Art De La Guerre

If your other two commands have good commanders (Brilliant, Strategist) then a small command of about 4 under an included Ordinary can be relatively efficient. (I like 4 to ambush or FM or 5 so you’ ...

Since I would pretty much always take 3-4 if allowed (and I hint 4 is the max ever allowed), I would conclude they are overpowered for their price. 3-4 points for a mobile obstacle with a ZOC that wil ...

The need for these rules could be eliminated if expendable levy could just be deemed not eligible to provide support.

Interesting questions.

I would have thought if they were already in contact with the enemy they could move and remain in contact with the same enemy.

A related question is if they can flank an e ...

Wouldn’t the last HC Impetuous stop in position to provide melee support to its neighbor who will be in combat?

No, the 3 conform with 1 fighting and 1 in support on each flank. It's the 4th unit ...

Wouldn’t the last HC Impetuous stop in position to provide melee support to its neighbor who will be in combat?

Steve’s points are generally sensible, but…

If there’s to be a 5th edition are there any changes to the actual rules? Have these been “destructively” playtested to make sure they are clea ...

Yes.

The various types of swordsmen (Impact, 2HW, Polearm) do not suffer a penalty in terrain beyond the -1 for Rough and - 2 for Difficult.

This makes HI 2HW (especially if Elite or Armored) pr ...

Yes, but you inflict 1 Cohesion loss on the LH.

You can’t interpenetrate if the interpenetrated panic the interpentrator.

You can’t interpenetrate those that cause you panic - so no LH throu ...

I agree with most of what you say, but draw a different conclusion: The hornet’s nest that consumes units turns out to be where the game is decided as units getting quickly chewed up there pushes ar ...

Can you make two partial slides (p. 30) whose sum total is no more than one UD? (For example slide left 1/2 UD to avoid an obstacle, move forward a bit and then slide right 1/2 an UD after you pass t ...

Combats in terrain tend to be more decisive (resolve quicker or inflict more army cohesion points on the combatants) than combat in the open. This is because units fighting in terrain tend to have few ...

Nice.

Are the Crossbowmen and Archers going to be LI? Or will you use a pair of such bases for each LMI Bw or XB?

I don’t think LI ZOC WWg. They only block their movement if the LI physically blocks the WWg’s move.

Further I sort of thought WWg were supposed to be closely supported by HI - such as Hussite ...

Which troops are you talking about?

Archers and crossbowmen are generally based the same as any MI as their weapon and lack of shields makes them easy to tell apart.

Javelinmen are harder to di ...