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Author's Section => Rules Queries and Clarifications => Topic started by: accard on August 25, 2022, 02:35:45 AM

Title: Artillery turning 90 degrees
Post by: accard on August 25, 2022, 02:35:45 AM
If a SuG of  3 bases of artillery behind barricades turns 90 degrees can it end up still being three wide facing in the new direction? Or does it end up two wide and thus remain so for the rest of the game? Can it straddle the barricades in the new facing?
Title: Re: Artillery turning 90 degrees
Post by: lionheartrjc on August 25, 2022, 06:47:33 AM
This seems to me to be an oversight in the rules.  One for the clarifications.  Personally I would allow it to turn 3 wide.   Yes artillery can straddle the barricades, but if it straddles the barricades it no longer is defending them.

Richard
Title: Re: Artillery turning 90 degrees
Post by: badhabum on December 11, 2022, 11:03:16 AM
So would you allow cannons behind barricades to pivot forward and so "cross" the barricades ? (I will see some artillery at IWC soyes it might be interesting to be 100% sure )
Title: Re: Artillery turning 90 degrees
Post by: lionheartrjc on December 11, 2022, 01:25:42 PM
The new PDF edition allows artillery to pivot backwards and remain behind barricades.  This will be in the clarifications that will be issued at the same time.

No special rule for turning 90 degrees, so if it turns 90 a three wide UG would become 2 wide.  So turning heavy artillery does permanently reduce the shooting capability of the UG (which is fair enough).  A two wide UG is okay.
Title: Re: Artillery turning 90 degrees
Post by: badhabum on December 11, 2022, 07:39:36 PM
Quote from: lionheartrjc on December 11, 2022, 01:25:42 PM
The new PDF edition allows artillery to pivot backwards and remain behind barricades.  This will be in the clarifications that will be issued at the same time.

No special rule for turning 90 degrees, so if it turns 90 a three wide UG would become 2 wide.  So turning heavy artillery does permanently reduce the shooting capability of the UG (which is fair enough).  A two wide UG is okay.

Thank you

I know it is much much work so a possibility of the clarification before IWC ( 3rd week-end of January ) ?