Cavalry wedge - conform with DBMM?

Shouldn’t Alexander and his companions just be classified as 6Kn?

That is a good point Snowcat.

I must confess that I’m not looking at this from an historical perspective,
but merely from a ‘game-play-balance’ point of view...
...if Mr Barker wants me to have my 3Kn wedges on 1 BW deep bases,
where they’re likely to be destroyed when recoiling from a flank attack,
then give me an advantage for doing so, not penalize me with a disadvantage!
Otherwise I’ll just have my 3Kn on 30mm deep bases thank you very much.

Double-based troops only gain their +1 when in close combat with foot.
So 6Kn and 6Cv gain nothing when fighting mounted, but their extra deep
bases means they often can’t ‘shut-the-door’ and ‘hard-flank’ an opponent
simply because there isn’t enough room for them to do so (a disadvantage).

Perhaps Page 10 paragraph 8 should say:-
“An element not in frontal close combat but in mutual right-to-right or left-to-left front corner contact with any enemy
element (except Psiloi, Scythed Chariots, Light Horse, 6Cv, 6Kn, and 3Kn on 1 BW deep bases) overlaps this;”
(See figure 16c)

As for LH...well, we all know they are weak and underpowered.
Even Mr Barker knows this, which is why he gave them rear-support.
And it strikes me as being absurd to have skirmishing Psiloi armed with
javelins and bows ignoring corner-to-corner overlaps, yet skirmishing
Light Horse armed with the very same weapons won’t use them until
they can reach out and physically touch their enemies!

Having LH acting like Ps, in addition to gaining rear-support, might just
make the Huns, Mongols, Numidians and the like more of a threat rather
than being the poor quality Cavalry wimps they are at the moment.

(Come to think of it, the same could be said of the 3Ax and 4Ax Peltasts.
They too were armed with javelins, and liked to keep their distance.
Indeed, the Thracians were noted for inventing 'pelt-the-enemy-from-a-distance'
tactics, which proved to be so effective that the Greeks adopted it and even
gave up using their old 'toe-to-toe' fighting Hoplites. So did many others.
Perhaps ALL 3Ax and 4Ax troops should also ignore corner-to-corner overlaps.
It might make them survive a bit longer when fighting heavy foot...
...instead of being slaughtered like helpless sheep as they are at present.)

...if Mr Barker wants me to have my 3Kn wedges on 1 BW deep bases,
where they’re likely to be destroyed when recoiling from a flank attack,
then give me an advantage for doing so, not penalize me with a disadvantage!
Otherwise I’ll just have my 3Kn on 30mm deep bases thank you very much.

Phil Barker’s rules...but my choice.

And what about Light Horse also ignoring corner-to-corner overlaps just like Psiloi do?
Can anyone give me a good historical or game play-balance reason why they shouldn’t?
(And no...simply saying “because Phil Barker never thought of it” is not good enough)