Hey Shadow Dragon are you still around ?
i need to prove the Life Guard are lights....

Marty ,what is your evidence for their doctrine as you describe it ?

Brett ,I'm not sure of your logic .

"Big dumb "armies ie swarm style of play ,are a bane in any rules system but you want Ottomans to be capable of that by making them cheaper ?

Regarding Sipahis , they were definitely battle cavalry , forming the largest part of the army .
Classifying them as lights makes them unusable

All reports speak of the training and use of the lance . They were lancers .Again, I feel we are changing history to fit game mechanics or points ...

I don't see how you can take away their lance . They had it . All the Ottoman cav used the lance to a greater or lesser extent "the Djellis' primary weapon was a long lance" ( W E Johnson "The Crescent Among the Eagles") "'the majority of the Sipahis ...were usually armed with 2 swords , a pair of ...

All good points .

You are right about the large units ( how did I miss that ? ) , so 2 large becomes 3 small. Still great holding a flank on a hill .

The Brunswickers are there because they look cool and deliver a lot of fire .

If I take more Swedes and a gun battery the army becomes a vanilla ...

Hi Martin ,

My army has 3 divisions

Div 1 Guard ; Shock HC(officer & arty att), HC ,large Guard inf ( cav & skirmish att) ,Line av , skilled commander
Div 2 2x large Poor Line , Lge Hussars ,med batt, cossacks, competent commander
Div 3 Brunswick lge line (med arty & rifle skirmish), lights ...

Hi Martin ,

My army has 3 divisions

Div 1 Guard ; Shock HC(officer & arty att), HC ,large Guard inf ( cav & skirmish att) ,Line av , skilled commander
Div 2 2x large Poor Line , Lge Hussars ,med batt, cossacks, competent commander
Div 3 Brunswick lge line (med arty & rifle skirmish), lights ...

True ,but it wouldn't have taken much to make it right grrr

I looked at Blue Moons infantry ,they look good.

I think the Swedes used a Russian cuirassier uniform ( pre-horse hair crest) so again I can use Blue Moon .The hussars were in mirliton and I already have some from my Rev War French

I'm ...

Thanks ,

These are the figs I saw , they look nice I think ( I don't know why they have done horse artillery rather than foot )

http://shop.capitangames.com/index.php?id_category=226&controller=category&id_lang=7

I saw your suggestion for errata to make the Life Guard Dragoons light.

That is ...

Hiya ,
I'm doing this army with a Brunswick division .
I'm thinking of War Modeler (The Spanish company) figs
What figs did you use for the Life Guards (could I use French carabiners ? ) .
Any idea what to use for Life Guard Dragoons ? I'm not sure who they are , would it be the Livgardet till häst ...

Despite what they do to it after they arrive , Med French,Continental Scots ,Continental 100YW English ,Crown of Aragon ,Condotta and Med Portugese all get developed .
Im going to suggest errata then

Apologies if this has been covered ( I couldnt find it ,but Im not sure that proves anthing ) , it seems to me the Free Company list is missing "developed" in its possible terrain ?

The easiest way IMHO I think would be to get a copy of "Napoleons Battles" rules , all your work is done for you !

Sigh ,love to but Im rather far away .
I was hesitant to comment because I wont be there ,but our experience in Melbourne was very positive

Gotta reccomend the scenarios too .
I found it encouraged beginners to attempt a tournament ....

Hi All ,
Can a Corps commander rally units in an Allied division ?
Commanders can rally those in their command , but I cant find anything that says whether allied Divs are in the Corps Commanders command ....

Also , Ally commanders are 10 pts cheaper , need an extra ADC from the Corps Commander ...

it's looking great at the minute . Some 22 entries so far .

Interesting , makes Generals who are better than competent a bit more useful

I love the pre 1800 period and I find the points paid for a better General is worth it for those armies that need to be attacking