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<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Mark Eason</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Bill Peters</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by ranzzzz</i>
<br />Ahhhh can anyone tell me what "Full Barrett" is? I still have no clue. [?]
Capitaine Ranson Lee
4ème Régiment d'Infanterie de Ligne
7ème Division d'Infanterie
IIèmé Corps d'Armee Nord
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Its basically an all out assault on turn 1 on the British position with the intent of using every unit to wipe out the Anglo-Allied army.
In BGW this worked because the Objective VPs demanded that the Allies stand their ground. In the HPS game good luck! The Anglo-Allied army can actually maneuver over to join up with the Prussians earlier. The problem with this is that there are exit hexes for the French.
However, I dont think that the entire French army can exit from that exit hex so its going to be interesting to see how this all works out.
Oberst Wilhelm Peters
2nd Kuirassiers, Reserve Korps, Austrian Army
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Bill
Do you know whether the French exit hexes are to the north of the Allied position (direction of Brussels) or to the south of their own position (direction of Paris)[?]
If the latter that would definitely pose a problem.
Regards
Mark
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Mark,
Yeah, gotta second Al here. Its not that we are being sarcastic. The fact is that the VP exit hex is towards Brussels. It wouldnt be much of a game if all you had to do was march your army off the map to your rear?
Taking Brussels would have put the Anglo-Allies out of supply (Brits more than Dutch-Belgians/Hollanders/Hanoverians). Thus for the French to exit a hunk of units out of that exit location will give them alot of points. And frankly if they go for it its going to have to be carefully orchestrated as if you exit a portion of your army you leave the rest of the army in a diminished state. If you exit all of your army it would look kind of odd (but effective nonetheless I think).
My thinking is that the French will weigh the advantages of exiting units and do it as long as it doesnt leave the rest of the army in the lurch.
Or will the French do a Full Barrett for the exit hex? I am not sure and think that Wellington will be able to block any such move by such a large force in time for the Prussians to attack the French right flank.
It would be nice to hear from the playtesters on this one. I would like to hear how the battles went and how the exit hexes played into the strategy of the French player.
Bill
Oberst Wilhelm Peters
2nd Kuirassiers, Reserve Korps, Austrian Army
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Thanks Bill
I appreciate the location and purpose of the exit hex. Exit hexes are the only objective hexes I welcome in the games, others tend to be unnecessary (personal view).
The reason I was asking the question was that I came across a custom scenario, (different game), in which there was an exit hex behind the position occupied by a very small force. All that the player had to do to avoid being creamed by the much stronger enemy was exit the map without engaging the enemy and secure a draw.
So, common sense or no, errors like this can and do slip through the net!
Regards
Mark
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