Nat

to answer to the OPs question … where would you put it?  as a squad (where 3-4 man squads are deemed too small…) as a weapons team – now its in direct comparision to the MMG & LMG teams and to be honest you’re looking at 50 points for a regular team with an LMG (15 points for the LMG, 30 points for 3 crew, 5 points because it doesnt have…[Read more]

erm… the Bren was an LMG not an automatic rifle…

also How a weapon is used is part of how a weapon is charcatised…. for example MMGs are just a game distinction, they were either light (squad) or heavy machine guns!

Next point is … its a game that has more in line with comic books of the 80s & 90s + Hollywood films over historical…[Read more]

Sorry not looked at this forum for a few weeks…

Have we (the wardroom) looked this aircraft – yes
is it worth it – not really I’m afaid
reason is that rate of fire isnt really taken into account … at best it would be a flight the same as the other B25s but with MTBs light gun

I’d go with that trucks taken out by small arms is a gameplay balancing act (they did roll on damage tables in v2 so the change is either gameplay or writters)

Or house rule that the porteee / gunshield means you roll on the vehicle damage chart (full damage) instead of auto destroyed?

Theres a couple of issues here…
1 – indirect rule allows the use of spotters.. which isnt really historical
2 – it wasnt that accurate
3 – BA isnt the most accurate game – either weapons, tactics or history

4 – slot / unit compition within an army list – they removed medium mortars from the rifle pltn and let light mortars so that ther was a…[Read more]

Disclaimer – Dont have & havent played epic

However, in standard BP artillery are a single gun in the rules with an optional rule to allow the size to be shown with additional models.. this is normally because only Russians (in Napoleonics) can have large batterys, everyone else normal or half….

Looking at the stats you’ve shown I’d say that…[Read more]

So WLPA is based on the base costs of the ships as they are in the rulebook -0 with the biggest outliers (Alaska, Bismark, Yugumo etc) having the base cost guestimated into line.  Its a backward working of the points value then a review of the refit costs so they make sense.

SHIPS is a ground up total recalculation – the guy who wrote it has…[Read more]

Aye, iniative orders are
within 12″ of enemy
before brigade commanders order
1 move

So, looks like you are using WLPS (WarLord Points System – the rulebook points) …. this isnt that great espically with regards to the refit costs!  As a general rule of thumb I suggest only using WLPS for learning the game or quickly putting a last minuete game together at a club… A good indercation is how type93s can be either 5 or 10 points…[Read more]

So a quick check in “master of the World” ESR campaign guide for the 1812 invasion of Russian [ I do love the colour plates they’ve put in for all the units involved (ok standard french line & light have indications rather that 100% of them) ]….And yes the DoW did wear French uniforms… the DoW ARE NOT the same as the Vistula Legion – they were…[Read more]

Black Powder?  BP Epic?

might be best asking this question in the game specific channel as you’ll get a quicker response (most people dont look at this part of the forum)

2027 …if luck!

The problems is that you are talking about ‘acquired’ ie NOT issued..  its not recorded how many units acquired stuff because.. its wasnt official, or uniform – & lets be honest as per the other issues people have noticed not surprising that its not there..

motor battalion rifle section:
8 men, NCO + transports driver had SMGs, 1 Bren & 5 rifles…[Read more]

1 & 2 – yes …. standard British Army Sections only had one….. none standard units (paras, commando etc) did have multiple issued…

3 – ok… that makes me laugh /cry …

All of a squads weapons MUST target the same enemy unit.

UNLESS the weapon has indirect or limited ammo – in which case it may target a seperate enemy units.

PINs – you pick the weapon (singular) with the highest potental number of pins and apply thoses pins.

Limited ammo weapons – you select if it was going to fire before checking ranges, if…[Read more]

So I’m taking that this is Epic and not 28mm…

During the AWI / American Rev.  The British army tended to pull their Grenadier Companies out of the battalions and form pure (combined) grenadier battalions (same as they did with the light companies).

So I’d go with padding to make the grenadiers a full 2 bases.

[quote: pg 34]
The first time a ship shoots with either of its broadsides (not bow or stern guns) in a game
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highlighted the word either – this means the first time you fire a broadside it gets the bonus the second broadside (position) to fire wont get it

Osprey release date is 31st July… so about then!

Yes it does…

The only way to give a disordered unit any order is to make the units Elite Roll…  it to show that if the rank & file are running round like headless chickens it doesnt matter what you shout they aint listening!

1) orders before movement…

2) in v1 Army Commanders could order Brigades… some wording wasnt updated.. but yes in v2 they cant directly order a brigade unless you house rule it

3) terrain, like units, is abstracted in the core rules (not sure about the epic versions) so discuss /come to a concencouse in your group how you want them…[Read more]