American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

So is the thinking here that the breastwork being built is a full hexside in actual length, meaning that 400 men could constuct one faster than 40 men? Or was the idea that a unit need only construct a breastwork for their own particular frontage, which would equally apply the 18% probability?

Maj. Gen. Jos. C. Meyer
Second Division, 14th Corps,
Army of the Cumberland

Ok -well, instead of relying on my memory (which is pretty inexact at times I went back and fished out the email).

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With that said, I don't see anything that says a larger unit will make them quicker than a smaller unit - but it makes sense that they would. Could be a behind the scenes thing, as JT doesn't always reveal every little tidbit of detail. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

What brought this email exchange about was that I was asked this by someone I was playing a match with at Gamesquad. The manpower affecting creating breastworks is not documented in the HPS user.doc file - and I don't recall if it is in the Talonsoft manuals - so I need to correct myself, Rich H did not say 'no, manpower does not affect breastwork building.', like I had first wrote- but rather - that no, it is not documented that manpower in a unit affects breastwork creation, but it could work that way and be undocumented.

Which, in effect means that Mr Whitehead could well be correct. I hope that is the case --- I understand about the unit frontage angle, but a unit can create a breastwork that any units able to fit in the hex can use.

Capt. Stephen Trauth
XVI Corps 1st Division 6th Brigade (divisional artillery)
AoT

Plenty of stuff in the game that isn't documented. These games have a long history of changes and additions and the HPS manual was written from scratch a few years ago while the games themselve still use the old BG engine.

Gen. Walter, USA
<i>The Blue Blitz</i>
3/2/VIII AoS
West Point Class of '01
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"... and keep moving on."

Gents,
just my two cents (Confederate pennies) on this topic: If strength doesn't factor in, and a 75 man unit can construct as fast as a 700 man unit (the idea being that a smaller unit only constructs enough to cover their own front) then it's really a broken rule because a small unit could construct and have a large unit move in to reinforce the hex and still receive the same benefit as if it (the larger unit) had constructed the breastwork. Obviously, a fortification that protects a 75 man unit wouldnt give much protection to a larger unit, so what gives?

Lt. Col. Nick DeStefano
4/4/IV/AotM
"Morgan's Kentucky Wolf-Pack Bde"