Napoleonic game today at mine with Stephen.
We himmed and haad over what to play and what rules to try eventually going with FOGN. My Prussians version 1814 were pitted against their French counterparts.
Both sides had 3 Divisions.
I had 9 Infantry units 5 Cavalry and 2 Medium Gun Batteries with several attachments of Rifle Skirmishers, Cavalry and Howitzers with a mix of Line and Landwehr.
French had 2 Cavalry and I think 10 Infantry units (a mix of Conscripts, Line and Vets) with 3 Artillery Batteries one of which was large lead by its own Officer (ie a Brigadier and very useful)
Terrain turned out quite plentiful and indeed plausible for France.
A really good game with plenty of action.
I had one glorious charge with a Hussar unit running over a wavering (due to Cohesion tests after couple bombards from two medium batteries) French unit which tried to form square on hill. Its destruction caused mayhem (ie failed cohesion tests) in surrounding units.
However we both learnt today that Cavalry are largely 'one shot' weapons as they end up permanently spent after melee.
As per last game of FOGN we both felt they work well at the scale they represent (nominally 'Regimental' but really Brigade/Demi-Brigade) with a nice feeling of handling a multi-divisional Corps.
Enjoyable stuff despite the rulebook being a chore to find relevant rules readily (the index is next to useless)
Medley (?) of pics
Oh and this interesting little set of variant rules arrived in midst of the fray with which I hope to resurreuct my Squad Leader/ASL stuff
Reviews of Retro attracted me too it and it certainly reads well but proof of pudding of course in playing
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