Bataille Empire

1UD from corners or side edge EXCEPT for unit's directly in front or behind.

To put it another way. A unit passing from front or behind is passing round the unit and requires a passage 1 UD wide at each side.

A picture would be so much easier!

Yes, squares do not have skirmishers.

Might be confusion about a gap being required when one unit is diagonally ahead of the other. I.e. Ahead of a line extending the unit's front and to the side of a line extending the flank. A 1 UD gap is still required. What's the best description? Anything within 1 UD of the corner of a unit unless ...

We would play it like that. Just consider the square as being like a unit in column or line facing its opponent and apply the support rules.

I think we have opted for any one point from firer to target. It is a little unclear in the rules. However, any other definition results in some rather silly anomalies.

If you are new to playing wargames with miniatures, congratulations on choosing an excellent rule set

We nearly always use removable trees on a piece of painted felt or similar. It is more important to us to be clear where the figures are than to have pretty forests. As we travel to competitions as well as playing at home and club, terrain has to be portable. Having said that, we do our best to make...

Oh dear, should have read that before posting.

Agreed, tactical distance to enemy should exclude skirmishers and irregular cavalry.
This will also affect rallying. Not unreasonable that a few skirmishers cannot prevent rallying as they present no threat of shock attack or dangerous fire like artillery.

It is quite unusual to be in a situation where a column cannot countercharge. Usually it means it has been caught with manoeuvre orders. In this case we assume it is not deployed for combat and caught by surprise. The brilliance of this game is the order system. Learning not to get caught on manoeuv...