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[Eckerslyke]

A bone of contention for me (one of them). :-)

Having agreed that skirmishers stay close to formed units, for simplicity sake not necessarily the actual regiment they are from. I then find the only troops in the front line of their advance is 5, 6 or 7 one hundred men units stacked in the same hex. Fire can only be directed at one of those units at a time making it difficult to take those hexes or blunt their attack.

Could it, I wonder, be regarded as a misuse of skirmishers to have them all stack up in the same hex, perhaps even presenting the same strength in numbers as a formed unit would? The idea of a non-restricted unit being able to pare off one (or more) skirmishing parties is, surely, that the skirmishing party (-ies) may then project influence beyond the hex in which the main unit is located, without completely dissociating itself from the formed unit.

Perhaps an upper limit of one on the number of skirmishing parties which could voluntarily occupy the same hex? Why, in a real battle, would there ever be more than one skirmishing party in the same location, unless they were driven there by enemy action? (I mean that as a serious question, if anyone can answer).