I have my inf & cav on 1.5" frontage, and my artillery on 2" frontage (3" depth). The guns and crew (front rank) just wouldn't fit well on the 1.5" frontage. ...
PK Team, Just to say I safely received my copy of FOB this morning in rainy Manchester, England. Thanks for the prompt service. I will be devouring it...
Mr. Mellonhead - I use 3" bases for artillery. It worked fine in the Battle of Squirrel Creek (site of the future Squirrel Creek National Battlefield Park) ...
Dan wrote: "By the way, i give Confederate artillery down one die on the initial dice rolling because of their smaller batteries (4 instead of 6) and lousy...
I have Piquet (Classic?) and the latest editions of Archon and This Hallowed Ground. There are also other products: Field of Battle and Command PK. Both are...
Tim - Different strokes for different folks. I love FoB, and have played for 40+ years various rules, including Piquet, Hallowed Ground, Piquet, Les ...
OK - Here's what will probably be the first in a series of questions on FOB that naturally will occur when a new game comes out and people test the waters. 1)...
This might be obvious, but can a reloaded unit in melee contact with an enemy unit fire at that unit? In our game, I ruled that the units could only act on a...
... FoB is much more liberal in the movement it allows in terrain compared to other PK games. I chose that effect to speed game resolution. There are no...
... It depends... If the reloaded unit is on the side with the initiative - yes. Of course, there is the chance that the enemy may be forced out of contact,...
Hi all, Looking for a bit of advice on Theatre of War. I'm going to run a small campaign, with small/quick battles; with maybe 12-16 units max per side. The...
Hmmmm....I tried that and it didn't taste very good....
Rob Chellis
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Aug 2, 2006 7:31 am
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So, what you're saying here is that size doesn't matter? :)...
Rob Chellis
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Hi Brent Got my copy of FoB yesterday - thanks. While browsing the rules I was thinking that they would work easily for the opening campaigns of 1914. Ranges...
OK - I'm not fully through the first turn of my ACW FOB test game and already Union units are routing (I just threw down some units and used the 1861 Eastern...
Play as the rules are written. I think you will be quite surprised with the results. Also if you are using piquet for the battles any lopsided battles might be...
Hi Elmo ... Sounds about right for the Union. Remember that you can change the ratings to suit the game and if you are re fighting a battle then base them on...
 I don't have the rules yet: is an abysmal Union command and superior Confederate for 1861 written into the rules? This seems to me way off base. Bull Run was...
Hi Mark How are things. The Fob ratings (from my playtest version) are 1861-1862 Eastern Theatre Confederate Superior CinC Skilled Command Group Leader ...
Mark - It doesn't seem realistic to me too. Those battles in western Virginia were not very great affairs; and McClellan, who was adverse to fighting, took...
Hi Donogh, Are you talking about only having a total 12-16 units on the campaign roster? If so, would it be possible to break them into smaller elements for...
 Dan wrote: Dan, you're right here. Lee and McClellan were both in overall command in western Virginia in 1861, not field command. But even during the Seven...
"Hits do not accumulate from two fires from the same unit separated by a firepower card" Why? Also, I noticed that there are a several places in various...
Hi I'm new to Piquet, having played my first game only a couple of days ago. During the post game discussion we checked through the rules more thoroughly and...
Richard, Some of the more knowledgeable scholars of PK can correct me if I'm wrong, but your interpretation of melee is correct and your friend's is not. Once...
Rob Chellis
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In a message dated 8/2/2006 5:30:10 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rchellis@... writes: Some of the more knowledgeable scholars of PK can correct me if...
... There is no per action per unit initiative cost in FoB. If the above is allowed, the Firepower card turns into a thermonuclear fire card. Targets...
... I'd be inclined to change the basic unit to a company (a battalion would now be the command group), so you could then represent the MG company as a...
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