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General Category => Rules Questions => Topic started by: Barritus on October 05, 2011, 04:16:12 AM

Title: Frontier walls
Post by: Barritus on October 05, 2011, 04:16:12 AM
How many Feature Equivalents is an FW? By my reading it's 1 FE.

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If it will not fit into an 800p x 600p rectangle, but fits into a 1200p x 800p rectangle, it is 2 FE.

Well, something stretching across the board doesn't fit that category above...

Just wondering if ~50AP is worth a risk with an Aggression 1 army.
Title: Re: Frontier walls
Post by: Barritus on October 05, 2011, 05:48:09 AM
Oh, and troops defending an FW can deploy out to the edge of the table, can't they? (On the grounds that they're defending a fortified BUA.)
Title: Re: Frontier walls
Post by: Barritus on October 05, 2011, 06:16:53 AM
If you take an FW, and you deploy all your on-table baggage behind it, does that mean you can use the Delay Battle stratagem? After all, the concept behind the stratagem is keeping your army safe from battle behind camp fortifications until a time of your choosing. If a frontier wall isn't good for that too, what's it good for? (Don't answer that!)

And does the rule about 1-3 gates (page 11) apply to frontier walls, or only traditional town-like BUAs?
Title: Re: Frontier walls
Post by: landmeister on October 09, 2011, 06:42:06 PM
A FW is a linear feature (p. 19). SO it costs 2 FE (p. 21). Hope it helps.  ;)
Title: Re: Frontier walls
Post by: landmeister on October 09, 2011, 06:43:58 PM
Oh, and troops defending an FW can deploy out to the edge of the table, can't they? (On the grounds that they're defending a fortified BUA.)

Yes, a FW is a BUA after all.
Title: Re: Frontier walls
Post by: landmeister on October 09, 2011, 06:45:36 PM
If you take an FW, and you deploy all your on-table baggage behind it, does that mean you can use the Delay Battle stratagem? After all, the concept behind the stratagem is keeping your army safe from battle behind camp fortifications until a time of your choosing. If a frontier wall isn't good for that too, what's it good for? (Don't answer that!)

Sorry, I don't know this for sure.  :-\

And does the rule about 1-3 gates (page 11) apply to frontier walls, or only traditional town-like BUAs?

Yes, they are BUAs after all.  ;)