Art De La Guerre

[Nightingale87]

Hi there!

I know the rules say that furious charge is not applied if the unit is penalised by terrain. And that a gentle hill is considered open ground. But in a way, charging up that hill is "penalising" the unit. So therefore my question, should we apply furious charge uphill? Im pretty sure i´ll be satisfied by any answer. I think it does make sense that a unit loses momentum of that furious charge if they are going uphill.

What do you think?

[babyshark]

Since a plain gentle hill is considered open ground there is no terrain disadvantage to either unit and thus furious charge applies. Note that a hill gives an advantage to the uphill unit, rather than penalizing the downhill unit.

Marc

[Hazelbark]

One of the great debates in gaming is how inclined does a hill need to be to count.

I think the pre-mechanized era accounts show it is pretty gentle by modern standards.

So the way it unfolds helps replicate Hastings. Norman knights have trouble charging uphill, but then they get some lucky breaks and start to break through.

So the charger is less likely to win, but then if they win gets furious charge. If you remove both you start to make hills so powerful that they become bulwarks greater than what they were in history.