Art De La Guerre

[Mike Bennett]

There are a set of additional pages in french definning hills. They create new rules on mandatory crest positions for various shapes of hill (e.g. from memory there is a type of hill that only has a single crest line, a geographic impossibility I believe) and also clarify how ambushes work with those shapes of hill

I do not believe that these pages are available officially translated into English. Are they valid for UK tournaments?

[madaxeman]

I kinda hope not.  I’ve never had an issue with defining how hills work by talking with my opponent, so having official definitions involving geometry seems a bit like overkill to me 
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[Ramses II]

Check the appendices in the latest FAQ about visibility rules for ambushes. The intention is to clarify where ambushes may be placed behind hills and when they are visible. To achieve this, a number of hill types are presented which are the ones that should be used. 

But other ‘unspecified’ hills are permitted . . . 

[Dickstick]

They are in the English translation.
I'm glad they have arrived.

Escarpment and ridge lines have only one military crestline.
It's always amazed me how ignorant wargamer can be on hills. People need to get out more and walk hilly ground.

Without a hill system defined using the real world reality makes it too difficult to explain to some people.

We now have 6 variations to pick on for the hills we place. Each player can place their preference without prejudice.
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[Mike Bennett]

I wonder what is a military crest line as opposed to say a geographic one?

The ridge in this sheet let's you end up higher without ever going uphill!!!! Eg move along tbe ridge line from ground level to uphill level. This seemd strange geographically

[Zoltan]

Wow, that's quite some topography lesson in Appendix 4 of the FAQ! I've seldom seen wargames fighting on hills as the advantage of the player on the hill is usually sufficient to deter an opponent.

Whether A is "up hill" from B will not depend solely on whether one is on a ridge line and one is not. However, a rule of thumb would appear to be that the unit nearer a ridge line will be uphill of the unit further away from the same ridge line.

[ethan]

I support the more precise hill definition. I have seen an awful lot of involved arguments about hills in wargaming and what is there exact shape and is that shape actually possible. I have also seen a lot of really ridiculous cheese around hills which doesn't really belong in the game either.

[Ramses II]

[Dickstick]

As the one claiming uphill needs the contact edge to be all on the hill I cannot see how it cannot have climbed up the hill in the first place.
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