[Epic] Close Assault

From: Ken Taborek <oberon_at_...>
Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 09:06:07 -0400 (EDT)

I misphrased this, as you'll see by my follow-up post. Also, I beleive
each unit can be fired at only once upon entering within 10cm of a
detachment. If thats not the case, I would make it so for this house
rule. My intention is to make it a little more daunting to charge into
close assault, not to cripple armys that rely upon it as a means of
combat. I agree it's somewhat unrealistic for a large group charging into
a small group, but when units, whether large or small, charge into a hail
of fire, they usually take punishing casualties.

--Ken Taborek oberon_at_...
"Show respect for age. Drink good Scotch for a change."- random fortune



On Wed, 14 May 1997, Mark A Shieh wrote:

> Ken Taborek <oberon_at_...> writes:
> > Um, it's pretty normal to be fired at when you charge into a bunch of guys
> > with guns! I'd like to try a house rule where snap fire is used in the
> > assault phase as well, but doesn't halt the charging units movement
> > (gung-ho momentum, and all). This would mean that the assaulting force
> > would lose ~16 2/3% of their force getting into contact (assuming hits
> > only on a 6). Not at all unrealistic.
>
> Very unrealistic. Let's take the case of 32 Orcs (4+ armor)
> charging a closely packed group of three rhinos. Each ork has to make
> three 4+ armor checks to move into contact with the Rhino. So on
> average, 28 of these Orks will die before reaching a Rhino. With
> these kinds of odds, anything smaller than a Titan would be foolish to
> charge anyone else. only hitting on a six applies only to Marines in
> cover, or a few other things in fortifications.
>
> Mark
>
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