tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97754405909576170.post2960216490434533326..comments2024-03-24T19:50:13.945+01:00Comments on napoleonic wargaming: Wagaming with the Spanish Armythistlebarrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077298970769942656noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97754405909576170.post-27739618724454278612014-05-31T22:33:59.404+02:002014-05-31T22:33:59.404+02:00Thanks for your comments.
My campaign is designed...Thanks for your comments.<br /><br />My campaign is designed to make use of all of my Napoleonic armies on the tabletop, and this includes the Spanish.<br /><br />In addition the Spanish player only has that Spanish army to fight his campaign. It would be unfair to ask him to command an army that stands no chance of winning.<br /><br />I agree with the points you make, but its hard to incorporate those in a set of table top rules. And particularly ones like mine which rely on a large element of luck.<br /><br />The Spanish already have the advantage of greater numbers and more knowledge of the French movements through the use of guerrilla bands. So it is important that they are inferior on the table, otherwise the French commander would be unhappy.<br /><br />Not an easy problem to solve. But I do feel we are getting there<br />thistlebarrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077298970769942656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97754405909576170.post-13269463861240844722014-05-31T00:13:32.083+02:002014-05-31T00:13:32.083+02:00I believe the Spanish performed a bit better than ...I believe the Spanish performed a bit better than has often been credited them. Suchet's first battle with the Spanish was a defeat (Alcaniz); and (if memory serves) Marchand was handed a shellacking at Tamames. On a couple of other occasions at least they gave the French a hard fight. <br /><br />It might be hard to award in battle rules any kind of compensating advantage to the Spanish over the French. I might suggest that the Spanish equal the French in defence (recall their performance at Albuera!), but a small negative in attack.<br /><br />But if a rule set extends to campaigns, I would be inclined to give this advantage to the Spanish: their ability to recover from a setback. Possibilities that suggest themselves: (1) standard battle losses are halved (or, in other words, gaps due to battle losses are filled at twice the standard rate; (2) A Spanish army has to be beaten twice to achieve the effect of a single defeat on any other Peninsular Army. I'd probably suggest the latter provision for the Russians in Russia.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.com