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Originally Posted by selenite

I'm surprised. I don't think a 3/1 Ranger unit is cost-effective but putting a Ranger and two Regular infantry in a town gives you an effectively D18 unit. So Rangers are a great way to beef up a defensive line.

Not really.

3xInf in town: 6 VPs. Against an 18 point attack it loses 6 VPs on a roll of 4, 5 or 6 and 2 VPs on a roll of 2 or 3. Hence on average it loses 3.7 VPs per shot.

2xInf+1xRan in town: 8 VPs. Against a 18 point attack it loses 8 VPs on a roll of 5 or 6 and 2.7 VPs on a roll of 3 or 4. Hence on average it loses 3.6 VPs per shot.

So the Ranger "boost" is less of a defense increase than a cost increase, with no attack increase at all.