On-board arty/mort fire

[Grognard Gunny]

It says that off board Arty can only fire three units at a hex. Can on board Arty/Mort fire more than three, with an appropriate leader? (You would think by now I would have run across that particular situation before..... But NO!)

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[joe_oppenheimer]

Yes. Onboard artillery activate just like any other units. So with the right setup of leaders and adjacent units you could activate many of them at once.

[plloyd1010]

Like Joe says, any number of on board artillery or mortars may be activated together. Any number may be combined to fire on a target hex, subject to the limit of a leader's ability to combine fire from different hexes. Keep in mind that a leader's combat modifier may only be used to combine fire in this case, not for enhancement.

[Grognard Gunny]

That's what I thought, just couldn't find a reference for it in the "rules". Have been playing it that way anyway. Thanks for the verification.

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[Col. Sonichu]

That’s why I always stack my arty 3 deep!

[Col. Sonichu]

That’s why I always stack my arty 3 deep! ?

[Grognard Gunny]

One of my greatest failings is that I tend to forget to assign a leader with a "combining" factor to the mortars/arty... particularly since they usually don't come on board at the same time. It does change the particulars of the scenario if one can "drop", say, 48 SP on a hex rather than 24, yes?

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[plloyd1010]

One of my greatest failings is that I tend to forget to assign a leader with a "combining" factor to the mortars/arty... particularly since they usually don't come on board at the same time. It does change the particulars of the scenario if one can "drop", say 48 SP on a hex rather than 24, yes?

That's what those 8-1-0 and 7-1-0 lieutenants are for. Or that smart colonel who you don't want on the front line.