From: Markus Stumptner <mst@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: GamesUSA Friedland Q&A

Alan,

Here are the Friedland questions and answers.

	Markus

Friedland Q&A
Answers by Brien Miller/Mark Searle

Comments in [] by Jonathan Gingerich.
Comments in <> by Markus Stumptner.

Q: Scenario 3 - Area 028 is overstacked.  

A: Leave the are 028 set up as is, but the overstacking situation must
be fixed by the end of the first turn.  

Q: In area 055, the historical setup has the 7th (I believe) Russian
division with lots of artillery on top of a rise surrounded by slopes,
which artillery are not allowed to cross.  Can one ever get them off?  (How 
could they get up there, for that matter?)

A: An omission from the map of the path servicing the hill. The rules are
supposed to state that for area 55, its is ok to ignore the
slope rule.

[I now believe that the east side of the knoll should not be a slope,
based on the map in Bennigsen.]  

<The map in Chandler's _Campaigns of Napoleon_ has a (small) path
leading to the top, and shows artillery deployed there.  In our play,
we ignore the slope rule for movement but not combat.>

Q: What is rule 23.21 supposed to mean?  Units will typically want to use
a ford because they are cut off and therefore are not in chain of command,
but then they cannot cross a ford.

A: Rule 23.21 is supposed to capture the historical circumstances.
The units that located the ford sent a messenger back to the Russian
HQ to inform them of its existence.  The info was then distributed
from the HQ.  The knowledge of the ford did not generally reach other
units directly from the discovering unit, therefore they cannot cross
it in the game unless at least one of the conditions is met.  In
actual game play, it is far more likely that you will use the second
condition (presence of the locating unit) after forces have been cut
off from the HQ.

Q: What happens if one of Oudinot's Grenadier brigades in extended
formation takes a step loss?  Can the owner choose which half to
remove or does it need to be the half that was attacked (always using
the real counter for the surviving half, of course)?

A: Owner may choose to which end the line falls back.

Q: The rules states a morale and bombardment modifier as the only
effect of defending in a village area, but the charts and tables chart
says it also means no cavalry bonuses apply.  Which is correct?

A: [14.5] is the general series rule. [14.8] (the charts and tables
card) is the exclusive rule and takes precedence over [14.5] (hence
adding the "no cav bonus").  Note that there is no modifier for
Artillery bombardment against a village in the Friedland game, because
[14.8] does not mention it even though [14.5] does.  Again, the
exclusive rules may modify the standard rules and always take
precedence.

Q: Where do reinforcements enter if enemy units have occupied their
entering area?  Is there any time delay?

A: If an enemy unit occupies a line of communication road, that
communication road cannot be used for reinforcements. In the case of
Friedland, French units appearing that would appear at a blocked 
area may: 
1- wait till it is open or 
2- shift one area and appear one hour later.
The player must declare if he is waiting or he is shifting.

Example: If 004 is occupied, wait till 004 is open or appear at 012 or
014 one hour later.

In the case of the Russians at Friedland, there is no delay - the
Russian may shift freely but if the French are that far its best to
shift back to Moscow and call it a day. :)

<COUNTER ERRATA: I have received a hint that there is some counter
errata in the game.  To be specific, two infantry divisions on the
French side (the Saxon div. and one other) have an incorrect morale
value of '6' on their last step counter (the half-sized counter).  In
other words, their morale drops through losses and then rises again.
I have not so far received information what the last morale value
should be, so I currently play by re-using the value on the
next-to-last counter.>