Can an ally bring TF? Asked by Gary Lewis, 11 January 2022

 Rules question (and I have looked in the usual places):

Can an ally general bring TF from his own list along with him, e.g. when specified as 0-12 in his own list?

The allies section of the rules only mentions troop types which are allowed.

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  Neil Williamson

  An ally can only bring compulsory troop types. So in this case, 0-12, the TF is not compulsory and so cannot be taken.

  

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  • Russell Briant

    Neil Williamson the exceptions might be anything that is proportioned as part of a compulsory type you can take like TF for a camp or artillery.

    

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• Allen Yaxley

  Agree.

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  • Gary Lewis

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    Allen Yaxley which point of view are you agreeing with? and I'm asking for the Greytown bash, so it's your answer that counts.

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    • Allen Yaxley

      An Ally can only bring compulsory troops. No tfs

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• Peter S. Tarasov

  I doubt whether he could. Unlike ADLG, DBMM ally rules can sometimes yield rather strange allied contingents. For example, and despite ample historical evidence to the contrary, Ming allies to the Yi Koreans are limited to a general and 2 or 3 Irr Cv(I… 

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• Peter S. Tarasov

  On a related note, can an allied general bring his army's own kind of baggage, or must his contingent subsist on what the main army can provide?

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  • Russell Briant

    Peter S. Tarasov I would say his own baggage options.

    

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    Neil Williamson

    Peter S. Tarasov just his own baggage

    

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• Andrew Bennetts

  This question is a little tricky as, while an Ally is restricted to compulsory troop types, TF are not in fact 'Troops' as per the definitions on p4, they come under the heading of Fortifications (p11). I'd be tempted to allow it, possibly restricted to up to 1/3 the number specified. But it is a grey area.

  

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• Daniel Wade

  I've been struggling with reading the lists. What does a * mean next to an Ally General which then has a * next to a choice ie Galley? does it mean both have to be taken together?

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  • Allen Yaxley

    Daniel Wade . You need to read it in context with the comments below.

    

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  • Daniel Wade

    You know how many times I've read that and its not sunk in! Got it now. Been reading too many other lists trying to decide what to do with some figures I bought on a whim.