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I read somewhere that the new rules would be based on the regiment as the unit of maneuver . But I would have thought they meant a brigade ?

laager50 wrote:I read somewhere that the new rules would be based on the regiment as the unit of maneuver . But I would have thought they meant a brigade ?

....from terrys

Troops scales are as follows:

Infantry base (8 figures) = 450 men approx. (4 or 6 bases per unit)
Cavalry base (3 figures = 175 men approx. (4 or 6 bases per unit)
Artillery base = 6-8 guns approx. (2 or 3 bases per unit)

There's a range associated with each base, but the above is about average.

So, "on average" each infantry unit represents 1800-2700 troops, each cavalry unit represents 700-1050 troops and each artillery unit 12-24 guns.

More typically these will represent infantry and cavalry brigades but could represent very large regiments, such as in the Austrian army. I don't think the concern is really about the specific organization represented. Actually, when all is said and done about other rules which might be based on a "brigade" unit of manoeuvre, that is still only true "on average". I can easily find examples in Napoleon's Battles where a unit represents a very small division or a large regiment.

Thanks for the reply, makes it more clearer.

laager50 wrote:Thanks for the reply, makes it more clearer.

There's also this reply from Philip who's been involved in play testing FoGN.

Philip wrote:Some of us in the playtesting group used to play Napoleon's Battles, so it was easy for us to make the transition to FOG-N which has a similar concept of a unit representing several battalions. That may be a regiment, or brigade, or similar sized formation.

A small battle involving a corps can be easily played in 3 hours or so, but you can also play much larger games. It just needs more time and more figures!

Our club has done two refights of Waterloo using FOG-N, and Austerlitz will be our next large game.

http://members.multimania.co.uk/nswcnz/napoleonic.html

Philip