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Wider Wargaming => Genre/Period Discussion => Firelocks to Maxims (1680 - 1900) => Topic started by: Last Hussar on 14 December 2013, 10:43:04 PM

Title: Suggestions for 'Orders' markers for ACW
Post by: Last Hussar on 14 December 2013, 10:43:04 PM
Rather than have our current flags with order type on for TCHAE I am looking at bases. Suggestions please building on below

ATTACK - Charging men (ACW1 or 2) OR Command Advancing (ACW14): On Triangular base
MANOEUVER - Marching on Square base
HOLD ????
ENGAGE - Firing on strip base with 3 points (like saw teeth, or 'row of houses')

Each base will be labelled along the back

In addition status markers

Fightin' - I am using a dead man on a penny
Defeated - Stretcher bearers, mounted on 2p
Rout - ????
Pursuit (of routers) ???? [
Disordered - Jiggle the bases?
Surprised ????
Title: Re: Suggestions for 'Orders' markers for ACW
Post by: ronan on 15 December 2013, 08:02:34 AM
HOLD : May be a trapezoidal, with a small line firing ?
Title: Re: Suggestions for 'Orders' markers for ACW
Post by: sunjester on 15 December 2013, 10:36:25 AM
Based on our last game:

ATTACK - Dead men on Triangular base
MANOEUVER - Dead men on Square base
HOLD - Dead men on a round base
ENGAGE - Dead men on strip base with 3 points (like saw teeth, or 'row of houses')

:d :d
Title: Re: Suggestions for 'Orders' markers for ACW
Post by: Albie Bach on 15 December 2013, 11:01:20 AM
How about:
HOLD - kneeling figure. There are some in the foot firing packs
ROUT - ???? - can you remove the weapons from figures in the advancing packs?
PURSUIT (of routers) - an enthusiastic advancing Command figure. The Confederates look good but the Union are not quite so enthusiastic
SURPRISED - I'd go for some of the artillery crew. In the artillery firing packs there are some covering one ear and look like they are cowering a bit (remove the pole) or in the artillery aiming packs there are figures peering which could be looking surprised.
Title: Re: Suggestions for 'Orders' markers for ACW
Post by: Shedman on 15 December 2013, 11:53:12 AM
Excuse my ignorance but what is TCHAE?
Title: Re: Suggestions for 'Orders' markers for ACW
Post by: Fenton on 15 December 2013, 12:18:21 PM
It stands for "They couldnt hit an elephant"  an ACW ruleset by Two Fat Lardies