A truly inspirational report, SI. So much so that I have knuckled under and bought the PDF from Too Fat Lardies. It seemed timely, given my impending order from Conquest Miniatures...
I'm looking forward to further information on using Sharp Practice for the F&IW, as I can't really see myself using it for Napoleonics.
Pardon my glove, but did you omit using blinds completely in your initial test? Were they not really pertinent in a solo game? I thought that blinds seemed like one of the more interesting tactical innovations of the rules set (plus I kept envisioning unit-size blind markers featuring innocent-looking empty fields with a few suspicious trees and bushes, or a flock of suddenly deadly ducklings...).