Paul Aceto - 01:51am Apr 2, 2003 PST (#85 of 86) 

Roberto -- first of all, let me say "buon lavoro" for Innocence Lost. It
looks like a good, quick-playing game on one of my favorite battles. I
am glad Boulder Games is offering it. I've also ordered Obbedisco, but
it has been out of stock. 

That said, there are a number of areas in the rules that still confuse
me, even after reading previous posts and errata. So here are some
questions and general comments: 

1. During the Command Phase, do Confederate Army Commanders make a
separate initiative check for each brigade in range, or do they make one
check that applies to all brigades in range? 

2. Just to clarify, as there are no leader chits for the Confederate
brigades they will be activated only when their Army Commander's chit is
drawn (either by the Commander directly or through a successful
initiative check). 

3. I am almost hesitant to ask this next question since it seems so
obvious and no one else has raised it. How do artillery move if they
have a movement allowance of zero? 

4. Can a division be put in Assault mode, even if all its brigades can't
reach the enemy that turn? For example, given Tyler's initial set-up,
can Tyler choose Assault and have Sherman attack with the bonus while
the other two brigades move towards the enemy under default Advance
orders? 

5. Again to clarify, by "attacking through" a bridge/ford/stream hex, do
you actually mean "attacking from" such a hex? 

6. Are you sure you want to "double count" the efficiency rating by
differential by having it apply to both sides? Seems to me it would be
enough just to have it apply as a positive modifier to the better side. 

7. Note that combat rules say that you total the attacker and defender
results when I assume you mean to say that you subtract the defender's
result from the attacker's result. It's pretty obvious to most gamers,
but some not familiar with the combat system might be confused. 

8. It would help to add a detailed Sequence of Play chart in the rules. 

9. Please have pity on those of us with weakened eyesight and pick a
color scheme next time that does not camouflage the unit information
(e.g., the bottom half of the Union units). 

10. You might consider preparing a command chart for each side, similar
to what Ivy St Games did with its Civil War brigade system. Thus, rather
than have a different counter for each brigade, have a chart with boxes
next to each brigade into which you could put an order marker. 

11. And for the record, in the U.S. we don't use the term Unionist. We
would usually say the Union player. 

Grazie. Ho studiato a Bologna nel 1981-82 and mi manca molto la cucina
italina. Forza azzurri! 

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Roberto Chiavini - 08:59pm Apr 3, 2003 PST (#86 of 86) 

Hi Paul, 

Well you have a plethora of questions and some interesting notations: 

1) One different roll for each unit they want to change orders. 

2) Yes, but they may try to change orders separately. 

3) Well! An obvious mistake (and it's peculiar that you are the first to
notice it!!). Anyway, consider artillery moving like an infantry unit (4
Movement points). 

4) You may use this order if at least one unit may reach the target.
Treat the other units as having an Advance order (i.e., they do not get
the bonus) 

5) The rule is correct: you may move along a river without crossing it
(for this there are counters - the ones with the fish - to indicate
which bank of the river the unit is) 

6) The rule is correct 

7) Good notation: I'll try to be more clear next time, but your
interpretation is correct. 

8-11) I'll consider your notes for future releases, hoping to improve
both my compentence in making more user friendly games and both my
English language (I normally have friend Paul Rohrbaugh "rewriting" the
rules in a better Englis, and this was the case with Obbedisco and will
be on my future project Montebello). 

Thanks a lot for your questions (that are useful for all the players out
there) and for the appreciation of the game. 

Regarding Obbedisco, Boulder should be receiving a few copies of it in
the following days. 

Best regards 

Roberto Chiavini