ARTILLERY DOESN'T GET THE FIRST FIRE UP1 BONUS According to Bob and Brent Artillery shouldn't get the UPS1 first fire bonus. No reasons were given. Bounce Through House Rules The skirmish screen is the best defense. It is harder to hit skirmishers, and we have a house rule the you don't get any bounce through if you fail to cause at least a *single* hit on the first unit. So instead of that Dio BDV Heavy gun firing directly on your limbered guns at long range (D10 + UP3(column of route) + DOWN2(Long range)) = D12 they are either firing at skirmishers (D10 + DOWN2(Long Range) + DOWN1 (skirmish formation)) = D4 looking for hits and then bounce through, or more likely they will hold their fire for a better target. More PK House Rules Large Units in PK Reinforcements in PK Elites in PK Officers and Commanders Heroic Moment Card Use Fighting in Towns Artillery First Fire and Bounce Through Tactical Surprise and Skirmishing Hidden Cards and Rallying Troops Large Games Opportunity Chips, Charges, and Evades Cavalry Activities Additional Rules Potpourri Back to Piquet Dispatch Vol. 1 Issue 4 Table of Contents Back to Piquet Dispatch List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Piquet, Inc. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com