Hello John I agree with you, John, violence is one of the worse consequences of revolutions, and french one was particularly violent (20 000 french beheaded by guillotine !) The terror wasn t only by the revolutionaries, the counter revolutionaries killed more than 20 000 in french provinces, but th...

Hello Barry In 1789 people of France made a revolution, a real one (not a tax refusing and will of independance as americans did), with human rights declaration with equals rights and dignity for all men, ending the privileges of a happy few, members of aristocracy and catholic church. It was a real...

Hello Jim No offense, Jim, you have a very good sense of humour. I a way, you were true, changing rules can go out of control and lead to unplayable new rules. We are going to play Wednesday a scenario 1810 in Portugal during Wellington retreat to Torres Vedras lines, with my addenda, lighter than t...

Surely Jim you could argue why.

Because you have never discussed with arguments about changes proposed.
Is it because you can t ?
Or because you think RTE doesn t need any changes ?


Friendly yours

D

Hello Barry and David You are right, one die is the minimum in all sort of combat. I wanted to show the typical situation of Close combat “unwinnable” most of the times. In a second round. The cavalry has one die and the infantry has 3. (a 24 models batallion, with already 4 losses from the first ro...

Hello Barry and David You are right, one die is the minimum in all sort of combat. I wanted to show the typical situation of Close combat “unwinnable” most of the times. In a second round. The cavalry has one die and the infantry has 3. (a 24 models batallion, with already 4 losses from the first ro...

Hello Barry You said "The point is really, that many people don't see any point if something works already and so the attitude will be against the change." That s true. The "group" of usual forumers are against the change, i could say "any" change. Nearly everybody on this forum thinks RTE works wel...

Hello Jim "David, You underestimate yourself" Probably not, Jim ! Try both of them, you ll see. I thought one of this forum objectives was to collect different point of view (and this would mean proposing to change some points of rules). I was wrong. In France, we are more direct, if i had been like...

OK Jim, message received.

End of my propositions, long life to yours, a bit more chaotic than mine but certainly funnier.


Friendly yours and Scotland for ever !

D

Groslau

It was a personnal answer, just for you.
Now, having said what i need to say,
i ll write exclusively in english.

Friendly yours.

Sorry Scruff I didn t master english enough to answer properly such a nice message from Groslau (who is french like me). Then it had none interest to be shared by all of us. My wargaming philosophy is liberty: liberty to discuss about the rules liberty to change some éléments of rules liberty to tel...

Groslau Cool, man ! Nous avons un ami commun. Je suis d autant plus étonné de cette saillie. En quoi ces House rules peuvent bien vous gêner ? Car manifestement c est le cas Pourtant personne n est obligé de les utiliser, vous non plus. Quant à « ne pas comprendre l esprit de RTE » c est une inféren...

Hello Duke I understand what you means, Duke. I do not like the Probablities approach in wargaming, because the play becomes too rational and unhistorical as you said. But many things were said before on this theme (Cav vs infantry), which were just representations of what tactics rules should favor...

PROPOSITION 3 CAVALRY DIFFERENCIATION Three types of cavalry LIGHT cavalry type (multiplied by 2 when charging in line or column of squadrons) Maximum 12 dice (numbers of combat group then multiplied for Charging) BATTLE cavalry type (Heavy dragoons, lancers, dragons, some hussars units like 1st KGL...

Hello Jim and Gunther I sayed the rules were perceived too complex by casual gamers, not that they really were. They are playable once mastered. My concern is not to have them less complex, (if i wish i should play Black Powder), but to get them more tactically more historical, with more suspense an...