Mike

The one thing that has been noticeable is that assaults are not as good of an idea as they once were.  Unless you need to gamble on a decisive result, advancing to point blank range and using shooting is more efficient.  The negative benefit of assaulting is compounded when the defender is in cover.  Still some armies like the Japanese with big sq…[Read more]

A major and oft repeated criticism of Warlord I hear from gamers is that the rules should be either included in the rulebook or available as updated PDFs from the website.

Unit profiles ultimately end up in the army builder software packages that almost everyone I know uses, so there is no reason to buy a book for a unit profile.  The problem is…[Read more]

Try browsing BoardGameGeek Edition Quick Reference Sheet Bolt Action dated Oct 7, 2024

It would be useful if Bolt Action produced a software program where players could introduce their own stats for a unit’s profile, and it would generate a cost.  So, if you wanted to use some of the V2 books like Case Blue for the Italians, you could simply run their profile through the program to get the “cost” for the unit.

I used this one for now… I have not checked it, but it worked well in our game.

Bolt Action Third Edition – Quick Reference Sheet v0.7

Steve T: Perhaps, it might make you feel better that to think you are allocating “kills” between the cover/ground and the soldiers.  Those are mighty dead bricks.  But it also means a more pins and quicker calculations with fewer modifiers for each phase.  What we are finding a bit cumbersome is that in fact there are more modifiers than one mi…[Read more]

The Sea Peoples Hail Ceasar Warlord Supplement Biblical and Classical armies provides for Baggage Wagons with a base profile of 3/3/1/0/4+/6 and Special Stubborn rule.  I think that is a good starting point.

I don’t see them “attacking”.  So, you may opt not to let them attack and move at the wagon rate (same as infantry).  Now, you have to de…[Read more]

While I don’t game, Epic scale, I have gamed with different base configurations.  You and your opponent need to agree what constitutes the way to display a given formation.  In the past, three “stand” units displayed a square formation as a “triange”, while two “stand” units displayed it with one stand facing forward and one backward.  Given th…[Read more]

Like Big Al says, Hail Ceasar is pretty agnostic when comes to basing or castings, the most important thing is a consistent unit “footprint” (with frontage being more important than depth), since the rules work off of tiny, small, standard and large size units largely based on the “unit’s frontage”.  But with that in mind, while I prefer painting…[Read more]

As I remember it, a unit can only make one charge response per turn.  So since forming square is the unit’s response, it cannot respond a second time when charged by the French Infantry in hand-to-hand combat.

Yes and no.  You can play a small unit game using the Black Powder game engine.  In the French and Indian War supplement in some scenarios a standard unit is a company of 100-150 men.  The Black Powder game engine is extremely flexible and with a few tweaks (which is what supplements do), you can emulate almost any sized engagement.

But it wi…[Read more]

First, any unit with a 3+ morale save, that gets buffed up to 2+ is going to be tough to beat.  In essence, it would take on average 24 hits to produce the 4 unsaved hits needed for it reach shaken. Historically, I am unaware that the Old Guard was every defeated in a close combat melee.  But it is not invulnerable.

A more effective tactic w…[Read more]

To get really nitpicky, you orders are “intentions” not charge moves.  Even if you order a “charge”, from a technical perspective, it does not become a “charge” move unless you can contact the enemy.  Instead, it is simply an intent to contact the enemy.  You can technically declare an intent to “charge” an enemy you have no chance of re…[Read more]

We don’t like the use of the word “skirmish” since that represents a combined formation and tactical doctrine.  We prefer the word open order.  We also display the formations differently.  For us skirmishing is a more linear formation with supports in the rear.  So, we show it that way.  Open order is units maintaining the same formation but with…[Read more]

As Garry noted, there are new rules for forming square on pages 98-100 in the Clash of Eagles supplement. It provides bonuses to the Order test depending on how far the cavalry starts its charge.  I like this rule, though as Garry notes above others don’t.

Part of the intent, I think of the rule was to force infantry in go into square when…[Read more]

Yes, but it must pass a command order or be in initiative range of an enemy and is limited to one move per turn.