Only if you consider a melee to actually be hand-to-hand combat. If so, then yes. I tend to think that melee also - or more likely - represents one side closing upon the other to very close range and either the defender waivers and pulls back (attacker wins the "melee") or the defender holds and the attacker retreats (attacker loses "melee"). Close combat was common in the CW - lines getting within 50-100 yards of each other. Since a single hex represents 125 yards, it would be very possible for two opposing lines to end up in the same "hex" only 50 yards apart vying for control via rifle fire without ever coming to blows with clubbed muskets and bayonettes. This is what I feel "melee" more accurately represents in these games, and since that idea is completely historically accurate, I don't mind it. The fatigue penalties - especially in the old BG system - more than make up for it. If an opponent wants to get restless and melee a lot, let them. I'll just make sure my stacks are big enough to win most of them and let him wear down his army with high fatigue - especially usefull in HPS where melee fatigue is better represented as a result of the combat, not as a flat 2 FA points no matter what. A 600 man unit should be able to push a 100 man unit out of most hexes without much trouble, etc.
Regards,
Brig. Gen. Alan Lynn
2nd Div, II Corps, AoA
VMI Training Staff
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