Too Fat Lardies

P, Right, I see where you are coming from. I agree with what's been said, it would seem a little gamey if a player were to squeeze his artillery onto the slimmest base possible in order to take advantage of the much reduced battery frontage. :roll: I would suggest that when playing games you use the...

N, I'm not convinced that this was always the case, though this interpretation has gained ground in recent years, esp. since the publication of that excellent book the Waterloo Companion! 8-) One has to bear in mind that batteries were flexible both in width and depth, thus we are dealing with gener...

PL,

And I agree, it is each to their own, so by all means use your interpretation if you wish, in the great scheme of things it probably makes little difference overall.

BTW - good video!

DB

B, Is that the initial OP question? I won initiative so declare my cav charge towards a french cav unit, however I have an enemy cav unit to my flank who declares an opportunity charge to stop my cav . All good so far but my question is as my original target of the charge is no longer going to be ch...

Nice AAR of the last action from the 100 Days Campaign scenario book over on TMP.

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=509043

DB

PL,

To reconfirm - it's as per Bellebsc's last remark.

Opp charges can also be fraught with danger, as we found on 26th fighting Vitoria, when weary French dragoons tried to opportunity charge British heavy dragoons and failed - badly - permitting those heavies to ride into a French battery!

DB

M,

Press on applies to cavalry as well.

Infantry are simply the default setting in the rules!

DB

Unformed units may wheel in response to a charge. The reason Unformed units are restricted in the movement phase is to prevent players carrying out all sorts of sneaky moves ;) with unformed units, when in reality they would almost certainly be concentrating on reforming the ranks or at a push withd...

T/E,

Yes, that's right - the modifier does not state how the casulaties must be inflicted, its simply casualties suffered in the charge.

DB

Al, Streams are an interesting feature in Napoleonic battles, as infantry rarely seemed to man the actual bank of a stream, as we tend to in wargames. Close order infantry often appeared to deploy further back and not hold the immediate bank, this being left to skirmishers. I suspect this might have...