Considering the use of Skirmishers
2025 HCG Rules will be updated for this subject.
Note: refer to the HCG Napoleonic, AWI and HCAncients rules for skirmisher considerations.
What Use are Skirmishers in Not Small Battles e.g. 2-4 brigades or more per side.
Is the use of skirmishers simply a distraction?
Do Skirmishers come from and return to a home unit?
Can they operate anywhere as far from the rest of the army as they want?
Can entire regiments be represented as skirmishers?
Skirmishers cannot be contacted by anything other than mounted cavalry.
Do cavalry skirmishers fire from the saddle, or dismount/mount again after firing? Is there any cost in time to mount/dismount? Do they get fatigued doing so?
Is there any dice change or modification to combat when firing skirmishers?
Is one dice rolled per stand, or is there a quantity of stands needed before a dice can be rolled in firing?
One concept is that a single skirmish stand cannot possibly hope to cause any hits, but more than one can. One rule of thumb is roll a dice for each two skirmish stands that must be next to each other.