During the A/I move a "Sighting Error" message occures and the AI freezes. Cursor becomes a clock face and all progress stops.
Is there something I can do to fix?

FRED!  Although Punic Wars would be way cool.
DavidI

At the scale of this game, you would put a column in one hex, a line in the next and a column in the next.  Mixed Order.
DavidI

<t> By the Little Bighorn method of scouting I mean this:<br/>
Cavalry unit moving through the woods runs into unseen Infantry unit. Cavalry loses all movement points. Infantry unit fires in Defensive Fire phase killling 100 cavalry, then fires again in the next Offensive Fire phase killing another ...

<t> The present game allows for up to 9 units to be in a stack in a single hex basically with no limit as to size. There is a penalty for being overstacked, but it is not stringent enough. I recommend that you allow the scenario designer to fix the stacking from one to nine units depending on the ...

<t> Jagger 2002,<br/>
Concerning the manueverability of lines vs columns. While it is true that it is easier to move a column, in any circumstances, rather than a line, lines could and did move on the field of battle all the time. Consider the British advance at Salamanca, long distances were ...

<t> Jagger,<br/>
Hear! Hear! I totally agree with you on this one. In the old "la Battiele" board games and, to a lesser degree HPS's games, THE way to attack a linear defense was to mass up huge columns and just crush the opposing lines. Not only was this historically incorrect but it encouraged ...

We are the chorus and we agree, we agree, we agree!
DavidI

<t> Inaki,<br/>
True enough. Cavalry hitting a line head on is not all that different than hitting a square, but hitting it on the flank would have been a far different affair, altogether (with lots of sword/lance casualties). Infantry defense against cavalry depended on terrain, formation and ...

<t> I would suggest that 9 out of 10 time where you hear about cavalry making contact with infantry, it's because the infantry flinched, or was disordered to start with. It's kinda like infantry to infantry melees, frequently shown in paintings and in the movies but very rare on the battlefield ...

<t> With any luck Tim & Company will make a game tight enough that we don't have to use any House Rules.<br/>
Although I have played with house rules (you really had to use them for Talonsoft, you need a few important ones for HPS) I prefere not to have to. I don't recall that any house rules were ...

Inaki,

"In fact, there are a lot of historical testimonies of horses actually smashing into the enemy solid line"... Really?
Could you name a few?[&:]
DavidI

<t> bstarr, <br/>
You're right. That source, whoever he is, knows not of what he speaks. A horse can see well enough to see if it is about to run into a wall, or square for that matter. If a rider tries to force a horse to run into a wall the horse will determine if he thinks he can jump over the ...

bstar,
Put me on your list!
DavidI

<t> Tim,<br/>
Make sure you make a good sound track! I got so annoyed with HPS's lousy music that I turned it off and listened to my stereo. [>:] Either a medley of British, French, Russian, German/Austrian martial music, or a full symphony by Beetoven (3rd, 5th or 9th come to mind) or one of his ...

Tim,
As promised, I am reminding you that it is now June.
What's happening with BON?
DavidI

<t> Arinvald - "Swords Around the Thone" - awesome book!<br/>
Le Tondu - "With Musket, Cannon and Sword..." - awesome book. (Liked CMETO did you?)<br/>
Suvoroff - Nafzlinger is without a doubt the worst writer I've ever stumbled across, great information, but boring, boring, boring. I'm going to ...

Le Tondu,
I am not a very good psychic, however, after BON is released I forsee playing a PBEM game with you.[;)]
DavidI

Tim,
Will engineer units be able to build fortifications (could be important in multi-day battles)?
DavidI

<t> HPS's Games are OK, but they have some horrible problems:<br/>
1. The AI SUCKS OUT LOUD! In an Eckmulh Campaign Game I played the French. I withdrew the Bavarian Division with no pressure from the Austrians, a day went by and still no Austrians. I sent a cavalry Brigade down to the Danube River ...