Below are some rule clarifications from Geoff the Umpire also to be known as GOD!!!
Rule for the
Gettysburg Refight.
The
following list of Rule clarifications and changes is taken from Fire and Fury’s
official scenario books and website. It includes a number of rules, unchanged
from the rule book that we are in the habit of forgetting during play. There
are also six rule changes that have been adopted from the excellent Regiment
Fire and Fury rules.
Victory
Points: 1VP for worn brigades, wrecked/captured
batteries, or for killed exceptional brigade, division or corps commanders. 2VP’s
for spent brigades. 4VP’s for destroyed brigades. [Eastern
Scenario Bk. pg. 4 col. 1]
Manoeuvre Table Roll (Rules Change): ‘A brigade must roll on the Manoeuvre Table if it attempts to move,
change formation, or begins the player turn disordered’. For brigades that are within the
command radius of their divisional leader one die roll is made. All brigades
under the command of that leader use the same base die roll. A separate roll on
the manoeuvre table is made for each brigade that is outside the command radius of their divisional leader. [Rules change
from RFnF].
Movement: you cannot wheel and oblique in
the same movement phase. [Clarification Rules pg 28 col. 1]
March
Column: may not
initiate charge combat, except with a limbered battery, which must then move
off a full move and end its turn disordered. [Western Scenario Bk. pg. 4 col. 1]
About
face: a unit
may only about face free in the following circumstances…
A) when
it retreats ’... more than half its movement rate to the rear...’ and ends
facing the enemy.
B) when ‘...
moving by the flank...’
C) or
when ‘... holding its ground...’ [Rules pg.27 col.1/2.]
Units
having about faced may not charge.
Refusing
Flanks: In order
to maintain its facing, a unit should only refuse up to half its front rank
stands. When moving, its refused stands come back into the original facing
before movement. (This should prevent the temptation to form on the
refused stands for a subsequent move) [Rules pg.28 col.1.].
Also,
"...as it advances and withdraws..." suggests to me a brigade can
refuse flanks if it is pushed back, and if it is occupying the ground. [Rules
pg.48 col.1.] The only
exclusions are "...when charging or in column..." count breakthrough
as a charge.
Dismounted
Cavalry: dismount
from any formation into a single line, and mount up into any formation. They
may not support and cannot be supported. When tardy, they may dismount, but
only if in a single line. [Website Answer.] Cavalry may not charge in the same turn as
mounting because of formation change.
Firing: a unit may be targeted by a
firing stand when...
a) some
part of one stand is in
range... [Rules change from RFnF]
b) and it
is within the firing arc... (45
degrees for infantry/30 degrees for artillery)
c) and
firers have line of sight to
the unit. (ie Not blocked by terrain and troops. [Rule pg.38])
Low on Ammo Guns (Rules Change): An artillery
battery that is low on ammo may fire out to maximum range at half fire points.
Fire points for canister are also halved. [Rules change from RFnF].
Benefits
of Woods; artillery and mounted cavalry deployed in woods do not get a
terrain modifier in fire or combat. [Eastern Scenario
Bk pg.5 col.1]
Batteries: cannot be enfiladed. . [Clarification
Rules pg.39 col.1.]
Fire over
Obstacles; changed
to....'may fire if...battery or target is on a...higher elevation, and
no part of the obstacle is closer than 4" to either the firing battery or
the target'. [Eastern Scenario
Bk pg.5 col.2]
Musketry and Cannonade (Rules Change): A brigade that
suffers a ‘Lively fire’ result on the Musketry & Cannonade Table loses one
stand if it was already disordered. [Rules change from RFnF].
Combat: effects of the table are applied
separately to each participating
brigade. [Rules pg.42 col.2.]
Charges: should be by the ‘most direct route’…'the centre of the
charging brigade to the closest point of the defending unit...’ though it may
wheel and charge, or charge obliquely. [Rules pg.28 col.2.]
Although
units must charge along the most direct path, you may adjust the path of each
additional charging unit to allow its stands to contact the target [Rules change
from RFnF].
Modifiers; 'defensive modifiers given in
charge combat for favourable ground are non-cumulative... but...
modifiers given for stone walls and fieldworks are in addition to those
given for favourable ground'. This is not clear from the original rules. [Eastern Scenario
Bk pg. 4 col. 2] Stone walls and field works do not modify
combat if the unit is attacked from flank or rear. [Eastern Scenario Bk pg.5 col.1]
Charge Bonus: +1 bonus is carried through by Confederate
troops into desperate struggles and breakthroughs. [Clarification Rules pg.47
col.2.]
Charge Combat (Rules Change): An attacking
brigade that suffers a ‘Hard Pressed’ or a defending brigade that suffers an ‘Assault
Checked’ result on the Charge Table lose one stand if already disordered. [Rules change
from RFnF].
Breakthroughs: you are outflanked, if a breakthrough starts from behind your frontage. [Clarification
Rules pg.46 col.2.] Frontage
is measured by drawing a straight line between the outside corners of the two
front end stands and extending it.
Retreat: away from the enemy need not
be in a straight line. It may angle more than 45 degrees to complete its
retreat requirements. [Rules pg.29 col.2.]
Retreating
a Full Move: a
disordered brigade is removed from play only if it is forced to retreat
through an enemy brigade or impassable terrain. It may angle more than 45
degrees to complete its retreat requirements. [Clarification Rules pg.29 col.2.]
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