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Post by wstevens on Aug 3, 2011 12:52:08 GMT
Did take a look at the Army Beak Point narrative and it also states that you count half the break point value for units that are 50% - are we doing this and if so please give me some guidelines with examples as this can be open to abuse or forgetfulness at the table. update - Beak point?? Towing lots of carrion crows and vultures then! Should read Army BREAK point - sorry!
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Post by Simon Robinson on Aug 3, 2011 13:36:05 GMT
I'll need to check the WAB Forum as there was a question about this on there a whiole back.
Once I have thh answer(s) I'll post here and I'll produce a summary sheet we can give out at the tournie so we're all playing it the same way
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Post by Simon Robinson on Aug 3, 2011 13:56:23 GMT
I checked the forum and Martin's answer is -
"Destroyed /Fleeing /Fled = Full Points
Not Destroyed/Not Fleeing / Not Fled but Half Strength = Half Points
Not Destroyed/Not Fleeing / Not Fled and over Half Strength = No Points"
The bit about fleeing means that I can break an army simply by getting the majority of it to flee at the same time. It also means that your ABP can go up as well as down during a game as units rally.
NOTE units which pursue off the table are not fleeing or fled, also you cannot get more points from a unit that it's maximum.
example a unit worth 2BP is reduced below 50% - score 1 BP, when latter on it is destroyed in combat score the reaming 1BP - there is no way you can score 3BPs for the unit in this example
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Post by james on Aug 3, 2011 17:38:01 GMT
I think we should keep it simple and just count units that are broken or destroyed and NOT half units.
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Post by Simon Robinson on Aug 4, 2011 8:26:54 GMT
You have to know which units have been reduced below 50% anyway - as they suffer a -1 penalty to their Leadership in certain circumstances
This is just an extension of that
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Post by wstevens on Aug 4, 2011 10:55:58 GMT
Particularly annoying for warbands I would imagine.
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Post by Simon Robinson on Aug 4, 2011 11:58:30 GMT
Warbands are generally fairly large so as to get the ranks for their leadership, but if you're a small elite unit then could be even more annoying.
Compare a warband of 32 models with a vetran Roman Legion of 16 models - ok the romans are probably taking casualties at a slower rate, but are far more vunerable - only 8 casualties before they are -1 to Ld
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Post by james on Aug 16, 2011 15:37:23 GMT
Simon you said When the running total is equal to or less than 25% or the starting total (rounded down) - in our example – 3, the entire army is broken. however the rulebook says an armt reduced to below 50% is broken - which are we doing? 50% could see some short games!
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Post by wstevens on Aug 17, 2011 0:47:46 GMT
Stick to 25% James. Possibly a typo or older book?
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Post by Simon Robinson on Aug 17, 2011 8:55:00 GMT
Confirmed it is 25%
As discussed last night when calculating "half points" for units reduced to 50% or less do not round, keep the 1/2s - rounding either way will result in either breaking too early or too late
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Post by Simon Robinson on Oct 27, 2011 18:23:15 GMT
an official answer to an age old question -
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"Re: Charged from behind. Who fights ? by MartinG » Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:47 am
The chargers fight against the entire width of the enemy unit, not just the odd figure. While this is not spelled out in the published version you can etrapolate from the comments on pages 53 and 57."
so the old "1 figure at the back fighting on its own" problem is no longer!
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Post by wstevens on Oct 27, 2011 18:39:50 GMT
I'd wish he'd confirmed that a year or so ago - I always thought this was the right way to do it and it would have avoided that spate I had with Carl about it.
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Post by Simon Robinson on Dec 8, 2011 10:19:48 GMT
It's silly question time (as usual)
I remember reading somewhere in the WAB2 rules an approximate figurescale and groundscale - now when I'm looking for it I can't find it.
Can anybody on the forum help?
I want to konw the approximate Figurescale and groundscale so I can use this when writing a scenario for an historical battle - cheers
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Post by james on Dec 10, 2011 8:37:12 GMT
A 28mm man = approx. 6ft there for 1 foot = 4.66mm and and a yard approx 14mm.
Cheers
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Post by wstevens on Dec 10, 2011 19:01:55 GMT
so one foot equals 0.183464 inches - if there are 5.451 (to 3dp) of those in one inch - then 1inch is about 5ft and a nearly a half. That's if you were looking for inches.
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