Kriegspiel style Artillery in Pub Battles

Mr. Q homebrew October 31, 2022November 1, 2022 1 Minute

I believe that with the addition of the requirement for an unpacked Baggage Train to Rally from spent, that the proscription against spent artillery bombarding is too much.

New Artillery rules:

Spent artillery may bombard.

New support rules.

Each hit may be applied to either the front, or the supporting block, in combat (owner’s choice). Note that only infantry blocks can support in combat!

I want to make sure these feel right, and don’t open up any loopholes.

Let me know what your reservations might be, or why you think this might be inappropriate.

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I semi-retired at 47. I suffered a sever brain injury at 25. I have written 3 books about living with brain injury and have had a regular column in the Brain Injury Alliance of MN's quarterly mag since 1999. I received my BA in English with honors in 2014. One of my avocations is developing simulation games. Weather permitting, I enjoy a round of Disc Golf whenever possible. View all posts by Mr. Q

Published October 31, 2022November 1, 2022

2 thoughts on “Kriegspiel style Artillery in Pub Battles”

Mat says:

November 2, 2022 at 3:54 am

Agree with you : “spent artillery bombarding is too much”.
That’s why i use cavalery rule : artillery don’t need bagage train to rally. Why ? 1,5 hour isn’t enough to emptied canon balls. But we can understand that counter battery push the artillery to move so it has to rally before firing. 1 turn is lost. So artillery could rally like cavalery.

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Mr. Q says:

November 2, 2022 at 3:21 pm

Thanks, Mat!

I’m glad that you agree. Now I just need to test it out. I come up with these ideas from time to time and usually end up discarding them because they don’t feel right, or are too much work for the result. So far, with 7 turns of one game played, they seem to work pretty well.

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