Nigel, In the Crimean game we played. Had a question come up over a unit in company column advancing through a walled field. This unit was fired on from the...
Stephen, This is an interesting question. To keep it simple, I'd recommend that if the troops are not positioned directly behind the obstacle they do not...
Nigel: I have run across two possible conflicting rules references and I hope that you can clarify them. I have both the ACW and Napoleonic C&GII sets and the...
Frank, A unit will 'refuse a flank' typically on two occasions, firstly, to protect itself against a charge/attack threat against an exposed flank, and...
Nigel: Thank you for the elabortations. Regards, Frank ... to protect itself against a ... protect it's flank against ... charging/attacking unit will ... gain...
Last night I ran a fairly large ACW game of McLaws attack on the Peach Orchard on the 2nd day of Gettysburg. It was the first time I had really run an ACW game...
I think this has been mentioned before but are there any plans (even if they are a long way off) to do a C17th version of the rules? I think they would suit...
Dear Mark: Although Nigel will give you the official reply, I agree with you that C&G for ECW would be a good fit. But, in all fairness, I think C&G works well...
Our group here in the midwest would love to have C&G cover this period and we have numerous armies to cover any playtesting that needs to be done, I'm sure...
Ed, Our wargaming group is doing the first day at Gettysburgh and we also had the problem with the artillery destroying everything in sight. I had some input...
I appreciate the feedback, something I'll look to experiment with in my next game. A couple of other thoughts I had: Counter battery fire seems relatively...
Hey guys, Finding this string of comments on acw artillery pretty interesting. Can't say I have had similar experiences playing this system with folks here in...
I'm using historical OB's so Union typically 6 guns, all the same, with 150 gunners, Rebs typically 4 guns, mixed batteries, 100 gunners. I usually have the...
Ed, You should be aware that the system already takes into account the fact that a moving target is more difficult to hit. It calculates this based on the...
"As a general comment, what most wargame tables fail to account for are the many undulations of terrain, and different features that on the real battlefield...
Nigel, thanks for the feedback, I'll drop any idea of trying to adjust fire with move distance of the target unit. I did some some testing with the % and I...
FYI, I posted the following message to my WWI Trench Wars Yahoo group. Since additional figures have been added to the sale, you may be interested in the Flea...
Nigel, Had another game of Crimean war with the Napoleonic system today. An interesting question came up in reference to a British unit going into line. As the...
Stephen: I am sure that Nigel will respond and explain the exact differences as the system sees them (as soon as he recovers from his Historicon hangover), but...
Tom, Thank you for your explanation. That seems to make sense. We had an interesting development in our Crimean game then. Based upon your explanation. Two...
For those who could not make it to Historicon, there are several pictures of the Carnage and Glory games that were held at the convention on the HMGS web site...
Hi all. Had another excellent FPW game with Von Moltke a couple of days ago and I have a few basic questions. 1. When a unit changes formation can it also...
Mike, In response to your questions: 1. The system does permit changes of facing when performing a formation change. So a unit can perform a front to flank or...
Nigel, Had an interesting scenario come along in a Crimean game we fought this past w/e. using a few alterations with the Napoleonic system. Would like your...
Stephen, There is a difference between a unit in open order formation and a unit in any other formation with skirmishers deployed to cover the parent unit. The...
I too am troubled by the high effectiveness of ACW artillery in C&G but what do I know about the actual effectiveness. Not much at the moment other than from...
I did play test using a Peach Orchard scenario and the changes I used I think worked really well, actual historic results appeared as opposed to Barksdale...
I, Good question - no ruleset can be certain of getting every facet or mechanic of combat exactly historically accurate. It has to be somewhat abstract in it's...
I like your change proposal for canister fire zones, that will impact the "Indian rush" feature which just now has very little impact against artillery as the...
hi there, first post here so be gentle!! i am considering buying a set of these rules to run on my laptop for maybe SYW or naps to build some fictitious armies...
