Memoir 44 Discussion Forum MenuForum NavigationForumActivityLoginRegisterForum breadcrumbs - You are here:Memoir 44 ForumStrategy & Tactics: Tactical DiscussionCreate Overlapping Fields of FirePost ReplyPost Reply: Create Overlapping Fields of Fire <blockquote><div class="quotetitle">Quote from <a class="profile-link highlight-admin" href="#">GeneralHowitzer</a> on 2025-07-28, 17:26</div><p class="p1">Don't you hate it when you have a bunch of units ready to attack, and on the very first roll, you roll a Flag and the unit withdraws out of range of your units, and you have wasted a bunch of potential great dice rolls?!</p> <p class="p1">There is a way to avoid that.</p> <p class="p1">Here are two principles to apply so that you can have a better chance of maximizing your dice.</p> <p class="p1">1st - Attack with your units with the lowest dice rolls first.</p> <p class="p1">Why?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Every time you roll a die, there is a one in six chance of rolling a flag.</p> <p class="p1">If you roll more dice on your first roll the odds of rolling a flag are multiplied by two, three, or four.</p> <p class="p1">So rolling one die, while not guaranteeing it, does increase the likelihood that the enemy forces will not retreat, and will have to withstand the additional withering attack of your other unit's dice rolls.</p> <p class="p1">2nd - Overlap your fields of fire</p> <p class="p1">This is to make sure that if one unit gets either destroyed, or retreat, that there is a secondary target for most of your units.</p> <p class="p1">In the example here, you will see that with the Armor Assault card, the Allies have moved three of their four Armor close enough to have multiple targets for each.</p></blockquote><br> Upload Files:Add another file ...Maximum files: 2 · Maximum file size: 6 MB · Allowed file types: jpg,jpeg,gif,png,bmp,pdf, webp, heicCancel Please leave this field empty Don’t miss out on Memoir 44 tips and news! We don’t spam! Read our privacy policy for more info. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Please leave this field empty Don’t miss out on Memoir 44 tips and news! We don’t spam! Read our privacy policy for more info. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Rate this item:1.002.003.004.005.00Submit Rating No votes yet. Please wait...