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by barr7430 » Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:02 am
Brett,
The whole 'firing on the way in' thing is wrapped up in the concept of Blade and Bullet. You may find that frustrating but taking the example of cavalry against foot, a squadron of 80 or so men with pistols are unlikely to have made much of an impact on 600 men in 6 deep line with muskets and pikes other than to frighten them into running away. Therefore the morale check takes care of part of the effect and the close combat if it happens, the other.
Sometimes wargamers like the mechanical process ie, I declare, I check, I charge , I fire, I fight but often that can be rolled up in the overall flow of what is happen with the same output and less steps. I chose this latter way with interconnectivity between the phases declare - check - charge - fight.
There is a counter argument regarding fighting against other horse but remember - Blade Horse had pistols too!So in BLB it's about the effect of tactical doctrine not the mechanical steps.
Hope this helps
B
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