Thursday 16 January 2020

The army I want to build for FOGN


I've always wanted to play a British Army in the Napoleonic wars. While Waterloo and Quatre Bras are interesting by themselves, you had a lot more battles of varied sized and wins and defeats in the Peninsula.



No skilled or exceptional commanders because keeping track of ADC's is too hard right now.

The 1st division is the vanguard of the army.  The 95 Rifles to scout ahead, led by one Richard Sharpe. The Foot + Royal Artillery to act as the main line of advance and the South Essex to act as a flank unit with the rifle brigade the reserve.

2nd division is used only to hold ground and reinforce the vanguard. The main unit deploys into its Redoubt with the Spanish Gurilles to their flank and the smaller unit to the rear (its skirmish unit means it does nearly as much damage at medium range).  The artillery forces the enemy to engage them, but in the redoubt they can hold quite well. The Gurilles help screen them from enemy artillery batteries. All up the units are cheap and are designed to act as a tar pit and distraction.

The 3rd division is the Corps reserve and held back to the decisive moment. The best unit in the army with KGL to act as needed to fill in gaps and support the attack. I wanted some KGL units so I could refer to them as "K G L".

4th division is made of up of light, line and heavy cavalry. Ideally they all stay on one flank and act as a division with the Light Dragoons and Royal Horse Artillery as the main line, the Hussars on the flank and the Heavy Dragoons as the reserve and heavy hitters. 1 unit of each type to paint up and look different with the RHA as well.



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