Thanks, Gavin.

Once the armies are lined up, the Generals don't exert all that much influence on the game. Giving Brutorz the strongest benefit of the doubt when it came to choosing the terrain and setting up in a maximally advantageous position was enough for me. Can you imagine if the armies had switched table sides? It would have been a murderous bloodbath.

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It's an odd mix of a turn order that I didn't get right every turn. It's an expanded IGOUGO, but it's "I move, you shoot. You move I shoot." So Red should always get one solid volley in before the lines clash, and without a nearby HQ any line unit that shoots won't be able to close the gap. The morale rules are one thing I haven't quite come to grips with yet. I like your suggestions. Given the standard game's 5 stand break point, I'm thinking about linking the morale score of an army with the break point. Give each army a morale of 1-6, with higher being better. You start making checks when your losses equal your morale. Then it's less a matter of ratios and more a matter of losses. A small army with good morale might fight to the last stand. A large army with bad morale might break after the first unit tucks tail. You could even give beloved commanders a +1 to the army's morale or weak ones a -1 to reflect the troops lack of faith in his ability.

@@TheJoyofWargaming Thank you for your kind comments. I looked at these rules again last night and especially the turn sequence and movement rates. It does seem that you must allow the non moving player a round of reaction fire before melee takes place, if not it would seem that light cavalry with a five inch move, will dominate all but other cavalry, given they can charge home with a +2 melee (going to +5 against artillery andHQ) with very littel risk. If played without reaction fire, there seems little point to infantry fire at all, as moving to get in range of other infantry means you take a round of fire before replying at all and you are doomed if you advance against cavalry simply by moving into charge range. Another pointer is the +2 fire modifier against cavalry when would infantry get a chance to use it, th edesigner eben hints at this in the design notes commenting on how hard it is for cav against formed infantry The way I see it is that as the enemy closes, the defenders if suitabily armed can fire in an attempt to disrupt or force the attackers back - this was especially true of the red units on the hill - failing that their fire may give them an advantage in the subsequent round of melee, which is always decisive, one side or the other is going to retreat or be destroyed. The moot point is if a unit is pinned or disrupted by reaction fire does it stop just short of the firers. For myself I would allow it but with an additional minus one for receiving effective fire in the melee, however the attacker can choose to call off the charge and is placed half an inch in front of the defender. This in effect gives weight to the optional rules about attacking columns, which can weather the storm of musketry a little better Oh another couple of house rules, we do not force infantry to follow up on routed cavalry, it is optional and troops more than ten inches from any enemy may rally automatically Sorry that went on longer than I anticipated

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Matter of fact, I am. Bought the Spanish Succession army packs, but they've been doing double duty as everything up to and including Napoleonics.

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I am planning this solo wargaming system to a different level, two years ago l made over a 50 18th century ships. That is sloops, brigs, frigates, ship of the line etc. in 1/500 scale. This new system has great potential. I also am making 28mm ships that l can use for boarding actions.. it is a huge project that mainly does the French & Indian war, and Am. War of Independence .

@@polkagatos That sounds incredible. Are you going to zoom into boarding actions in the middle of a naval game?

@@TheJoyofWargaming boarding actions can take place if the situation is created, but enemy can try to avoid you from boarding them, l made so many boats for complete fleet operations, manouvres... a ship back then had a high value, big price, so rather than sinking them, you tried to cause as much damage as possible to masts abd rigging, sbd grapeshot to treat your oponent's crew. If you succeeded, you then slowed them down enough, so they are unable to prevent you from boarding them.