Scourge of War Boards

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Some historians think that the French would have done better to try to hold the Prussians back whilst they were still in Bois de Paris - I am not sure how that would have worked with cavalry.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> Some historians are idiots.<br/> <br/> I have actually wargam...

<t>My understanding is that cavalry skirmishers were mainly used to screen the movement of troops and to fend off enemy scouts during a march. You very rarely read of them being deployed during a major engagement as they weren't very effective against massed formations. They certainly would not have...

<t>Perhaps I have a rather simplistic attitude towards historical wargames, but as far as I'm concerned the objective should be to recreate the conditions of the historical battle/campaign as accurately as possible. It's what I sought to do in my tabletop games and I expect developers of historical ...

So it was a design error. Someone forgot to check the historical strengths of the units at the start of each action and adjust the scenario OOB's accordingly.

If it was a simple oversight it could easily have been corrected with a patch. It's not like the pre-battle strengths and unit adjustments are unknown

Sounds odd. Either they didn't research the starting strengths rigorously enough or as you say it was deliberate inaccuracy for the benefit of play balance.

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>A skirmisher unit would quite probably be company sized. the average strength of a French battalion at Waterloo was 520 and during this era the French had 6 Companies per battalion with a Captain and a Lieutenant. Thus a French skirmisher unit could typically be commanded by ...

<t>Hi Mike,<br/> <br/> If you are using the term 'skirmisher' to refer to detached units operating independently beyond the chain of command of their parent unit, then Baring's company in the orchard is a bad example. The orchard itself was adjacent to the southern wall of the farm and easily access...

<r><B><s>[b]</s>I MADE A MISTAKE.<e>[/b]</e></B><br/> My apologies for any confusion caused yesterday, but I realised this morning that I made a mistake in my previous post, which I have since corrected. However, I'll document it here for everyone's information.<br/> <br/> In an earlier post @mcaryf...

<r><QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Hi Didz<br/> Thank you for your interesting account of the defense of LHS. Clearly from your account Baring's units were effective acting as skirmishers.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> Hmm! I'm not sure one can claim that the garrison of La haie Sainte were acting as skirmishers per ...