Re: [eia] Zurich wrapup

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake Michael Gorman:
> >
> >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

Right, but I'm wondering about army commanders, not naval commanders.
Naval combat involved getting much closer to enemy cannon than did
land combat, at least from the commander's point of view, and Lord
Nelson was a real charge-in, damn-the-torpedoes sort of guy to begin
with; so I'm inclined to think that in Nelson's case 1/216 is a
lowball estimate.

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