Art De La Guerre

[Garry Grant]

Page 17 under Javelin - may be used by light troops and javelinmen as a missile weapon or a melee weapon. Units with the javelin ability gain a +1 bonus in the first phase of melee.

As light infantry are not listed with javelin ability (p20) they do not seem to get this bonus even though the sentence above would suggest they should?

Grateful advice on this point please.

Thanks.

[morglum]

When the li have javelins you have the +1 bonus in melee
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[Garry Grant]

Thanks. Makes Roman Velites and other javelin armed light troops like Spanish quite effective and worthwhile.

Will make my Roman opponents happy!!!!

[Ramses II]

Yup. They gain +1 in the first round of melee fought on their front face, but lose range in shooting. This can make them tough opponents in terrain.

[Martin Morgan]

But they don't get the +1 if fighting troops with impact ability.