Lord_Valentai
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Rock, the pike blocks DO have a facing. They aren't just converted wholly from the Nappy squares. They do have a fire arc.
LV is correct, there is a distinct facing, and there also seems to have been a bug with this (some people have had it and some don't).Pike in BLOCK have all around facing thus I am assuming that this means that they can fire in any direction.
I confirmed it, Albi says "2.100 arquebussiers were extracted from the 6 Spanish Tercios, and organized in 7 sleeves each 300 strong detached from their parent units" (my translation), and yes, the center Tercios seems to have been stripped of arquebussiers /although it is not stated in the text) although given a typical TOE for the period around one thousand musketeers would remain with the pike.“Dr. Picouet’s page shows something very interesting. He
says
“On the left wing (s) we have 7 Spanish mangas (extract
from the 6 Spanish Tercios of the centre) of 300
harquebusiers and musketeers ...”
But aryaman11 says, “... arquebussiers of the 6 units
were detached to form a body of 2.100 men, divided in 7
sleeves ...”
If we assume 300 shot per sleeve/manga, then we have 2100
shot on the left wing, and not 300 shot. I go with
Aryaman11, since we see from the figures that the left wing
launched a highly successful assault. (And, Dr. Picouet’s
account could be interpreted as 300 per manga, and not 300
total.)
Now, check out REN scenario # 89 - - Alcantara_a. This
shows only 300 shot in the Spanish left wing, and the
center dripping with arquebus. This follows the 300 total
that one can easily interpret from Dr. Picouet. I haven’t
yet played Alcantara_a yet. But, I sure don’t like the
chances of a mere 300 Spanish shot against the 1000 man
Portuguese 2a Tercio pike block (backed up with 1000
arquebus in the near vicinity). I think we have a scenario
“bug” in Alcantara_a.
Aryaman11, could you do a quick double check of Albi and
confirm the 2100 total arquebus on the Spanish left? And,
with such a transfer, would there be any arquebus at all in
the center tercios? Or, would they be stripped of shot?