Too Fat Lardies

Lardy Rich and I refight the Battle of Osma 1813 over on Lard TV.

https://www.youtube.com/user/toofatlardies

DB

J de TN, I'm glad you like skirmishers as I feel they are the fourth formation that make our games Napoleonic. To me, removing skirmishers is a bit like removing Line formation or removing Column formations. It's the formations that make the game Napoleonic with skirmishing playing a major role. The...

M,

The British infantry may counter-charge an opponent in any formation.

(P99 was an earlier iteration.)

DB

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