Re: [eia] Zurich wrapup

[Michael Gorman <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:47 PM 1/25/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> Thus spake Michael Gorman:
> > At 01:40 PM 1/25/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> > >Thus spake "Kyle H":
> > > >     The French side is retreated to Strassbourg.  There are no pursuit
> > > > casualties during the retreat, and Soult hears a bullet go whizzing 
> by hi
> > s
> > > > ear.
> > >
> > >This makes me wonder whether we're running behind the expected rate of
> > >leader casualties. There's a 1/36 chance that a leader will be killed
> > >each time he fights. Surely we've had 36 instances of leaders going into
> > >battle by this point?
> >
> > We've had one injury so far.  Castanos was hit at St. Petersburg and 
> needed
> > 5 months to recover.
>
> Hold on. You just reminded me that fatalities happen only on a further roll
> of 6. So the probability of leader death is 1/216, not 1/36 as I'd stated.
> (1/36 is the probability of leader casualties as a whole.) That makes more
> sense to me, as the range of Napoleonic-era cannon and muskets combined
> with the modern practice of leading from the rear made the injury of
> commanding generals unlikely.
>
> Were *any* of the generals represented in the game actually killed in
> battle?
Nelson was, but I'm not sure if any others were off the top of my head.

Mike


_______________________________________________
eia mailing list
eia@xxxxxxxxx
http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia