In the case where both sides have victorious cav making a breakthrough, the dice decide which order the moves are made. My question is, if you have a unit...
That is a fine question. My OPINION is that a cavalry unit should only be able to participate in a maximum of two melees in a turn. I would not allow unit B...
Breakthrough charges are ONLY the result of regular melee combats. Melees resulting from Breakthroughs NEVER generate breakthrough charges even if the units...
Well, that's what I get for going from memory and not looking up the rule. 11.3 Breakthrough Phase (p23): "Note Breakthroughs are awarded only to cavalry that...
When cavalry meets skirmishers the battalion is destroyed. Those cavalry regiment has to stop in the position where the skirmisher was destroyed and eventually...
The rule that stats that, for a certain period austrians has to be in same formation to give flank support to each other also applies to rear support? ie those...
Skirmishers are dispersed without any other effect; the cavalry move unhindered, may enter a melee vs. formed opponents and are not blown. I don't think Shako...
Formation requiements apply to flank support; any formation is fine for rear support. Masse is a column for purposes of support. We'll see what Arty does with...
Greetings, I played my first game of Shako last Saturday (and lost of course). I'll be playing again this weekend (and hope to have a copy of the rules by...
Hi Jeff: Keep you plan simple, arrange your infantry battalions in a divisional formation that has units mutually supporting (correct flank support formations...
I read your comments and am glad you had a fun, if wierd, game. I have been on Denman Isle visiting friends. I also know David. Do you ever come to the...
Jeff, Since artillery fires at the beginning of each turn, it is important to remember to leave lanes of fire for your guns (for the start of the next turn)...
Chris, Thanks for the advice -- but I didn't get it until after I returned from the game. I generally had the dice-rolling thing wrong. I rolled low when...
Greetings, I noticed that my opponent in the above-mentioned battle (who played the French) has posted a bried account with a couple of pictures. The URL for...
Terry wrote: ''Likewise, remember your infantry...can not fire if even part of their fire lane is blocked by your own troops. Such blockage can result in a -1...
At the beginning of the Musketry/Volley fire section it states that units MUST fire if eligible. Regarding failed volley, the idea is that units in line are...
The same effect can be achieved by painting up some casualty figures and putting one on the table every place a formed unit was Broken. These figures have the...
From Melee Modifier #6 (p21): "A battalion in line that fails to Stagger a charging infantry unit subtracts -1 in melee..." Note there is no exception for a...
Greetings, Well, I've now read through the rules and realize that we misplayed several rules in both games. Sad, isn't it, that our misreadings primarily...
Greetings, I know that I'm a newbie to this list, but I've made a number of posts (all with delays -- presumably a standard anti-spammer precaution). Still,...
Greetings, I am actually more interested in trying Shako for the Seven Years War. Can anyone tell me how they play for that war? Jeff -- No virus found in...
... Pretty well - we've used them quite a bit. We even used them for SYW battles in India (with adaptations for Elephants and Ghazis). The support rules work...
You must not have received your rule book yet. When you do, you will be pleased to see there is a SYW supplement and OoB included near the back of the book. ...
Terry, Sorry, I don't think that I made myself very clear. Yes, I know that there is a SYW suppliment at the end of Shako. My question was intended to ask...
Yahoo! My copy of the rules has arrived in today's mail (now I can return David's dog-eared copy to him). Actually I didn't expect them yet. I ordered them in...
When Cossaks charges a formed unit batalion in woods with no flank support, those this unit has to roll for an hastly square, even if the rules states that a...
As you point out, units can not change formation in woods, so the battalion would fight the Cossacks in its current formation. However everyone fights ...
Hi Jeff: If you are on Deman, you should check out Imperial Hobbies in Richmond. They do mail order and have tons of historicals, including rules -- Shako too....
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