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General Category => Rules Questions => Topic started by: foxgom on April 04, 2009, 08:29:18 PM
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Hi
Page 30, 7th bullet from the top.
It appears that boats in a river are impetuous. :o
What have I missed? :-[
Is this really meant to be?
Neil Fox
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What have I missed?
How about the 4th line of the introductory paragraph? "Such troops are impetuous on land..."? I always viewed impetuosity in a river as applying to waders, unless I'm mistaken about boats being impetuous on land....:)
Andrew
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Hi
thank you ! :)
now the really tricky bit....
was is the point in using hidden obstacles in a river to hinder boats?
I have been unable to find any disadvantage.
Boats suffer no combat penalties for being in difficult and they move across the HO at full speed.
There are plenty of (usually Chinese) army lists quoting stakes hidden in a river.....
neil
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Good question. I can't find anything on the relevant pages for naval (being 10, 20, 22, 28 & 40). I expected there would be some reference to this on either page 37 for the combat factors (there is nothing) or page 40 (for shipwrecks) but there is nothing that I can see.
I would have thought a boat crossing a HO would either incur a combat penalty in that or the next bound and /or be shipwrecked. I too can't find anything, unless I'm missing something? Although it would be an interesting tactic if there was a benefit : putting HO in a river to counter your opponents boats!
Andrew
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Heh! A bit of an "Oops" moment there...
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I can't see anything either......i'll put it on the issues list at http://dbmmnotes.pbwiki.com/