There is a terrain type that is never used in the series - rails.
There is no artwork to support them. And of course rails didn't exist in this era.
My plan is to use them as hidden fords on my maps. You would have to search for them with your units. By selecting the river hex or hex where there is a stream or creek you then right click on the Info window area and it will tell you what kind of terrain is present in the hex.
The scenario description will tell you that they are present. Or the Campaign Outcome dialog (which you read just before the campaign engine turns it over to the game engine) will say something about them being present.
I also plan on making copies of the maps and having different fords on the maps so that you never get totally familiar with where they are. Using the Campaign Game ability for a wildcard in the scenario name I can then use up to as many map files as I want. Thus you would have to look for the fords in each game.
I could use fords over streams, through walls or hedges or even orchards and woods.
Just another way to sort of give new life to the series - the gamer that is looking for this will be rewarded for his efforts.
And yes, you could blunder onto one too.
The description or outcome dialog would plainly say that they are present. And I probably wouldn't use them for the default maps - just the ones for the campaigns. But that is not set in stone yet.
Anyway, what I wanted to know before I did this was is there any major issues anyone has with this or is there an argument you might have that I may have missed?
But the idea is to reward the diligent player who sends his scouts out looking for a path across a river, stream or creek.
Just think - your cavalry would not disorder if you used such a ford across a stream - but you still could not charge across a stream using a rail.
You can melee into these rail hexes. I checked it out today.
Colonel Bill Peters
Armee du Rhin - V Corps, Cavalerie du V Corps, 20ème légère Brigade de Cavalerie, 13ème Hussar Regiment
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram, Jena-Auerstaedt, Austerlitz and ... more to come)
Not the President of the Musket and Cannon Club
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