Question from a New Player

[Eques]

Hi All

Am new to Fog: N although proficient in A/M and Renaissance.

The Napoleonic equivalent to the Army Lists of A/M and Renaissance seem to be Corps lists. Would I be right to assume then, that this is a corps level game, but with the option to scale up to a full army by combining 2 or more Corps?

Napoleonic is not my period, but as some of the Corps lists consist, for example, entirely of cavalry, that could make for what, for me, would be some odd match ups, for example 2 sides each consisting entirely of cavalry.

[bahdahbum]

FOGN is, essentially, a corps level game . So you could play an infantry crops vs a cavalry corps .

But it easely fits in larger battles with multiple corps . We are currently playing a 1813 campaign and are busy playing a big battle not so different from Bautzen . And results will not be that different I think with the allied being slowly repulsed by more numerous french infantry and the allied cavalry will be able to prevent pursuit by the less numerous franch and german cavalry .

800 points game are good for learning the game but, in belgium, we feel the rules really shines being used in big battles

[BrettPT]

You can absolutely field a cavalry corps at 800 points - although it would need at least an attached infantry division and as many artillery batteries as you can get, to be a competitive list IMO.
Even then, I think a cavalry corps would really struggle against good opponents who field infantry formations.

The type of lists that we have seen at tournaments has evolved a little over the years.

Early on there was the cavalry arms race - players tending to field ever more and heavier cavalry - with cheap guard cavalry being king of the battlefield.
However then some players who couldn't compete with the cavalry race (ie didn't have cheap guard cavalry in their list) moved to opt out of the arms race and field only the minimum of the cheapest cavalry. The reasoning being, you can laugh at the 400 points your opponent has spent on mounted troops as you plonk a few cheap squares in front of them. The counter to lots of enemy cavalry is either: take even more cavalry; or take none.

Good cavalry are brilliant battle winners when they have bad cavalry to charge and beat up. Take away their mounted opponents and the guys on horses can tend to twiddle their thumbs a bit, spending most of their time CMT'ing backwards to avoid being sniped at, eventually getting tired of that game and trying a multi-unit charge on an infantry unit (who forms square) in an attempt to do something.

The above is an over-generalisation, however it's been a long time since I've seen the Napoleonic Panzer Horde on the table at 800 points...

Cheers
Brett