Thanks Barry for explaining your thought processes behind the rules. It's nice to have such an insight, and it adds to the appreciation I've been building for the subtlety of the mechanisms. We'll give them a go - perhaps it might be an excuse to produce little pretty markers to represent the differ...

Thanks Barry, that has cleared up this particular situation. I can certainly follow the rationale and how it fits into the sequence of play. I guess what I'm a little worried about is that it potentially leaves players with an opportunity to avoid said checks re: Steenkirk scenario in the rulebook c...

Now you mention it I'm not so certain that we did test morale. In this case I believe that we may have been overwhelmed by the excitement of the moment. We certainly followed the checks for other melees during the game. That may be why we got to that situation of mutual self destruction. Sorry, I'm ...

Thanks, that's been really helpful. You know what it's like sometimes you get a little word blind. Though having said that I found the contents page sufficiently useful for finding most things. I await Barry's pearls of wisdom on the morale question with great anticipation. Ray and I will have to ge...

Dear All, Just a little hello from a wargaming who has become enthralled with the wars of Louis XIV and greatly impressed by BLB. Now, after one solo game and one with a good friend I have some questions regarding aspects of the rules - which we found to be thoroughly enjoyable and challenging. I'm ...