Balista on a Steep Hill

Tanker1 · Post by **Tanker1** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:08 pm

Greetings.

This is my first post so be kind to an old gamer.

Our group has been playing FOG for about a year. We are currently conducting a campaign game based on Boudiccas rebelion in Briton against the Romans.

We are trying to determine if the Romans can set up a balista on a steep hill at the outset of the game. We realize that it cannot be moved in difficult terrain but we wanted to clarify if it could be placed there at the outset.

Any help would be greatly appreiated.

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:18 pm

IIRC BG cannot be placed where they cannot move, so no. This came out a while ago with people trying to put arty in ambush.

Tanker1 · Post by **Tanker1** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 5:58 pm

Thanks for the info.

Trying to search for answers foe specific questions can be time consuming.

MCollett · Post by **MCollett** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:01 pm

philqw78 wrote:IIRC BG cannot be placed where they cannot move, so no.

If this were true then heavy artillery could never be deployed anywhere.

Best wishes,
Matthew

batesmotel · Post by **batesmotel** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:44 pm

viewtopic.php?t=6842&highlight=artillery+ambush is the thread about artillery in ambush. The restriction there is on deploying in an ambush, which is not allowed, not on where artillery not in ambush can deploy.

Chris

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 12:31 am

page 146......Exceptions, no troops can be deployed in impassible terrain or a river. Heavy artillery cannot be deployed in difficult terrain. Other troops cannot be deployed in terrain in which they have no movement allowance.

Seems to support Tanker1's post. Since heavy artillery has no move period it would not fall into the movement category and is specifically restricted from impassible, rivers or difficult terrain. Page 147 covers deployment restrictions after the whole ambush thingy in Appendix 4

shall · Post by **shall** » Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:23 am

In the rules at present the answer is no, and I think we clarrified it. This is becuase the standard evening or comp game is an encoutner battle at the end of the day.

FWIW when playing around with campaign ideas the idea was "yes" if set up 24 hours before the battle. So if you are doing a campaign then I think you can make a local rule around that principle of - yes you can if you had the time to set it up.

Si

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:35 am

Makes sense Simon........egads what is this world coming to???

shall · Post by **shall** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 6:01 am

My goodness, I am making sense!! ..... better keep taking these new tablets!!

Tanker1 · Post by **Tanker1** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:25 pm

We had the first day of battle last Sunday. It may take another day or two to finish.

I would like to attach some photos. Don't know how. Please advise. The age factor is creeping in.

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philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:06 am

There is a sticky on the top of the AAR page that explains photos

Tanker1 · Post by **Tanker1** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:37 pm

Hopefully these turn out allright.

The first 2 photos are the setup for the Boudiccas campaign battle as viewed from both side.. The Brits have an army of around 2900 points. The Romans are half that.

[img]http://robertmiller.photoecoz.com/colle ... qqCb0G4i3M

[/img]http://robertmiller.photoecoz.com/colle ... Bo1dSROnHL

This image is taken from the Roman camp on the steep hill. The general is looking over the battlefield. This is the same steep hill that I had wanted tp place my balistas on just to the front of the camp.

[img]http://robertmiller.photoecoz.com/colle ... srDa2SFUIF

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philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:50 pm

Are these images in the public domain. There may be a security set up that stops others looking.

Also some of the

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coding is a bit messed up. But I have tried your code with it correct so that is not the problem

Tanker1 · Post by **Tanker1** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:20 pm

I created an account this morning at photoecoz.com which I found on the web. The photos were all set so that anyone can view them.

A friend of mine looked at this thread and he was able to see them.

Not sure what else could be the problem.

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:16 am

Tanker1 wrote:I created an account this morning at photoecoz.com which I found on the web. The photos were all set so that anyone can view them.

A friend of mine looked at this thread and he was able to see them.

Not sure what else could be the problem.

?? can't see them, odd

johno · Post by **johno** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:28 pm

Tanker:

If I paste the url's into a new browser window, I can get to your pictures, although for some reason they are shown as really tiny thumbnails until I click on them, when they open as the proper size in a new layer.

It seems the link you have provided is to this thumbnail page, not direct to the image, which is probably why the img tags are not working properly.

However, having poked around on the photoecoz site, the only link it generates for the full size picture I was looking at is the one you provided, so I don't quite see how it is supposed to work...

The raw URL http://robertmiller.photoecoz.com/colle ... Bo1dSROnHL seems to work if you click the auto-generated link, but not as an img tag:

It may be that the board software img tag doesn't like a url without a jpg or other image-type file extension

See if photoecoz provide a page with links for bulleting boards, etc, like other picture hosting sites do.

Then you'll be able to use this format:

Code: Select all

[url=location of whole image][img]location of thumbnail[/img][/url]

to provide a clickable thumbnail link to your image

johno

marioslaz · Post by **marioslaz** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:49 pm

johno wrote:The raw URL http://robertmiller.photoecoz.com/colle ... Bo1dSROnHL seems to work if you click the auto-generated link, but not as an img tag:

This happens because IMG tag need an image (jpg, gif, etc file) and instead he has supplied an address to a script. If you use photobucket they give you a direct link to each image you upload twhich you can use with IMG tag. I don't know in which way photoecoz manages your files.

Tanker1 · Post by **Tanker1** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:02 pm

I went back to photobucket and did a bulk load of the 3 pictures. This time it appeared to accept it. The previous time it said it loaded them but they were not in the folder. I thought this was because they were greater than 1MB in size.

Here they are:

marioslaz · Post by **marioslaz** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:15 am

Tanker1 wrote:I went back to photobucket and did a bulk load of the 3 pictures. This time it appeared to accept it. The previous time it said it loaded them but they were not in the folder. I thought this was because they were greater than 1MB in size.

Here they are:

If you want your images appear on your post, you cannot include command for script file. Try to quote this message and look how I changed your code.

P.S. in photobucket they now include an "IMG Code" row which you can copy and paste and which include the tag for this forum software.

philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 6:01 am

It was worth the wait. That is large scale gaming.