Warlord Games | Dave Morris | Activity https://www.warlordgames.com/community-members/steamingdave/activity/ Activity feed for Dave Morris. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:41:51 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 b46081e90fffd7abfe87f963b573b364 Dave Morris replied to the topic Infantry/Artillery and Cavalry commanders in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/infantry-artillery-and-cavalry-commanders/#post-189267 Sat, 01 Jul 2023 11:48:29 +0100 I think it would have to be dependent on the scenario; there are several instances in the ECW where a “wing” of an army contained both cavalry and infantry. If you want to restrict a Commander to one arm only, then you will need to add in some extra commanders, which might skew the game, as it would perhaps make one army a bit more likely to act…[Read more]

]]> 0 df30af1aebf50be80f1d4af6c3a73d7d Dave Morris replied to the topic new player with questions in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/new-player-with-questions/#post-189203 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:09:07 +0100 Rules allow both options, but for ECW I prefer “combined units”, unless historical scenario suggests otherwise ( for example, some of the smaller battles involving Cheshire Foot seem to have been “ musket heavy” on the Parliamentary side).The whole point of having pikemen and musketeers in a unit was to offer mutual support. We have used the “ T…[Read more]

]]> 0 388262efd0c46fc16cd146ca9ba5b285 Dave Morris replied to the topic Epic Battles - unit scale for converting battles? in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/epic-battles-unit-scale-for-converting-battles/#post-189033 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 07:04:10 +0100 The original Pike and Shotte rules simply used small/ standard/ large to describe units and gave a frontages for each. I worked on the basis that standard was about 600 men for infantry, 300 for cavalry. Three of the Epic bases side by side gives a frontage of 18cm, which fits into the “standard”  range. Given the inflexibility of the models, not…[Read more]

]]> 0 505d445b0f326e129cc0f42f1a5a864f Dave Morris replied to the topic Do we know exact base size, numbers in Epic P&S? in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/do-we-know-exact-base-size-numbers-in-epic-ps/#post-188838 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:49:34 +0000 Might be able to work it out from this blurb on Warlord site:-

  • Tan and grey hard plastic figures: 6 mounted battalia commanders, 6 ensigns, 6 mounted cornets, 14 combined pike & shot regiments (80 soldiers each), 36 commanded shotte, 60 cavalry, 12 cuirassiers, 18 mounted dragoons, 30 dismounted dragoons, 6 Saker cannon and 6 Falconet light…

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]]> 0 fbf43e2777b9bf2f92aab1d987190789 Dave Morris replied to the topic Can Charging Units Fire? in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/can-charging-units-fire/#post-187095 Sun, 30 Jan 2022 13:35:12 +0000 Isn’t doing it like that effectively just the same as RAW ? Really just splitting up the move in a different way? A player will see the effect of shooting before deciding what they want the unit to do. If we do try it, I think we will stick to Order/shoot/ move/etc

In our club set of rules, we use “ Order Cards”, which are laid face down again…[Read more]

]]> 0 bbf3776c0e0a2c88740593cd14846431 Dave Morris replied to the topic Can Charging Units Fire? in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/can-charging-units-fire/#post-187093 Sun, 30 Jan 2022 07:58:58 +0000

@ Rough Rider

i assume you play as normal: state your intentions clearly BEFORE you do anything, i.e. Give your orders THEN do any firing, move the figures, defenders give closing fire if appropriate and resolve combats, if there are any.

it is only the order  in which firing and moving are carried out that changes.

 

]]> 0 8320884662fddf411e1ea9b3e8fd278e Dave Morris replied to the topic Can Charging Units Fire? in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/can-charging-units-fire/#post-187072 Thu, 27 Jan 2022 08:03:34 +0000 @Charge the Guns.

I understand the point you  make re maximum movement and re- reading that paragraph agree that your interpretation is better than mine. I have only recently come back to Pike and Shotte rules, literally in the last two months, having last played in 2017 with a previous club, so still getting to grips with some of the su…[Read more]

]]> 0 23d84be2fb637e0c4b8ae4df3a985b9a Dave Morris replied to the topic Can Charging Units Fire? in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/can-charging-units-fire/#post-187069 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 21:18:44 +0000 Swedish musketeers (and McColla’s Irish brigade in Montrose’s campaign, who used similar tactic) get Hand to Hand of 4, whereas most musketeers only get 3. That reflects the Swedish salvo just before contact. If you wanted to, you could order an advance to within 6 inches before giving fire.Swedes have First Fire rule, so get 1 extra firing dic…[Read more]

]]> 0 c6d632dd588aa46cb2c9b1265c4b321b Dave Morris replied to the topic Can Charging Units Fire? in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/can-charging-units-fire/#post-187067 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:25:04 +0000 I am not assuming anything; simply pointing out that, in my opinion (which  is obviously not yours)  it is against  “the spirit  of the rules”. If you want to  advance and fire before finally charging in, give that as your order, don’t try to gain unfair advantage from bad luck on your dice throw or a miscalculation of distance by effectiv…[Read more]

]]> 0 472455fe03408db4b57cb4bcb54d3547 Dave Morris replied to the topic Can Charging Units Fire? in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/can-charging-units-fire/#post-187062 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 08:57:29 +0000 I think “ Charge the Guns” is technically correct and there is probably some historical justification for firing immediately before charging, however my feeling is that to do so when you have not got enough command points to make contact is against the spirit of the rules. I refer you to the section “ State your Intention to Charge” halfway…[Read more]

]]> 0 95bc80dc86ccff9b05bbf61ae526a46d Dave Morris replied to the topic Dragoons Firing From Horse Back in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/dragoons-firing-from-horse-back/#post-187047 Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:13:07 +0000 Page 83 explains how they are used in these rules (which may not be as used in reality). They have one free mount or dismount move per turn and only fire dismounted.

]]> 0 096afae91b03710e59c6ff58047ab1ca Dave Morris started the topic Clarification of “ disorder” rule. in the forum Pike & Shotte https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/clarification-of-disorder-rule/ Sun, 28 Nov 2021 21:06:16 +0000 Our group is new to playing Pike and Shotte, but are enjoying it. We are still grappling with interpretation of some rules, especially that on Disorder, which is fairly critical.

Disorder is inflicted by “6s” on shooting, movement of certain units across obstacles or through other units. The rules also mention disorder as a result of combat, but…[Read more]

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