Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

[Ewan McNay]

John, I understand the reduction in desire to keep asking what
seem to be repetitive Qs. I always just assumed that if I didn't
understand, someone else also didn't but was too scared to ask!
So you have at least one vote to keep after any point of
confusion. As Jon noted, there's always 'delete.'

Anyway, on the latest example, Mark noted:

>> The Frankish knights fight HtH.
>> 5@+5 (L v LC) +1 (charge) +2 (impetuous)
>> -2 (support shot CPF) -1 (disordered loose) -1 (tired)
>> 5@+4=12 /8=1 CPF
>>
>> The Byzantine Kavallarioi Archers fight back.
>> 2@+1=3 +12/6=2 CPF
>> Since the Byzantine Kavallarioi Archers took 1 CPF and double
>> HtH they are disordered.
>>
>> The Frankish knights received more casualties (HtH plus
>> support shooting) and 1 CPF so must either break off or
>> recoil.

[Mark S] You never combine HtH and support shooting when
determining casualty RATIOs. You only combine them for
determining total casualties taken, and any consequent
effects based on total casualties. So the knights did not receive
more; they did, as you noted above, in fact put out twice as many
HtH casualties as received.

[Me] This is (I believe) all correct. I would note also that the
knights gave out 12 in hth, and received only 3; so, they did at
least three times as many as they received without breaking their
enemy. This would entitle them to break through the light cav,
and (depending on distance) perhaps convert-charge into the
Byzantine HC lancers who would then receive them at the halt.
This would not be great for the lancers. Now, if the LC have to
break off and have nowhere to go, as Mark suggests, then probably
catching them and hence breaking them is a better bet, but not
necessarily - depending on the lancers' morale, for instance,
they may be likely to pass the waver (at which point they could
then charge through the LC into the Franks). [On the other hand,
a second charge is going to be yet more fatigues on what is
getting to be a pretty tired knight unit. So go the decisions...]