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I'm collecting a new spanish army in 28mm, basing 12 castings each battalion. My idea is to pitch in battle about two divisions, but I'm not sure how many...
There is no right answer for this. My personal opinion is that if you are just starting out with Shako, and not really familiar with the rules, you should be...
A division of six battalions and a battery is about the minimum one needs for a player to command in a battle. Eight battalions and a battery is OK, too. I...
... Yes - you can play small battles with Shako, but it becomes very chance dependent. One bad dice roll and half your force is gone. As Terry said, a force of...
Thank you. I'll begin with a mixed division: seven infantry battalions & two line cavalry regiments, with the battery gun. I think mixed division is right for...
I think this is a good approach. You need your division(s) to be large enough so that they won't get Broken or run off if a little initial bad luck causes...
Hi i'm new to forum. First bought Shako in the ninties and used to play it with a couple of friends. We loved it from the first game. But I then moved...
I would say that you need about 10 units per division/player for multi player one evening games, and 2 players per side and an umpire. Starting with your seven...
Is there a shako player in Majorca between 24th June and 8th July who wants somebody to throw some dice, will accept my bad Spanish, and allow me a break from...
Dear David, Welcome. Dealing with your query; the rules are structured in such a way to force you to press on with the staggered battalion as there was no way...
A member of my group named Dick also wants to be able to withdraw a Staggered and damaged battalion from the face of the enemy. I incorporated the following...
Terry, I tend to agree with you that a fall back should not be permitted. I prefer to play the rules as set out by Arty. I just don't think it happened that ...
Martin/Terry. I think I would run it on MR instead of a straight die roll ( more in keeping with Shako principles) Less than MR retire is OK, Otherwise...
Cy, fair comment; it is sensible to keep consistency if possible . What about the guys behind ? Should be a stagger , I would have thought. Regards Martin ... ...
I think a fair summation of various Fall Back breakthrough rules found in versions of Advanced Shako is: Any formed cavalry or infantry unit that is Broken or...
Thanks to all of you for your help and feed back. It appears it would be better for me to scrap the idea of Housing the rule and keep it as the good Arty...
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Dear Chris, I have been playing a fair bit of Shako recently and have some difficulties reconciling all the variants that people are playing (which is pretty...
After a couple of years of disappointing people with timelines, I have been loath to say anything. That said, the final text writing and editing moves forward:...
In a message dated 6/19/2006 11:53:13 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, shako@yahoogroups.com writes: first half of the 19th (ACW). Work ... Hey leave the ACW...
Scale of Fantassin is very similar to AB, the only problem I found is the irregularity of the quality of the figs from one kind of model to another. ... that ...
Hi all, On several games I played, the Retreat of a division, near to it's extermination, appears has a god blessing thing for the side that was loosing. The...
Try this: Get rid of the Retreat result. Change the divisional morale table to the following: 1/3 test: 1, 2 or 3 = Shaken 4, 5 or 6 = Carry On 1/2 test:...
I entirely agree. I was 'sold' Fantassin figures on the grounds that they were 'as good as AB but much less in price'. In fact, I found them very variable....
Yes, Shako II is adjusting the morale of both units and divisions. Units will not sit around in fallback condition forever and divisional retreat is gone in...
I agree that there are some drawbacks to the Fantassin line that would steer me away. I think I posted something earlier about the fact that some of them have...
... I suggest getting samples or small quantities of Fantassin figures first. I have an Austrian army that has a good number of them. Some figures really are...
Orlando Almeida, You don't want to make morale tests too severe since rallying was something that happened. Bearing in mind that battle victory was defined at...
Sorry for the previous omission; I've posted pics of AB, Fantassin, and O.G. batallions for comparison purposes. I've also posted some pics of O.G. Spanish in...
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