Sun of Austerlitz

Rules Questions

by Pat Stone

Thanks for help with recent rules queries. I am currently in the middle of an extremely interesting and closely contested game (Battle Scenario 2 Sun of Austerlitz). Here are a couple more Q's that have a large bearing on the game: All relate to Battle Scenario.

1. Ought not the Exclusive Rule re Supply Distance (109) be used, otherwise Forces such as Davout in Scen 2 can barely get to the site of Austerlitz without extremely heavy attrition losses? Use of this rule would allow attrition die roll on the current AP level (but NOT the use of Move Commands) thereby enabling Davout to mirror the historical situation.

2. Repulse: (a) May a force attempt a repulse against a force which it begins its move adjacent to? (b) May a force attempt a repulse against a force that is currently "revealed" (ie adjacent to a friendly force)?

These situations have arisen particularly when a repulse has been attempted in the Forced March phase when a large force tries to repulse a smaller force so that it can effectively disengage and then march to another part of the battlefield.


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