Whenever a unit runs out of ammo, it automatically reloads of off any supply wagon within five hexes. When you only get 6 to 10 shots per load, resupply becomes critical. Melee in this game is a bloody affair. Two units within one hex of another may initiate melee. The press ends in either total annihilation or a rout.
Physical combat is where it s at, unfortunately.
You wont win too many battles with only gunfire in fact, you won t win any. Melee is almost wholly dependent on the Morale Ratings of the units involved. We did a little informal survey on the battlefield and found that nearly 4 out of 5 people would rather take a brisk walk in the direction away from the enemy than be stabbed repeatedly in the stomach the stomach if they re lucky . Morale is an idea commanders have come up with to keep soldiers from following that instinct. Still, sometimes cowardice is sooooo tempting.