Josh "Der Spieler" Spillers
United States
Louisiana
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I just started playing Mosby's Raiders, and I'm really enjoying it so far. Here's a couple of question I had after my first play:
1. Combat Ratio
Section 6.5 3A (p.9) in the rules reads "Divide the strength of the attacking force by the strength of the defending force (round fractions down) to determine the combat ratio of attacker to defender."
The Combat Procedure chart reads "Divide the strength of the attackers by the strength of the defenders, rounding down in favor of the defenders, to find the combat ratio."
Lastly, we have the examples is the rulebook. On page 9 (also, p.23) the combat ratios are demonstrated as such:
(Attacker Strength : Defender Strength)
5:2 = 2:1
2:5 = 1:3
In other words, "round in favor of the defender." This is how I played. One attack I remember was 3:2, which I converted to 1:1. Is this how you all play it?
2. Union Sweep
In Union Sweep, a Union Combat Unit appears in Mosby's Confederacy, devastates the space, and moves three random spaces, devastating each Mosby's Confederacy space. If the Combat Unit enters Mosby's Space, it attacks Mosby with a -2 surprise modifier (p.31).
I got "swept," and was attacked. I lost the battle. Does that end my turn, since I lost a battle (p.9 6.5 6C)? Is that space devastated? Does the Combat Unit keep moving if it had spaces left to move?
In my game, the last movement of the Combat Unit was to me. (Lucky, I know.) When I lost the combat, I played the remainder of the event cards that I had drawn and ended the turn.
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Randy C
United States
Chicago
Illinois
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1 - yes, all those old games rounded in favor of the defender. This gave rise to that old Stalingrad phrase "3-1 proof river line". Since river doubled the defender, the defender only needed 1 more than 1/6th of the attacker's maximum strength. Sorry back to Mosby.
2 - I think each space the yank enters is devastated, even if it attacks. Pretty sure a battle ends a units movement. Assume this would apply to a sweep too. Pretty sure turn ends if Mosby loses a battle since his men are disbanded.
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Michael Lavoie
United States
Nashua
New Hampshire
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This is a little late here, but I wanted to clarify something. (Will anyone ever read this? Who knows?) According to Rule 5.2 (Random Event Cards): "Some cards may cause the premature end of the turn; in this case, put the remaining Random Event cards back on top of the deck without looking at them."
So, if Mosby loses a battle during a Union Sweep, the turn ends and you do not resolve any remaining Random Events.
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