I offered a friend who is new to Black Powder a game with ‘all the options’, rather than the plain rules as he played on his first Napoleonic game. Though the game will not be any specific battle, I am basing the forces on actual organisations. I am publishing here for those who sometimes ask online what a good force for BP would look like to start with.
The Jagers are a company, hence Tiny. I upped the stats slightly from the book to allow them to have an effect on the battlefield. Feel free to drop ‘Shooting’ and ‘Stamina’ down to 1 if you feel they are overpowered.
Really cool Last Hussar.
I am doing the 4th Division at Salamanca for Blackpowder.
I’d rate some of the units differently though. The 3/1st Royal Scots and 1/4th King’s Own, for example, were ‘crack’ units.
I wouldn’t use ‘mixed units’ for British – in this period, the battalion Light Companies were removed from their parent battalions to form, with the rifle company, a brigade (or divisional) light corps. We also don’t allow British to form ‘attack column’ as the formation was unknown to the British (who only fought in line in this period).
Supporting the 5th Division was Le Marchant’s brigade of heavy dragoons – I use Front Rank miniatures heavy dragoons in bicorne, which look awesome.
Have you read Rory Muir’s ‘Salamanca’?
Hi, looks great. Do you have the stats for their french opponents ? What about a scenario for the battle ?
Great work,
cheers
Mark