Art De La Guerre

[Graeme Ralph]

Can heavy artillery deploy in rough terrain? The deployment rules state "No unit can be deployed in a coastal zone, a river or in a terrain element in which it cannot move (e.g. artillery in difficult terrain) unless on a road." As heavy artillery cannot move in any terrain, is it still restricted?

[SteveR]

That would be the most direct reading of the rules.

Else one would have the strange situation where mobile artillery was not allowed to be deployed in difficult terrain but heavy artillery could be.

If you cant move in it you cant deploy in it, and Heavy Artillery can't move in any terrain.

[daveallen]

Heavy Artillery can be deployed in Rough terrain, but not in Difficult.

Heavy Artillery can "move" (by pivoting) it just can't advance.

Dave
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[SteveR]

[Longtooth]

Steve R,

Right hand side of page 78, second paragraph specifically states that heavy artillery are not allowed to deploy in difficult terrain.

I would argue that the above-referenced paragraph is not exhaustive and that heavy artillery cannot deploy in any terrain.

Jesse

[Mark G Fry]

[madaxeman]

Sheesh… what’s next up in this “things that no one would ever want to do anyway”  thread? 

How many Heavy Artillery can deploy on the head of a pin? 

Can Heavy Artillery move through the eye of a needle ? 
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[Neep]

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

[SteveR]

[Mark G Fry]

[Graeme Ralph]

Gents,

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this topic. The rules seem clear on this topic: heavy artillery may not deploy in any "terrain element". The term "terrain element" is defined on page 70 under the header "Terrain Size and Shape" and includes rivers, coasts, hills, brushes, plantations, fields, woods, marshes, gullies, sand dunes, villages and roads(!).

In regard to the deployment of a camp on a gentle hill, the rules allow the camp to be deployed on "open terrain", which a gentle hill is, so it is a valid deployment.

[lionelrus]

a new clarification will come soon.
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[daveallen]

[Hazelbark]

For those watching here the new errata clarifies this.

Heavy artillery can only be deployed in clear terrain. It cannot be deployed on a road that crosses rough or difficult terrain.