Derrick:
The horses are the same as before, which means they have move 12.
Do they have a Move of 12 or a Move of 8 and Enhanced Move 0.5?
The rules are subtly different. Note, no horse in Basic has a
base Move of 12.
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The Comanche go first, and their first action ends them at 200 yards. Then the cowboys go.
So at this point we're waiting for the Comanches to go again*, and Vulco is jumping the gun a bit... ;)
* Or at least for Mari to declare their action in thread.
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Earnest is at position (6,6) (though he be at (8,8) if he wants to. diagnals are like that).
Actually... unless Earnest (or more importantly his horse) was moving at full base Move (or greater) the previous turn, the horse can only 'accelerate' to full base Move this turn.
Two questions:
Where are we declaring 0, 0 to be (so we can better position in our mind maps)?
Is this a completely flat featureless expanse of terrain?
Mari:
The Comanche ride in a single row formation, so basically everyone is at the same distance.
Is there a 'horse width' between them or are they riding knee to knee?
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I am not sure if they can do all-out defense while riding...
This is... variable. The rules are a bit contradictory.
The mounts can take any Maneuver, unless they are moving at high speed*, at which point they have to take either Move or Move and Attack.
The rider can take any Maneuver unless they have to control their mount, then they have to take either Move or Ready Maneuvers (Move for normal controlling, Ready to regain control of a spooked mount).
* This is where the fact that they have Enhanced Speed comes in. If they are moving faster than their base Move, they are at 'high speed' and must obey those rules for turning radius, slowing down, etc.
What constitutes 'control' is ambiguous, but I tend to favor "Any time you have to make a Riding roll", which is any time you change the mount's direction or speed.
I personally also allow Move and Attack, but I don't know what Derrick will be allowing, whether we'll be sticking to RAW § or not.
§ I'll note, that in the last Cowboy v Indians the rules for mounted combat were being largely ignored. I'd prefer they be followed more closely this time around.