Tête de Porc
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The random built in the combat code [in Shrapnel´s Horse & Musket 2] is so high as to make every single other factor irrelevant. BTW I hope that doesn´t happens to BoN, as it is a tendency I have seen in other wargames, the cumulative random, combat taking many factors into account, but as any factors has a random factor the total cumulative random is very high, rewarding the lucky player over the good one. I see your point, but I quite like the random element given that the player (in any wargame) always has too much information and control anyway. quote:
I would love to see this system cover the Wars of German Unification. Those are some wars/battles that definately have not been done to death. I agree 100%. There was some talk over at the Horse and Musket forum about a game in the works covering the Austro-Prussian war (no doubt with the Franco-German war as the intended the sequel), but I have no idea about the status of that project. I think the wars of German unification and the other 19th century wars have a lot going for them. Interesting weapons and tactics, great looking uniforms - in some cases even more colourful and impractical than the Napoleonic ones... The downside is of course name recognition, but now that wargaming isn't mainstream anymore (if it ever was) that's less of an issue. quote:
I do not know very much about this period of time, isn't there some technological differences between it and the Napoleonic Era? I'm thinking about artillery at the very least here with accuracy and rate of fire? Trains? Telegraph? Main differences are: - Minie ball (c.1850) triples effective range of muskets. - Breechloading rifle (Prussians c.1850, others c.1865) doubles rate of fire and allows soldiers to lie down while reloading. - Rifled artillery (c.1850) increases range and efficiency of artillery. - Breechloading artillery (c.1870) increases rate of fire of artillery. Overall you could say that compared to the Napoleonic era the value of infantry went up, artillery down somewhat (with the new rifles they no longer outranged infantry), and the offensive value of cavalry went even further down. Infantry formations became less dense as the result of increased firepower, and soldiers on the defensive tended to dig in more. Other improvements, like railroads and telegraphs, were of a strategic nature and had little or no impact on the tactical battlefield.
< Message edited by Tête de Porc -- 6/1/2005 2:46:46 PM >
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