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by barr7430 » Mon Sep 09, 2019 5:22 pm
Chaps,
the reduction in movement for the 'realignment' prevents any need to measure a 'wheel'. You won't need the template for this. The template is meant for use in ordinary wheeling no a pre-charge realignment which is pretty much down to chance.
A realignment during a charge simply allows you to re face the charging unit to line up with its target. The relative ease or difficulty of this is decided by the dice. What the die throw simulates is not the experience of the men, their officers or the distance required to be wheeled but rather - the noise, the confusion, the buffeting and challenge of making up to 250 cavalry face in a different direction and then charge in relatively good order.
If you are lucky, you'll throw 10 + 6 for the charge and lose 1 inch for the realignment. The atmosphere is calm, the men know what is going on, the horses are fresh, the sergeants are 'on it' the target is clear, the ground is firm, there are no hidden bumps, copses, undergrowth.
If you are unlucky you throw 10 + 1 and the realignment minus is 6 inches. The mean say WTF? its noisy and smoky and boggy and the horses are tired and bad tempered. The commanders know what is supposed to happen but it is just going to take too long and we're not going to make it.
Charge nevertheless! It will leave the unlucky squadron - disordered and out on a limb.
"If you think you can, or if you think you can't, you are probably right"
Henry Ford