| Weasel | 14 Jan 2017 10:58 a.m. PST |
In man to man skirmish games, when a figure moves faster than the normal rate, typically at the expense of firing, what are they doing? Running
Dashing
Sprinting
Scurrying
Scarpering
Double-Timing
Moving fast or something else entirely? |
 Saber6   | 14 Jan 2017 11:17 a.m. PST |
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 etotheipi  | 14 Jan 2017 11:24 a.m. PST |
Skipping
Dos-si-doing
Step Ball Chain
Cèilidh
Promenading
Sashé
Hauling Ass
Le Grande Sissone
The Foxtrot
Hopsa! … or, as is often the case with figures under my command, rapid tactical advance to the rear! |
| daler240D | 14 Jan 2017 11:43 a.m. PST |
dashing sounds about right in that context. |
| War Panda | 14 Jan 2017 11:46 a.m. PST |
I agree dashing gives both an impression of speed mixed with a certain lack of caution perhaps I personally prefer descriptive terminology in a rulebook rather than something 'gamey' like double-timing |
| The Beast Rampant | 14 Jan 2017 12:04 p.m. PST |
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| foxweasel | 14 Jan 2017 12:11 p.m. PST |
Dashing, I'm assuming you mean moving fast between cover. It was even in the old reaction to effective enemy fire drills taught by the British forces "Dash, Down, Crawl, Observe, Sights, Fire". Double Time isn't actually that fast, it's more slow jogging speed. Or Daeshing! |
| robert piepenbrink | 14 Jan 2017 12:12 p.m. PST |
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 14 Jan 2017 1:11 p.m. PST |
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 Herkybird | 14 Jan 2017 1:48 p.m. PST |
I always assume its a sort of jog, or perhaps a run for a short time. |
| Joes Shop | 14 Jan 2017 1:51 p.m. PST |
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| Weasel | 14 Jan 2017 2:51 p.m. PST |
I forgot Rushing, good call. |
| JimDuncanUK | 14 Jan 2017 3:15 p.m. PST |
Ages ago when we played games that diced for movement using two D6 we used to shout out 'Linford Christie' when someone rolled 5,6 or 6,6. Figure that one out! |
| rustymusket | 14 Jan 2017 4:26 p.m. PST |
moving across the table with a bonus. Actually I never really thought about it other than what the particular rules set called it. |
| JSchutt | 14 Jan 2017 5:16 p.m. PST |
In my day they would be "booking it." The derivation of which eludes me. As in: "…the cops are coming… let's book it!" |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 14 Jan 2017 6:09 p.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 14 Jan 2017 8:22 p.m. PST |
They are moving "a little bit faster than a walk". |
| emckinney | 14 Jan 2017 9:25 p.m. PST |
Etotheipi, it's "step-ball-change." A step, a partial weight transfer onto the ball of the foot, and then a change step with the other foot. |
| Grelber | 14 Jan 2017 9:39 p.m. PST |
I believe some rules use the descriptive, though unimaginative, "fast move." Grelber |
| Mako11 | 14 Jan 2017 11:56 p.m. PST |
Easier to detect, but harder to hit. |
| etotheipi | 15 Jan 2017 4:02 a.m. PST |
To me. "rushing" implies you are going to do (usually collision or grappling related to the enemy at the end of the movement. |
| John the Greater | 15 Jan 2017 9:26 a.m. PST |
Too often they are routing, bugging out, fleeing, skedaddling, bailing, showing the white feather… |
