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3-37 Armor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:56 am Page 18 of the manual says:

'it is possible to capture enemy artillery, either as a result of melee or by overrunning the artillery
with charging cavalry. While the captured artillery is stacked in the same hex with a unit of the
opposing side, it can be turned and fired in the next turn. If the artillery unit requires setting up it
may not be used by the capturing army if they turn it. Fire once captured is automatically halved
and the battery cannot be moved to another hex. If the artillery unit is abandoned, then the
owning side can recrew the battery and use it normally. Captured artillery units count full value
towards victory conditions.'

The way I read this is if you have a unit in the same hex with a captured artillery unit you can turn and fire it the next turn after capture. However the guns will fire at 1/2 value and can't be moved from the hex they were captured in. The part about artillery that requires setting up is a little confusing I think. It might mean that setup artillery can't be used at all, or maybe so long as it is not turned it can be used? Hard to tell.

3-37 Armor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:56 am Page 18 of the manual says:

'it is possible to capture enemy artillery, either as a result of melee or by overrunning the artillery
with charging cavalry. While the captured artillery is stacked in the same hex with a unit of the
opposing side, it can be turned and fired in the next turn. If the artillery unit requires setting up it
may not be used by the capturing army if they turn it. Fire once captured is automatically halved
and the battery cannot be moved to another hex. If the artillery unit is abandoned, then the
owning side can recrew the battery and use it normally. Captured artillery units count full value
towards victory conditions.'

The way I read this is if you have a unit in the same hex with a captured artillery unit you can turn and fire it the next turn after capture. However the guns will fire at 1/2 value and can't be moved from the hex they were captured in. The part about artillery that requires setting up is a little confusing I think. It might mean that setup artillery can't be used at all, or maybe so long as it is not turned it can be used? Hard to tell.

Dion wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 1:48 pm

3-37 Armor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:56 am Page 18 of the manual says:

'it is possible to capture enemy artillery, either as a result of melee or by overrunning the artillery
with charging cavalry. While the captured artillery is stacked in the same hex with a unit of the
opposing side, it can be turned and fired in the next turn. If the artillery unit requires setting up it
may not be used by the capturing army if they turn it. Fire once captured is automatically halved
and the battery cannot be moved to another hex. If the artillery unit is abandoned, then the
owning side can recrew the battery and use it normally. Captured artillery units count full value
towards victory conditions.'

The way I read this is if you have a unit in the same hex with a captured artillery unit you can turn and fire it the next turn after capture. However the guns will fire at 1/2 value and can't be moved from the hex they were captured in. The part about artillery that requires setting up is a little confusing I think. It might mean that setup artillery can't be used at all, or maybe so long as it is not turned it can be used? Hard to tell.

I wonder why captured artillery needs to be in the same hex with a unit from the opposing side.

Dion wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 2:52 pm Must be a typo because all the other rules concerning captured artillery sounds logical to me. If it's a game limitation, It should be regarded as a bug and needs to be fixed considering how important artillery rules are to the game.