Kyle H on 27 Jul 2002 00:05:22 -0000 |
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Re: [eia] error at the Battle of Munich |
Go ahead and make the roll on the guard commitment table and on table 1-2. In the mean time, I'll make France's roll on table 1-4 (at +1). kdh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Everett E. Proctor" <spiritmast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [eia] error at the Battle of Munich > Yes. So for the second round, Austria rolls on table 1-2. And will > break afterwards. > > > > Ok, in the first round of combat, Austria lost 0 factors and 0.2 morale. > > France lost 1 inf. factor and 0.2 morale. At the end of the first round, > > Napoleon and the outflanking force both show up. Now it is the second > > round. Do the Austrian forces choose to commit the guard? > > > > kdh > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Everett E. Proctor" <spiritmast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <eia@xxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 7:09 PM > > Subject: Re: [eia] error at the Battle of Munich > > > > > > I think that your compromise sounds more than fair, and I will gladly > > accept it. > > > > -Everett > > > > > > On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 16:05:04 -0400 > > "Kyle H" <menexenus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Uh, guys. I just realized that last night we forgot we were fighting > > in a forest! That means the casualty level should have been reduced by 1, > > and the outflanking force should have had a -1 modifier. I'm not sure how > > we should handle this. On the one hand, I'm inclined to say that since all > > of us who were present forgot about it, we should just chalk it up to > > experience. On the other hand, keeping last night's result is somewhat > > unfair to Austria since things turned out so poorly for Everett. So here's > > a compromise that I'm willing to accept. As far as the first round of > > combat is concerned, it will be easy enough to figure out what the losses > > should have been, given our rolls (France rolled a modified 4, and Austria > > rolled a modified 3.) I rolled for Napoleon to arrive, so that should still > > stand. However, I did *not* roll for the outflanking force to arrive > > because I thought it would be automatic. Because of the forest, though, it > > should have been a roll of 5 or less. Since my next two rolls in the combat > > were 5 and 3, I would like to assume that my outflanking force would have > > arrived in the second round. So if you are willing to accept that my > > outflanking force arrived in the second round, I am willing to reroll the > > 2nd (and, if necessary, the 3rd) round of combat. Doing so will almost > > certainly result in much fewer casualties for Austria, so I think this is a > > very reasonable compromise. Let me know if you disagree. > > > > > > kdh > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: J.J. Young > > > To: eia@xxxxxxxxx > > > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 12:32 AM > > > Subject: [eia] History Monkey report > > > > > > > > > Battle of Munich - March, 1805 > > > > > > Austrian defenders, with no commander, consisting of the V, I Grenadier, > > and Light Infantry corps (11 I, 4 Gd, 4 C, 3.7 morale) chose Defend. > > > > > > French attackers, commanded by Soult, consisting of the II and III corps > > (34 I, 6 C) chose Outflank. > > > > > > In the first round, both sides lost 1 I and 0.5 morale each. > > > > > > After the first round, Napoleon successfully reinforced the French > > pinning force, bringing the I corps (17 I and 3 C) with him and taking > > command of the French army. The outflankers then arrived on the field of > > battle. > > > > > > In the second round, the French lost 0.2 morale but no casualties. The > > Austrians suffered 10 I, 1 Gd, and 1 C casualties, and lost 3.2 morale, > > breaking their army. > > > > > > In the ensuing pursuit, led by Murat who had also arrived with Napoleon, > > the remaining 3 Gd and 3 C of the Austrian army were scattered and killed, > > leaving no organized force. > > > > > > As a result of Bonaparte's victory, France gained +3 PP and Austria > > lost -2 PP. > > > > > > -JJY > > > > -- > > Everett E. Proctor <spiritmast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > eia mailing list > > eia@xxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > eia mailing list > > eia@xxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > > -- > Everett E. Proctor <spiritmast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > _______________________________________________ > eia mailing list > eia@xxxxxxxxx > http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia > _______________________________________________ eia mailing list eia@xxxxxxxxx http://lists.ellipsis.cx/mailman/listinfo/eia