Post by harlandski on Mar 2, 2017 9:40:09 GMT -6
Hello everyone,
My friends and I are interested in using the jousting rules in Chainmail, both as a game in itself (to play whilst waiting for late players :-) and as part of a "hexcrawl" as described in the Underworld and Wilderness Adventures.
It took me a while to get my head around how the table(s) worked, but now I think I get it except for one point. I understand that both players choose and aiming point and a defensive position (with some limitations on the latter dependent on the former), and that the results basically happen simultaneously. But I am not sure exactly who suffers what.
It would make sense that a result of H(elm Knocked Off), I(njured) or (U)nhorsed refers to the defender, whereas (G)lances Off and (M)iss would refer to the attacker missing. Now what I'm less sure about is who (B)reaks Lance refers to, though logic would suggest the attacker's lance breaks, right?
Or have I completely misunderstood, and everything refers to either the attacker or the defender after all? I am aware that both players are both attackers and defenders simultaneously, but I am talking about the result of a particular combination of Aiming point vs Defensive Position, where the aiming point is the attacker's choice, and the defensive position the defender's one.
(I've read the thread from 2008 on this forum, but decided not to indulge in necromancy. Thanks for considering this!)
My friends and I are interested in using the jousting rules in Chainmail, both as a game in itself (to play whilst waiting for late players :-) and as part of a "hexcrawl" as described in the Underworld and Wilderness Adventures.
It took me a while to get my head around how the table(s) worked, but now I think I get it except for one point. I understand that both players choose and aiming point and a defensive position (with some limitations on the latter dependent on the former), and that the results basically happen simultaneously. But I am not sure exactly who suffers what.
It would make sense that a result of H(elm Knocked Off), I(njured) or (U)nhorsed refers to the defender, whereas (G)lances Off and (M)iss would refer to the attacker missing. Now what I'm less sure about is who (B)reaks Lance refers to, though logic would suggest the attacker's lance breaks, right?
Or have I completely misunderstood, and everything refers to either the attacker or the defender after all? I am aware that both players are both attackers and defenders simultaneously, but I am talking about the result of a particular combination of Aiming point vs Defensive Position, where the aiming point is the attacker's choice, and the defensive position the defender's one.
(I've read the thread from 2008 on this forum, but decided not to indulge in necromancy. Thanks for considering this!)
