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Post by martini on May 8, 2019 21:11:13 GMT
Suppose there is a 4Ax element which is just exiting some bad going. The rear 10mm of its base is still in the bad going but the front 10mm is in good going. If it is contacted to its front by an attacker which is entirely in good going, does the combat take place in bad going or good going? I ask because the rules say that if part of an element is in good going but the rest is in some other going then the whole element counts as being in the other going. On the other hand, the attacking element is entirely in good going - or is that irrelevant?
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Post by macbeth on May 8, 2019 23:18:32 GMT
Hi Martini Each element counts itself in the going it occupies. The attacking element is in good going so fights as if in good going. The Ax is in bad going but is not affected by such going. If instead of being Ax the defending element was say Sp then it would count as being in bad going and fight with the -2 penalty - but the attacker would continue to count as fighting in good going. In a previous edition of the rules a mounted element fighting opponents in Bad Going would also take the effect of fighting in bad going, but those glorious days (when I could keep one toe of my Cm in the sand and cause my Kn or Cv opponent to take -2) have gone.  Cheers |
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Post by martin on May 9, 2019 7:09:01 GMT
martini
Also affects some combat outcomes - eg an element with its back half in the bad going might not suffer the same result as if it was entirely in the open (thus a Ps with its back end in a wood would not be destroyed by the victorious cavalry element it had just lost to....it would recoil if beaten, flee if doubled....far safer).
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Post by martini on May 9, 2019 9:52:54 GMT
Macbeth and Martin - thanks for your helpful responses. I suspect that the 2.2 rule was lurking in the dark recesses of my memory and that is what made me ask the question. Sometimes it can be unhelpful to have played a lot of 2.2.
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Post by davidjconstable on May 10, 2019 8:02:43 GMT
Macbeth and Martin - thanks for your helpful responses. I suspect that the 2.2 rule was lurking in the dark recesses of my memory and that is what made me ask the question. Sometimes it can be unhelpful to have played a lot of 2.2. Do not worry, you are not alone, I have that problem going back mostly to 4th and 5th WRG.
The biggest problem with DBA3 can be the size of the rules, you could keep DBA2.2 open on the corner of a table most of the time, not so DBA3, play sheets help I must say.
David Constable
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