1776 - Does the game feel right to you?

[Steel God]

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"Cornwallis Cannon"

The reference was going to be based upon a tactic that Cornwallis did at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse - where he fired cannon into close combat, accepting friendly losses (basically out of desperation at that battle).

It's on page 27 of the RWB.pdf.

• Select Cornwallis Cannon to enable the ability for cannon fire to be added to a melee. This rule is motivated by the occurrence in the Battle of Guilford Court House where Cornwallis ordered his cannon to fire on a melee between his forces and the Americans. When this rule is in effect, the fire from one cannon unit can be added to an existing melee, but the cannon must be able to fire on the defending hex and the melee is automatically resolved when the cannon fire is added. Half of the fire value of the cannon is added to the melee attack strength of both sides in the melee and therefore affects both sides.
  

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Ahhh, thank you for that.  I recall the incident and think that rule a nice bit of chrome.  I wonder how many people have actually tried it.  Seems it didn't work too well at Guilford.