See if I get this correct. FIRE A brigade of 5 stands is in front the brigade in support is 7 stands. They take a casualtity it is supposed to come off the...
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Jan W. S. Spoor
magpie442
Mar 30, 2006 8:07 pm
My understanding is different; as I understand it, the front unit *always* takes the first hit, then the supporting unit. *IF* there is more than one ...
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Lowell Hamilton
cw3hamilton
Mar 30, 2006 10:58 pm
Hi "Scourtien", 30 March 2006 Please read the "Inflicting Casualties" rule on page 44 of AoE. Losses from Volley & Cannonade (V&C) come...
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Rick Caras
rmcaras
Mar 31, 2006 1:34 am
Phil, My responses intermixed with ***** rick **** ... and ... contact ***RMC: Gotcha, you are right, that period, especially on the allied side could see a...
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Rick Caras
rmcaras
Mar 31, 2006 1:51 am
what!! what!! and you didn't find me? i was the 4ft6in 450 pound guy, with a patch over one eye, a tatoo of a snake over half my face, and wearing a green and...
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Rick Caras
rmcaras
Mar 31, 2006 2:24 am
Lloyd, I'm not sure this is a worthwhile proposition. But I'll take another stab at it because I have more time than good sense right now.... see below...
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COL (R) Bill Gray
hmgs1b
Mar 31, 2006 3:25 am
Rick, In at least partial support of Lloyd, one of the reasons why you have a lot more melee DRMs in AOE is not only my feeling it's valid historically, but...
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COL (R) Bill Gray
hmgs1b
Mar 31, 2006 5:56 am
Rick, In at least partial support of Lloyd, one of the reasons why you have a lot more melee DRMs in AOE is not only my feeling it's valid historically, but...
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Rick Caras
rmcaras
Mar 31, 2006 8:01 am
Bill, maybe I'm missing his point, someone else restate it to me. I took him saying it was merely a hot dice exercise. But i feel getting those +DRm takes some...
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matt@...
mattdower
Mar 31, 2006 8:44 am
Hi all, Following this thread with interest. I thought I would interject with an observation: As noted in earlier posts, the rules reward players who place...
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Jan Spoor
magpie442
Mar 31, 2006 12:35 pm
... To a very slight degree, yes, but not as much as several of us thought before the discussion took place. ... Could you provide some evidence of this...
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Colonel (Ret) Bill Gray
hmgs1b
Mar 31, 2006 1:43 pm
Actually wasn't the practice both ways, ie, to both lead the attack but also to place grenadiers in the rear to push the lads forward. I remember Frederick...
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mpawelski@...
pawelski100
Mar 31, 2006 2:16 pm
If AoE is like BOFF, aren't all units involved in close action affected by the same result including casualties?? Eg: 3 units 1 + two supports are defeated...
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matt@...
mattdower
Mar 31, 2006 2:59 pm
... units ... line ... Hi Jan, A very relevant question. I remember this from my Military History lessons at Sandhurst from lessons with Richard Holmes - I've...
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mage
magegames
Mar 31, 2006 4:26 pm
matt@... wrote on 31/3/06 8:45 ... Probably the best person to answer that question is Art Pendragon. He's been researching grand maneuvers...
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Rick Caras
rmcaras
Mar 31, 2006 4:39 pm
... affected by ... are ... all ... Mark, No. If the total loss is one stand, take it from the front; If 2 stands, take one from the front & one from the...
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mpawelski@...
pawelski100
Mar 31, 2006 5:09 pm
Even in Bayonet & Sabre Phase? Bill, wasn't that different in BOFF or have we been playing that wrong all along?? Mark...
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Bill Haggart
billh512002
Mar 31, 2006 5:12 pm
Matt: The 'post of honor' and the deployment system by seniority was as strong as ever in the Napoleonic wars. The conventions 'strictly' governed deployment....
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Bill Haggart
billh512002
Mar 31, 2006 5:13 pm
I should add that Wellington and others positioned their DIVISIONS based on this seniority and precedence. It could be a convoluted system, but it was ...
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Bill Haggart
billh512002
Mar 31, 2006 5:37 pm
I agree with Bill G. on this. Whether the better brigades/regiments were in the supporting line or the front line was all a matter of tactics. Wellington often...
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ducdallas@...
ducdallas
Mar 31, 2006 8:11 pm
In a message dated 3/30/2006 9:33:49 P.M. Central Standard Time, hmgs1@... writes: Look at it this way, in BOFF a 12 stand Crack Fresh unit attacks a 3 ...
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Paul Synnott
pjasynnott
Mar 31, 2006 9:23 pm
Just checking to see how people are handling fighting in buildings following Bill's notes in the January supplement, specifically: Firing from buildings -...
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mpawelski@...
pawelski100
Mar 31, 2006 9:33 pm
I ran a playtest of Corunna at Legend of the Spring (a game day in Wauconda, IL) last weekend in preparation for Little Wars. A couple things we'll do...
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BRUCE ELIZABETH NP LO...
ecurbwolgep
Apr 1, 2006 1:33 am
In regards to troops occupying various types of defensive terrain I'm inclined to break it down thusly.................................rather than using the...
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valmy92
Apr 1, 2006 2:13 am
... Ummm, it was inflicting stand losses on the front unit that didn't end up hurting him in melee at all because the back unit was bigger? Remember too your...
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valmy92
Apr 1, 2006 2:22 am
Jan, This one I'm sure of... In an "order of battle" the senior (hence supposedly best) unit was on the right flank of the first line, 2nd on the left 3rd in...
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Jan Spoor
magpie442
Apr 1, 2006 2:53 am
I'm very familiar with the issues of orders of precedence. But they are ceremonial and customary; to the extent they are observed, they take control *away*...
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Bill Haggart
billh512002
Apr 1, 2006 3:08 am
... Jan: Oh, it had EVERYTHING to do with it. In every single battle INCLUDING Waterloo, you see this being used as the template for deployment. Any ...
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Jan Spoor
magpie442
Apr 1, 2006 3:30 am
... I'm sorry, Bill, I simply don't buy that. It can't magically happen that the best regiment is always the most senior one *and* that the best brigade is the...
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Bill Haggart
billh512002
Apr 1, 2006 6:28 am
Jan: I didn't say that any regiment was magically the best was always the most senior. I said that the Napoleonic military men adhered very closely to the ...
