If you’re like me, your eyes aren’t getting any better. I know. I hate it too! :/
We are testing out a new style of dice stickers. It is a cleaner and sleeker design: more graphical, fewer numbers, bigger easier to read font.
I’ve been testing them out. I like them better. I guess the downside is that they look a little modern. They don’t have that old world, period look to them.
We’re not sure yet if we want to make them available. What do you guys think? Do you like them better? Would you rather have these?
They are easy to change. The trick is to soak the dice in hot water for awhile. Then you just peel off the old stickers and wipe clean with a towel.
Marshall, for ranged combat/FoF using pub dice, is the intent to switch to a lower die? For example, infantry using III for melee, and II for FoF?
Thanks much!
Larry
Ranged fire was something we experimented with but dropped. It is not part of the official rules. I expect we’ll develop this concept further at the Kriegsspiel scale.
The idea was to drop 1 die for ranged fire. The die numbers have to do with effect: bad, normal, good.
So for the PB dice, Infantry would fire as Dragoons for ranged fire. Dragoons would fire like Detachments.
Ok, that’s what I thought. The latest rules version i have is 3.0.
I’ll try to find the current version
Greetings Marshall,
Thank you for forwarding the PB 4.0 rules to me. I’m really looking forward to tabling the Gettysburg brigade blocks, too. I came here seeking clarification on reading the PB dice. With respect to Detachments (p6, middle column): “Detachments inflict 1 hit on a White result and miss on a Black result,” do you mean “dot” or “numeral” by “result”? For example, on the Bad Effect die if it is the former (dot), a Detachment does damage on a result of 2,4,5, and 6; whereas, if it is the latter case (numeral), the Detachment only does damage on a 2 or 4.
Cheers,
GR
Ha! This reminds me of Kriegsspiel. It always amazes me how even the most seemingly simple orders can be interpreted in different ways. =)
Good question. For clarification, it is the dot color we are looking at.