1815 British Napoleonics for Black Powder

[H.M.Stanley]

I've been tidying the boxes after my last game so thought i'd take a couple of piccies while i'm at it

Front Row - Rifles and Highland Light Infantry

2nd Row - Gordons supported by RA and flanked by Line infantry

3rd Row - the Scottish Brigade

4th Row - the Union Brigade (Greys and 1st (Royal Dragoons) with the 7th Hussars [i'm working on a the 3rd KGL Hussars at the moment to finish the option for the Lights]

The vast majority of the infantry (and 7th Hussars) painted by Ady McWalter, i've painted the characters and an infantry battalion & i bought in the Union Brigade from ebay

This is my typical force for an evenings gaming on a 6x4 table for BP. We combine armies (2 - 4 friends a-side with similar sized forces) for our large all-day games

Hope you like

James

[DonVoss]

Nice sized army. Could you make a few more closeups?...

Would be interested in your experiences regarding small BP-games on a 4x6 table.
Have only a small table at home for gaming and wanted to play battallion games none the less...

Thanx,
DV

[H.M.Stanley]

Hi DV

I'll put up a couple of close ups in a minute. We play most of our BP games on 6 x 4 tables with 3 or 4 Brigades. 8 x 6 would be better i agree but it works for us for a couple of hours gaming in an evening

James

[H.M.Stanley]

Scots Greys



1st (Royal Dragoons)



7th Hussars

[fluffy05]

Very nice!!!

[Hobbit]

I would recommend halving movement and shooting distances if playing BP on a small table (and you'll probably want to use reduced size units to reduce their frontages proportionately), but otherwise it plays fine.

[bill5549]

If you go to the BP forums you can find copies of a 66% scale movement and range version of the QRS.  I use this scale in 28mm when playing AWI and Napoleonics on smaller tables and it does work on a 6 by 4.  I also us it on bigger tables as well sometimes. 

The other thing to avoid is giving commanders too high a command rating. 

[H.M.Stanley]

On a 6x4 we simply use two-thirds for scale i.e. one infantry move is 8" rather than 12"...

We also play pointed armies for evening games. You pay extra for Commanders above CV7 so its a decsion whether to have better commanders or more troops

To give you an idea

My British list is 500pts and goes like this:

CiC CV8
1st Brigade Commander CV7
3 x Line
RA
2nd Brigade Commander CV7
3 x Line incl Highlanders
3rd Brigade Commander CV8
Rifles (Small Unit)
Highland Light Infantry
4th Brigade Commander CV7
Union Brigade

[Galloping Major]

Looking good 


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