Art De La Guerre

Mark, there is nothing deeper than what you note. Either Plantation has a one-off exception, or shooting location is calculated differently from melee location. Or something else.
Most of the time pl ...

On a more serious note, I, like Ballista, remember this rug being beaten briskly. As I recall, the conclusion was that an extension or contraction maneuver was the whole enchilada as it was restricted ...

Because the rule on page 70 refers to the shooting edge of the shooters vis-à-vis cover. If it extends to difficult terrain, then we have an answer - I probably should have put that possibility in th ...

Surely "f...ing" means "frenching" in Lionel's endearing Franglish.

Let me rephrase the OP question.

Bowmen have their back half in a Plantation. Plantation is cover. It is not difficult terrain. The rules (page 70) are quite clear that it does not suffer the -1.
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Page 71 - "is only visible...within 1 UD..."

When I first saw the question, I thought it was obvious the unit was not pursuing evaders. But the more I thought about it and studied page 43 the more I came around to Dan's view. Now I think section ...

But Mark, what the rules actually say is " never...move into contact with the enemy to provide a support".

I find myself vociferously arguing while agreeing with Tim that it is a very min ...

Steve remember not every support position necessarily contacts the enemy. And only the latter is forbidden Expendable Levy.

One can spend half one's time arguing that some rare case should not follow the rules, but do the "natural" thing, and the other half arguing that some rare case should not do the "natu ...

Well, it hinges on the meaning of "into". I think its common meaning is "from outside to inside". So, if you are already in contact, and stay in contact, have you moved into?

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The river is an obstacle at any angle other than the perpendicular. You must wheel to avoid obstacles. You can wheel flush with the river and enter, or parallel with the river and flee along the bank. ...

If that is the case, you are avoiding rough terrain you could enter (with a small wheel flush to the river bank).
This does bring up the unanswered question about the second bullet at the top of page ...

There are two likely possibilities.

Handle it like an obstacle. Impassible terrain or difficult terrain for LCh is an obstacle which must be skirted by sliding or wheeling. So perhaps a river at a ...

Yeah, but can heavy artillery deploy on a brush covered hill behind a fortification?-)