We have already done this in one group I play with. Consider the fiollowing House rules. All foot artillery get a +1 in melee for any supporting infantry...
Hi, folks. I want to experiment with divisional artillery receiving flank and rear support from infantry from the same division. Most other Napoleonic games...
I agree that a six MR is too high for most "heavy calvary". My solution has been to drop most of these units to a five, and continenal "utility" dragoons to a...
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Thank you Brian. If you check the archives, you will see I was involved in that previous discussion and indeed was among those who advocated exactly the...
In my opinion "yes" -- line dragoons should be treated exactly light light cavalry -- the exception being British "dragoons" who were true heavies. ... ...
Opps -- I think I reallly meant "No" on that last answer. Or in other words -- line dragoons had exactly the same duties as hussars, chasseurs au chevel, ect,...
... cavalry as ... the ... I'm just finishing reading the memoirs of Charles Parquin. He gives a lot of great insights into the general activities of light...
... obviously ... (Polish or ... as "lights". I reckon an MR of 5 is fine. I might consider such things for the Old Guard squadrons. But only if their loss...
In a message dated 3/3/03 9:50:00 AM Pacific Standard Time, tgriner@... ... Terry, Hussars, Chasseurs and Lt. Dragoons are not battle cavalry. The 20th ...
Played my first game of Shako in a long time on Saturday. We are warming up for our May weekend game that will see a refight of Leipzig on a table 6 feet wide...
... Excuse my confusion Tom, but I don't follow you. Why would boosting any unit from an MR 5 to an MR 6 encourage the general to use them haphazardly. How...
May be the MR diferece could be the specific training ? I guess Chaseurs, Husards and Lancers were flanker cavalry, Cuirasiers and some Dragoons may be frontal...
Yes, because infantry get deployment modifiers when attacking artillery, while artillery and cavalry receive no such modifiers against each other or infantry,...
Hi All: It seems to me that artillery did sometimes deploy in front of the lines and was not always embedded in the infantry battle lines. Also, why are...
In a message dated 3/4/03 7:19:57 AM Pacific Standard Time, tgriner@... ... This depends on what the nationality is of the force you are representing. ...
Somewhat off topic...if fact totally off topic, Steve, when are you thinking of doing a second edition of MLW and who will publish it? I am interested in a...
In a message dated 3/4/03 9:57:50 AM Pacific Standard Time, cleach@... ... Chris, if you started doing this, you would have to go to a Column, Line & Square...
... troops ... to ... boosting any ... haphazardly. ... change ... these guys ... of mounts, ... cuirisseur ... Sorry for any confusion, Brian. I was trying to...
In a message dated 3/4/03 12:38:05 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Two-or three hits remove a base. So I use cotton ball puffs to mark hits. Looks like shell...
Sounds playable, no more little rings over poor painted figs, like Bruce Quarry Napoleonic rules. One thing well designed in Quarry's rules were the "national...
Steve: I am not sure that I understand your concern with ammo. The suggestion I make doesn't reduce or increase the amount of canister shots performed ...
Steve: Can you offer us a brief comment about what changes have been made. Is the game faster and more streamlined? I am looking for a regimental game and ...
In a message dated 3/4/03 1:16:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... I remember Quarry's system. I have the Airifix magazine it appeared in somewhere in storage. ...
I'd agree with this ... From: Brian McCormack To: shako@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:16 PM Subject: Re: [shako] Re Rating Cavalry Opps -- I...
In a message dated 3/4/03 1:48:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, cleach@... ... No, the mechanics are still the same. We explained some concepts better. The...
... Two specific instances. Firstly, (we were using the AS initiative rules), a Hrs Batt took a calculated gamble to rush forward to canister a cuirassier regt...
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