Some questions about Falklands

[TheBigRedOne]

Well, how a platoon leader can give his command benefits to his team leaders if he has only a 1-hex command range?

Most platoons have one leader, maybe two depending on the game. The modern games tend to have more leaders than say the WWII games. The key to effectiveness is keeping your platoon leader in close proximity to his squads. With each hex being 40M, a platoon leader should be, ideally, be right next to his three squads in order for his command radius to play a role. Realistically, he needs to be that close in order to rally his pinned or demoralized troops anyway.

What is not clear from the manual is the path that unit follows when it is under fire and when it recovers from fire : does the unit become disrupted first, then pinned, then demoralized, and from there recovering step by step on the opposite way. In other words, can we find a unit being both "disrupted" and "pinned"?

You can go from normal to disrupted or normal to pinned immediately. Disrupted to pinned as well. Pinned units then degrade to Demoralized if they take continued heavy fire, or retreat away from where they were. If you 'retreat' backwards towards your platoon leader, you will go to D. A unit is either Disrupted, Pinned or Demoralized, not more than one.

When a leader rallies a pinned unit, it goes to disrupted. A demoralized unit goes to disrupted as well when rallied, but oftentimes that takes a few rallies to accomplish. I've had units that just won't really from Demoralized as well. It all depends on the effectiveness and rating of your leader.

Here are a few good articles on the basics of the Squad Battles game engine, including discussing leaders.

http://tfe4.wordpress.com/supply-section...-archives/