However getting into national characteristics is what
the rules are about. We use a number of factors to
differentiate each nation, giving certain bonuses,
using different numbers of Big Men to reflect the
effectiveness of their command and control. Indeed
certain cards are unique to specific nationalities, so
why come to a sudden stop when we come to the pipes.
These Scots troops will already have better factors as
they are good troops, but I still feel that the pipes
should receive some benefit on the tabletop. Indeed
if you show me another musical instrument that was
used in a similar fashion then I'll apply it to that
as well. In fact on D-Day there were plenty of
officers who took hunting horns along, not just for
some show of bravado, but because it was an effective
way of communication. Major Howard at Pegasus bridge
being a classic example.
I am less bothered about the pluses in melee than I am
about the co-ordination effect, all that will do is in
lessen the chance of the attack bogging down by
allowing an officer who is leading an attack by his
Platoon to use the pipes to move all of that unit.
He could use this for no actions other than a general
advance, and only if all of his Platoon was in a
fairly tight radius. Equally I would say that this is
not something he would be able to switch on and off.
Rather like the old "It's a Knockout" Joker it should
only be used once, i.e. for the main attack.
Again, with Ghurka's these would have the bonuses of
being elite troops (a bit like the aggressive troop
bonuses that the White Russian Officer Regiments get
in TOW) but they would lack the co-ordinating benefit
that musical accompaniment brings. As such they would
only move en masse when their Platoon card was played,
and not on any Big Man card.
I like the idea of Nick's comments being well
researched. He probably got that quite from this
week's copy of The Victor in which his latest fish
supper was wrapped!
Rich
--- mikeqchromeuk@... wrote: > Lards
I tend to agree with Dazza, getting into national
characteristics is a
minefield. We can find similar descriptions for
other troops eg Ghurka's who
didn't need pipes for the bad guys to be panicking!
Nick's well researched
descriptions are classic descriptions of aggressive
troops going into action,
so aggressive troops bonus would seem correct.
Mick
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