Very provisional 18th century rules

[sam_acw]

2page_Tricorne.odt
A single page as yet and still only a set of ideas.
I'd be interested in your ideas.

[panzer8]

Your rules look very good... I hope to try them out in a future. I have a friend that has a huge collection of Baccus 6mm WSS miniatures...

[Bob Blanchett]

Sam,

Did you take these rules any further?

[sam_acw]

Not really, I could but lack time for now.
I'd be willing to talk over ideas.

[Manycubes]

A nice rules framework. I have the following questions.

What is the "Base Saving Throw" for units? 5+?

Lt Cavalry can move as far in one turn as Heavy artillery can shoot. Since Lt Cavalry appears to assault and absorb damage the same as Heavy Cavalry what is the advantage of the slower moving Heavy Cavalry?

Artillery can't Assault, but can they still fire while being Assaulted?

[sam_acw]

There wasn't a basic saving throw, it is either formation or opponent dependent.

Artillery ought not be allowed to fire in base to base contact, otherwise they become something of an assault unit.

I hadn't spotted the cavalry quirk - you're right there. I think lights would need penalties in combat vs infantry and vs heavy cavalry to balance them ought.
Most cavalry in 18th century battles would fit under the "heavy" battle cavalry designation.

All good points!

[Bob Blanchett]

I'd argue that artillery (as opposed to battalion guns -which supplemented infantry) of the period can and did *take* assaults (ie when emplaced had *another* unit move ie charge into contact/melee/close combat.)

But they ought not be permitted to move into contact.
They don't *make* assaults.

Any artillery caught/contacted on the flanks or otherwise limbered should be considered destroyed.

Emplaced artillery (ie unlimbered in field or unlimbered in field fortifications) should either get a shot at a unit charging it  frontally or one of two bonuses  in melee depending on how it's emplaced or a penalty to a charge test to reflect the battery standoff fire.

I'll put my thinking cap on as to sub-period differences.. eg Marlburian v WAS/SYW v AWI v FR v Naps.

Cavalry doctrine the main difference here