The '45. A campaign using Pikeman's Lament

[has.been]

'By Culloden...'
But that is the arse end of the 45. For all the other fights, including the
15 & the 19, I think Natives fit them much better. Cover ground, especially
rough ground, better than line troops, have a much lower rate of fire &
happy to charge into combat.
That is how I will be dealing with them, but ...you pays yer money & you
makes yer choice.  Your figures/table/house = your rules.

[vtsaogames]

By the time of Culloden the Jacobite army were essentially line infantry equipped with muskets and for R&P I would rate them as Line Infantry, Aggressive. I don’t personally think the Natives category fits very well.

I'm not an expert on the period. My main source is the old BBC film "the battle of Culloden". But that and the few things I've read about that battle say the clansmen stood under artillery fire while Charlie dithered and then broke forward, attacking with broadswords and the like. Sounds like aggressive chaps without much use for trading musket volleys. Perhaps you can educate me on this, Doc.

I struggle against myths about the way Indian warriors fought during this period.

[ejl]

I think it depends on what type of fight you are recreating on the table top.  For pitched battles the Jacobite army was definitely an army that formed and maneuvered in formations.  Where they might differ from their opponents is the last 100 yards.  Continental armies would stand and trade volleys.  The Jacobites would fire a volley and charge.

For a smaller fight where combats might actually be on a one-to-one basis, I would rate Highlanders as better at skirmish type movement and combat than the typical British soldier.