _get _it, we just don't much...
Isn't that a bit unsophisticated David? There are military cultures where provoking an enemy, causing him to charge and lose formation and then turning ...
This is why a carefully defined bounce move done when the enemy massed units contact (as opposed to before it happens sometimes resulting in putting oneself...
In the 10 years that I've been playing Armati, I haven't seen the evade rule abused, in fact I've hardly ever seen it used. Maybe the groups I've played in ...
Alamost there Chris, but Ancients are not Napoleonics are they so likening the 'Evade' moves between the two misses Vincent's excellent point. I napoleonics...
Really Jeff?? Do you play with any horse archer armies? If you have a BP of 5 in your army and troops as vulnerable as LC are you end up evading quite a...
I've only played against the the Parthians in a tournament. My opponent didn't use evade, he also didn't plan on me getting the initiative, and lost in a ...
I agree that the two modes of skirmishing are somewhat different, but I would not overstate the command and control of some of these armies you mention. You...
I really fail to see these 'abuses' in the current evade system. If a player leaves big gaps in his line and his opponent passes light units through them...
Hi Roy: As I have noted, this is not a problem of particular note in my group -- I suspect that most of the guys in my group are not usually aware of or...
Hi Chris, Looking at the posts the problem for those that have a difficulty with this move is the semantic one of it being called an 'evade' and them wishing...
... Not to mention, Roy, that they may not at any stage have got into range to throw their javelins. A problem however you play the current mechanism. Ash...
... The two gamey 'abuses' I thought (and still do) were against the spirit of the game were evading at skirmishers who are nearer to disperse them, and with...
... I do. I assume those who test them do. Phil S and his ECWBattles friends have incorporated some of them. Steve P and his LA friends clearly don't play...
Jeff, He said 5 BP for the army not 3, which is typical. and Parthians do not have a particularly high initiative. The thing to remember with parthians is...
Played last night, has a new player to Armarti along. Called the Evade Phase a Skirmish Phase and it worked for him. It also worked for me. ‘disperse them so...
Hi Rodge, Not wishing to agree with Ash on this point, because I do not, but even if you choose to evade when an enemy threat is upon your general, you cannot ...
Hi Jeff - very valid contribution. As is often the case - local groups/clubs or 'mates' playing Armati can be tested dramatically when the rules are put into...
... evade style moves have IMHO been a real weakness in many of the 'ancient' style wargames rukles I've played in the past. One of the big issues is how you...
Mark, I wasn't refering to the bp total, but the extras picked up from bonus units. As someone who wants to do a Parthian army, I was interested in what his...
Ok, Jeff, Well I have one, Basically you have few choices. Army one aims for maximum evade ability You want to avoid 3 LC units with your light commands, so...
You are quite right regarding Generals Mark (it was a late night last night!). And your point regarding LC and scale is an interesting one; I still think that...
