"On to Richmond: "45 Right" morale outcome?" Topic
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Demosthenes Of Athens  | 12 Apr 2022 7:25 p.m. PST |
It has been a very, very, very long time since I played OTR. I have pulled the rules out recently with the idea of trying a game. However I can't remember how I interpreted the "45 right" and "45 left" morale results. I think I used to wheel 45 degrees then move in that direction. Is that right? |
| khanscom | 12 Apr 2022 7:48 p.m. PST |
That's the way I always played it. |
| Calico Bill | 13 Apr 2022 3:05 a.m. PST |
Same way here. Still my favourite ACW game. |
| 79thPA | 13 Apr 2022 4:49 a.m. PST |
I always interpreted it to be a forward oblique movement. More of a veering off course than a wheel. |
 ColCampbell | 13 Apr 2022 12:55 p.m. PST |
Here's what the rules state on page 25:
45 Right/Left: The unit makes a full move at a 45 degree angle to its right/left (it must change facing as an oblique move is too shallow of an angle). All normal movement rules apply. So it is not an oblique movement which is a 1" to side for every 3" forward movement (see page 14). Now whether it could be a wheel of 45 degrees (see page 15) or a "drift" I guess is up to the game master. Jim P.S. All page numbers are from 2014 edition published by Scale Creep Miniatures. |
| 79thPA | 13 Apr 2022 2:46 p.m. PST |
Ah, yes. I thought the rule was silly and modified it. |
| Demosthenes Of Athens | 13 Apr 2022 6:36 p.m. PST |
I have both the original printed OTR and the Scale Creep Miniatures re-issue. The problem I have had interpreting the Scale Creep Miniatures words is that I can not find "change facing" defined anywhere in the rules. "Wheeling" however is defined on p15, and I guess wheeling changes facing. BTW the original wording reads: "unit takes a full move 45 (degrees) right of its facing". |
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