Uphill or not?

[dave_r]

A battle group of pike is directly in front of the light horse



The cavalry declare a charge such that they end up like this:



This counts as a frontal charge because the Cavalry did not begin behind the flank of the pikemen - but would the cavalry count as uphill? We assumed it would as they are uphill before they would conform.

Thoughts?

[philqw78]

How did you manage to contact like that as you can only wheel at the start of a charge
Other than that yes as your front edge is all uphill at contact

[dave_r]

I decided I didn't fancy the charge in any case, so we didn't measure the charge 100% correctly for the photo - just put it something like it would be.

It was possible to be uphill, but probably not end up as the photo suggests.

[petedalby]

I disagree.

P55 ..."is treated as a normal charge on the enemy front."

Since the enemy front is not on the hill I would say the chargers could not be on the hill either.

[dave_r]

I disagree.

P55 ..."is treated as a normal charge on the enemy front."

Since the enemy front is not on the hill I would say the chargers could not be on the hill either.

Well... That's the argument The charge is treated as a normal charge on the front so the pike would have the two plusses for three and four ranks of pike. But "is treated" is not the same as "positioned as".

I raised this so we could get a concensus. I also included on facebook and Mr Briggs said he thought it would be uphill.

As long as we all know where we stand we are fine (did you see what I did there ). I dread to ask Terry as a tie breaker.... He'll probably come up with another option....

[terrys]

As long as we all know where we stand we are fine (did you see what I did there ). I dread to ask Terry as a tie breaker.... He'll probably come up with another option....

Sorry to disappoint you Dave, but I agree with Graham - the charging cavalry would count as being uphill during the charge.

[petedalby]

Good to know - thanks Terry

[dave_r]

As long as we all know where we stand we are fine (did you see what I did there ). I dread to ask Terry as a tie breaker.... He'll probably come up with another option....

Sorry to disappoint you Dave, but I agree with Graham - the charging cavalry would count as being uphill during the charge.

That's agreeing with me Terry. I also thought the cavalry would be uphill.

Nice to see you got something wrong