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Great to learn so much. The rules are not the kind that most wargamers are used to, for certain. I understand you to sat that while the regulat...
Is there a section in the rules dedicated to "strong points"? I am sorry, but I may have missed it if there is one. I understand that a fortification ...
@david A difficult circumstance to stage is accurate. I believe that Hougomont might be considered within cohesion distance, as I recall reading th...
It's evident that the French formation can threaten Hougomont in the Movement Phase, but in the Combat Phase, the only historical access is through th...
You mention the rabbit hole of scenario design, and I fear Waterloo is a battle that may turn on scenario design. Two fortified farms played a pivotal...
Hi! Yes, thank you, it answers one question. The key is to drive off the British formation that's on the hill above Hougomont, putting it more than 2...
For my 15s I use basically two Nap's Battles or AoE bases equal one unit: that is 8 infantry in 2 ranks on a 1.5-inch base. The ground scale is 75 to ...
One of the things I like about ESR is that you can scale it so you have "room around the edges." Maps in almost any battlefield atlas do the same thin...
Well, that's good to know. I think some of the distortions you spoke of would not affect play much, but others would have major effects. I could live ...
I'm building armies of 10 mm troops = a Prussian corps and a French corps, for starters. I think the units look a lot better with more troops per ba...
Austrians are often a problem, with sometimes a thousand men per battalion. One solution might be to add an additional infantry stand for every three ...