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  • The Portuguese line battalions had 4 line companies and 1 grenadier company each.  No light company after 1808. Loads of info here LINK

  • Nat replied to the topic Setup question in the forum Bolt Action 5 years ago

    you get to choose if units like observers /snipers are part of the reserves or deployed units.

    If deployed units then they can use their deployment rules instead of the normal rules

  • As a Russian I’ve played against the Nebelwerfer a couple of times… the potential damage it can do with the templates is enough that I’ve targeted it as soon as possible!

  • I wanted to find out the German/British player’s experience in fielding the Nebelwerfer/Land Mattress. Do you prefer to use them for firing smoke (providing cover for your troops) or HE? Are they effective? How do you move them?

    Stats for the Land Mattress can be found on page 100 of the Battleground Europe book, pretty much the same as the…[Read more]

  • well over on the BRS Facebook group… one of the guys with an insight has said it should be out this year (was slated for last year ..but covid happened)
    so here’s a copy of what they put

     

    [quote]All models are going to be in “Warlord” resin. Fighters are assumed to have associated Aces.
    Midway Starter set. New starter set containing rules , s…[Read more]

  • Nat started the topic Guessing time! in the forum Victory At Sea 5 years ago

    So with the RN & KM boxes shown for preorder today…

    Whos up for guessing what ships & aircraft the IJN & USN will get next time?

    I guess the IJN will get the ISE or Fuso class Battleship for something between the Yamato and Kongo
    The aircraft…1 x Emily, 4 x Pauls (the fighter designed for flying off the Ise BB) & 4 x georges

    USN… not…[Read more]

  • For those who missed the announcement, the campaign should start soon.

    https://www.diecastdigital.com/brs

    Not much info so far beside solo vs AI and online game mode.

    I’m keeping an eye on it.

  • The morion helmet was typical all over Western Europe, from Malta to Scotland. And the pants had been international fashion too. Like later French styles the Spanish one was “de rigeur”.

    Regular troops needed a sash or similar field sign to distinguish them.

     

    The modern arms and armor in the English and Spanish stores looked the same. Only…[Read more]

  • Nat replied to the topic Skirmish units in the forum Black Powder 5 years ago

    yeah forgot about that (V2 rulebook pg 68 for the -1 to hit, and pg 70 for the support for others wondering)

  • Nat replied to the topic Japanese dug in tank in the forum Bolt Action 5 years ago

    Its a defensive unit…most missions have a 12″ deployment zone, so I’d read that as must be within the deployment zone

  • Master Chief replied to the topic Scratch built terrain in the forum Bolt Action 5 years ago

    I think it might be a 1/48 scaled model. Perry mjniatures website lists a 1/56 BM 58 Junkers Ju 87 B2 ‘Stuka’ resin kit that comes complete with decals and a transparent canopy.

  • SteveT started the topic Japanese dug in tank in the forum Bolt Action 5 years ago

    From online rules:

    Dug in – the vehicle counts as being in Hard Cover to attackers and counts immobilised damage results as crew stunned instead. The vehicle cannot move for the entire game and is therefore always set-up onto the table (up to 12” from the player’s table edge) even in scenarios that do not allow initial set-up of units…[Read more]

  • Charge The Guns replied to the topic Skirmish units in the forum Black Powder 5 years ago

    Worth remembering that skirmishes get a -1 on their ‘to hit’ dice in melee, and can also not be supported. This should be more than enough to tip the odds to the cavalry.

    I would allow Cossacks to charge skirmishers from any angle!

  • Nat replied to the topic Skirmish units in the forum Black Powder 5 years ago

    A skirmish unit has one frontage – front, until it is engaged and forms up…

    which upsets my cossacks… who can only charge enemies in the flank or rear!

  • Nat replied to the topic Breaking allied army in the forum Black Powder 5 years ago

    Well I’d take the rules that a 2 battalion brigade needs both destroyed to brake the brigade and take it up the army level.. so a 2 brigade army would need both broken to break the army.

    So what you’d lose it flexiblity of having larger brigades you’d gain in overal staying power of the army…. It also means that this issue only turns up if you…[Read more]

  • Garry Wills replied to the topic Breaking allied army in the forum Black Powder 5 years ago

    The rules talk about half the brigades in the army as a whole, so I would interpret the situation you describe, as the army is defeated when any two of the three brigades are broken. Obviously some scenarios involving less reliable coalition partners might interpret it differently.

  • Garry Wills replied to the topic Skirmish units in the forum Black Powder 5 years ago

    Thanks IO so you are happy with the RAW.

  • invisible officer replied to the topic Skirmish units in the forum Black Powder 5 years ago

    Many regular skirmishers had been trained to form hedgehogs of 4 or more men if attacked by horse. They had been flexible enough to do them fast. A compact line was not so mobile. The 2 – 3 men at the flank being in general able to turn 90° fast too. But under attack from  side and back ……A deadly attack was the back slash from the rider t…[Read more]

  • Garry Wills started the topic Skirmish units in the forum Black Powder 5 years ago

    My reading of the rules is that Skirmish units have no flanks or rear and therefore can’t be charged in the flank and therefore always use all of their close combat dice when attacked. I can understand this when attacked by infantry but I am interested whether others play an attack by cavalry differently. i.e. do you give skirmish units flanks…[Read more]

  • Charge The Guns replied to the topic Epic Black Powder in the forum Black Powder 5 years ago

    I think that they will focus on periods that are popular and will sell well enough to justify the investment in plastics. ACW is a period for which there is an existing BP supplement and also no existing Warlord figure range.  I’m sure we’ve all got our favourite conflicts but I can’t see this happening for anything too obscure.

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