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Hi, Looking to find active players in the Weston Super Mare/ Bristol / Exeter area willing to help someone new to the game.

Can dragoons change formation to the battle line?

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@ Steiner, that ‘double penalty’ is specific to HE. There is no equivalent for flame weapons – flamethrowers are already devastating enough.

On this subject, while I accept that a flamethrower could destroy a tank, I’ve never read a historical account of one having done so!

Flamethrower against open-topped vehicles. Does the open-topped also have the double penalty like with HE? +1 penetration and + 1 Damage chart.

I cannot find in the rulebook if the flamethrower causes this double penalty in open-topped … page?

Thanks 😊 Stuart. Perfectly clarified.

Thanks Stuart. It’s very clear 👌 I missed the … ‘or less’ part.

The first damage result, stunned, is on ‘1 or less’ to account for superficial damage reducing the score below 1. The minimum (and most likely) result is stunned.

@steiner2803

3+ base to hit number
Point blank modifier (+1 to your die score) makes that a 2+ needed on the dice (so far). This one will always apply with a 6″ range weapon.

At 3″ or under, it doesn’t suffer the long range to hit penalty, so if no other modifiers apply it remains 2+ to hit.

At over 3″, it suffers the long range penalty (-1…[Read more]

That seems to be what folks are saying about my recent query.

One new doubt …

A flamethrower can benefit from short distance too? I mean, a flamethrower firing without moving at a distance of 2 inches, is that … ÷3 with modifiers short distance and point blank … a 2+ would correct?

There is nothing preventing long range and point blank overlapping and both applying for short ranged weapons. They are different factors assessed separately – think of long range as limitations of the weapon and point blank being the benefit of instinctive aiming for the firer.

Fair comments. would like to see getting some benefit from a higher tier unit with a spotter. but agree with your other comments as would be a bit over powered.

@Mark G, I’m not a fan of major buffs to HE, especially when HE was already so good vs AP in first edition that they decided to up the HE values of the big AT guns to balance the points better. I’m doubly against it when those suggested buffs don’t come with a suggested cost increase.

HE vs smoke mechanics – smoke has a persistent effect on the…[Read more]

One aspect of the game has been puzzling me a while and feel considering how the HE mechanics work could better reflect ‘reality’ and totally change the way these are used in game. This is a conversation that was started between myself and a fellow player who happened to have severed in the RA, when I asked them how the use of HE relates to his…[Read more]