Death Fields: Les Grognards Command and Heavy Support

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In the 3D views, every infantry battalion and cavalry squadron is represented in approximately a 1 figure =10 men scale. This means an average battalion will show 70 soldiers and a single Regiment could have up to 8 battalions plus attached staff units for over 500 individually animated soldiers! Quality. Is this a quality project or a quantity project? Is it going to be a horde army, or a hard as nails core of fighting bastards? gaming conventions in your area. But we need your gaming convention information, so please contribute. Napoleon bids farewell to his Old Guard before going into exile. The elite corps was Bonaparte’s answer to Caesar’s Praetorians or the Persian emperor’s Immortals. (Image source: WikiCommons) “Despite their final defeat at Waterloo, the Old Guard would go down as one of the most famous fighting units in history.” If you belong to a gaming club, or know of one, please drop us a line and let us know so we can get

Armies can include up to 110 operational units divided into 11 corps or divisions… as to rebuild replicas of the armies of the era [6]. The Old Guard ( French: Vieille Garde) were the veteran elements of the Emperor Napoleon's Imperial Guard. As such it was the most prestigious formation in Napoleon's Grande Armée. [1] [2] French soldiers often referred to Napoleon's Old Guard as "the Immortals". [3] [4] Jim Getz, who wrote "Chef D' Battalion"(a set of rules, that I've never played)& was one of the authors of "Empire", as well(a set of rules of which I played over a course of some twenty-six years(Editions II,III, IV, and "Empire"(1990 ed.) is without doubt,one of the most creative wargame writers in the hobby, currently! Coignet, Jean-Roch (1 August 1929) [1928]. Fortescue, John (ed.). The Note-Books of Captain Coignet: Soldier of the Empire (2nded.). New York City, New York, United States: Robert M. McBride & Company – via Archive.org.Coignet 1929, pp.104–105, Fourth Note-Book. My Decoration.—I am Poisoned.—Return to my Country.—The Camp of Boulogne and the first Austrian Campaign..

There are at least two types of Old Guard, Grenadiers and Chasseurs. I know from English Civil War wargaming that Grenadier means “really big guy”, and Chasseur means hunter, but what this actually means on the battlefield and/or tabletop isn’t known to me. I bought Chasseurs.

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So far, "LG", meets my needs for solitaire play of Napoleonic warfare, rather nicely. Have noticed that "LG" ground scale, movement allowances, and figure scale was originally written for using 25mm Napoleonic miniatures. Units are organized following historical army composition: Corps, Division, Brigade, Regiment, Battalion, and artillery companies. Apart from the wheeled carriage, there is also a pair of weapons on a walking tripod mount. This triple barrelled weapon would be perfect for a stand-in autocannon, shredding up infantry with a high rate of fire and solid stopping power. I also love the periscope style aiming system on the gun, with the gunner peering into a sight of some description and a set of handlebars for aiming.