When Maurice met Blucher part two

British artillery getting ready to engage

Just some notes  on modifications for the planned Blucher meets Maurice game.

Blucher mods

• Play by email (PBEM) rather than in person or maybe meet up a few days beforehand to run through the the pre-game campaign  The idea being to allow for a delay of a couple of days to allow for set-up the table rather than play the campaign then pause for an hour to do the table set-up then start the game
• There will be no scouting roll if PBEM need to simplify the process and limit interaction. A sends order and B responds no scouting means there is no interrupts in the orders.  But I am not sure how to trigger a battle using PBEM yet,

Lining up the troops
For the battle only about a half from each side should be available with the balance arriving later from who know where

Maurice mods

• There are no irregulars units in the game partly to simplify the game by eliminating a troop type but mainly because I do not have the  figures to represent them.
• The Hessians regular infantry get a bonus/malus to represent their big ponderous nature. They can ignore 1 disruption point when testing to break, effectively they get an extra wound. But suffer -1 BW movement meaning they are slower to move.  They also get a bigger base because I like the models and want to put more figures on the table.
• The French get a light artillery trait to represent the Gribeuval system which was being introduced around the time.
• The British and Americans get no traits at this stage they are well matched and it means I can limit the amount rules being used.
• In terms of Force breaking point I think the Blucher breaking point is too aggressive and the Maurice breaking point is too relaxed I will probably need to make up some thing like the breaking point from chain of command.

The Hessian command

Now for some fun stuff in the form of the forces available for the campaign  The Americans have more units but the British have better quality units, both sides are fairly matched. The forces need to be broken down into marching columns which will be the main units for the campaign part of the game.  

British forces available for the Providence county campaign
Name	Type	Quality	Comments	Column
Converged Grenadiers	Reg Inf	Elite
27th (Enniskillen) regiment of foot	Reg Inf	Trained
35th regiment of foot	Reg Inf	Trained
42nd (highand) regiment of foot	Reg Inf	Elite
50th regiment of foot	Reg Inf	Trained
52nd regiment of foot	Reg Inf	Trained
Converged foot	Reg Inf	Trained
85th regiment of foot	Reg Inf	Conscript
86th regiment of foot	Reg Inf	Conscript
87th regiment of foot	Reg Inf	Conscript
88th regiment of foot	Reg Inf	Conscript
89th regiment of foot	Reg Inf	Conscript
16th Dragoons	Reg Cav	Trained
A battery Royal artillery regiment	Reg Art	Trained
A battery Royal Irish artillery regiment	Reg Art	Trained
Fusilier Regiment von Knyphausen	Reg Inf	Trained	Ponderous
Fusilier Regiment von Lossburg	Reg Inf	Trained	Ponderous
Musketeer Regiment von Donop	Reg Inf	Trained	Ponderous
Grenadier Regiment von Rall	Reg Inf	Elite	Ponderous
A battery Hesse-Kassel Artillery regiment	Reg Art	Trained
B battery Hesse-Kassel Artillery regiment	Reg Art	Trained
Ponderous= slow but can take more damage than normal units

The British command

American forces available for the Providence county campaign
Name	Type	Quality	Comments	Column
1st continental regiment	Reg Inf	Trained
2nd continental regiment	Reg Inf	Trained
3rd continental regiment	Reg Inf	Trained
1st Maryland regiment	Reg Inf	Trained
2nd Maryland regiment	Reg Inf	Trained
1st New Hampshire regiment	Reg Inf	Elite
Converged foot	Reg Inf	Trained
1st regiment Providence County Militia	Reg Inf	Conscript
2nd regiment Providence County Militia	Reg Inf	Conscript
2nd regiment Connecticut militia	Reg Inf	Conscript
3rd regiment Connecticut militia	Reg Inf	Conscript
1st regiment New York levies	Reg Inf	Conscript
D battery Pennsylvania artillery regiment	Reg Art	Trained
E battery Pennsylvania artillery regiment	Reg Art	Trained
New Orleans Grenadiers	Reg Inf	Elite
Lauzun legion	Reg Cav	Trained
La Sarre regiment	Reg Inf	Trained
Royal Deux-Ponts regiment	Reg Inf	Trained
Bourbonnais regiment	Reg Inf	Trained
A battery 1st Artillery Regiment	Reg Art	Trained	Light artillery
B battery 1st Artillery Regiment	Reg Art	Trained	Light artillery
LIght artillery= can work better than normal artillery with infantry

American militia in the center

The French command

That is all for now thanks for stopping by.