OK, I see it; ‘hard flank” is the long way of saying flank. Soft flank is the funny way of saying side overlap. The rules are hard enough without people making up terms that aren’t even in the rules. So we have chalk flank and cheese flank too.
Stevie is good at making lists, How about a list of all the terms that are not in the rules that people use. I can think of closing the gate or door, soft flank, hard flank, X-ray TZ, quick kill, more.
I think you have made a pretty good start there
Bob.
Nonetheless, here is that complete list you requested:-
Hard Flank: to bring a front-edge into contact with an element’s side-edge.
Soft Flank: mutual side-edges touching each other (an overlap is when just the front-corners touch).
Shutting the door: to move from an overlap position into a front-edge touching a side-edge.
Quick kill: destroying an element without needing to get double their score.
X-Ray TZ: threat zones that are not blocked but pass through troops (in earlier rules they could be blocked).
Civilians: a collective name for Camp Followers and City Denizens, who all have the same characteristics.
Expendable troops: those who's loss doesn’t count towards defeat (i.e. SCh, Hd, and Civilians).
Static troops: those that cannot move into any kind of enemy contact (i.e. Art, WWg, CP, Lit, and CWg).
Wing troops: those that can deploy 2 BW from a table side edge (i.e. LH, Cv, Cm, Ax, Ps, and Mtd-Inf).
River names: 1-2 = a Paltry River, 3-4 = a Shallow River, 5-6 = a Deep River (the rules give no names for these).
Artillery names: Garrison Artillery in a City or Fort has a CF of 2, otherwise they are Field Artillery with a CF of 4.
Double bases: what the rules call ‘double elements’ (not to be confused with Hd, which also looks double based).
Cocked dice: when a die rolls off the table, or comes to rest at an angle and not fully flat on the table surface.
Barker Marker: quote “A rectangle 1 BW x ½ BW with a vertical handle is also very useful for measuring gaps”.
R.A.W.: a shorthand way of saying ‘the-rules-as-written’.
Rule lawyer: someone (like me) who insists that the rules be followed word-for-word, as printed.
House rules: rules invented by players to enhance play or to simulate a particular event in an historical battle.
I think that covers just about everything.
Having collective descriptive names (such as Civilians, Expendables, Static Troops, Wing troops, and River Names)
makes it much easier to remember stuff...and greatly helps when describing the various troop types and situations.
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