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histgamer -> RE: Waterloo? (1/30/2014 7:11:32 AM)
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To be fair Napoleonic tactics were actually more complex than Civil War tactics. The Napolonic wars saw the abandonment of pure line up and fire doctrine and rather new formations adopted by various armies to various affect. The French adopted a method of columns of attack where a small front rank would fire and the rest of the column would not as they moved forward, a few vollies would be exchanged and then a baynet charge would usually result, this was less prevalent at Waterloo to my understanding as many of the traditional Napoleonic tactics were too complicated for the relatively green french recruits. The British on the other hand utalized a 4 deep rank and so the opposite of the french the British would maximize fire by always having 2 ranks firing and 2 ranks reloading then of course you have the far more effective use of cavalry.
Thats a general assessment I may be off here or there as I am not a Napoleonic tactics expert but I will say this.
The American Civil War saw a reversal of tactics and saw both sides adopt the more traditional line up and fire volleys into each other until one broke, it was much more of a Fredrick the Great style of combat and less advanced than Napoleonic conflicts and Cavalries battlefield usefulness was far less than in Napoleonic times, the units didn't even learn square formations.
I understand if Napoleonics is not your cup of tea but to say it was simpler than ACW combat is flawed, even if I lack the expertise to say specifically why I can tell you ACW tactics were definitely more simplified.
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ORIGINAL: aaatoysandmore
yes unfortunately Norb went the wrong way in history. He should have made a Roman or Greek game first. I have no interest in napoleonics. Never really liked any Napoleon games really. Too conventional and the same makeup of equipment and arms. I like a lot of different types of weapons like in WWII or Ancient periods of warfare. I mean what really is fun about watching a line of men say 50yards to 100yards apart stop and fire at each other? Kinda stupid if you ask me and the Colonials showed why during the war of 1776, but then went back to it during their own civilwar. I wanna see heads flying and legs getting chopped off and eyeballs poked out and all that other good stuff of Ancient warfare. [:D] Wonder when the day will come someone will make a game called Making a Wargame Movie? We need another Wargame Construction Set. I think we're up to IV now as Age of Rifles I think was the last one.
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