Nice to read through the old messages, as I can now reply! See, we did it wrong so far, making it a full turn. But with (dis)mounting only half a turn, you can actually send your dragoons into the firing line real quick and discharge their carbines (with movement modifier)! Perhaps not that great, a...

Thanks Jim, I saw you post a lot so must be more experienced in this game than I am!

We will use you insights on both questions.

Well Ray, it is a good appetiser to see your unit being fitted out in its colours. Getting the ratio of infantry : cavalry to 1:2 in my army really inspires me to paint some easy going 6mm regular line Horse for my French, and perhaps get my Maison du Roy up to about 3 or 4 squadrons. And it also gi...

As a newbie to this period, but nonetheless an experienced wargamer, we at our club decided that a brigade should at least have 3 infantry battalions. We did this in relation to the number of brigadiers on the table and not to overextend that number, so command & control is limited.

Very interesting discussion here and above all, information! It seems that every army should have its fair share of dragoons on the tabletop. I counted correctly to have 15 squadrons now (and still expanding with another 7 Horse ), of which I now currently have 6 French dragoon squadrons. With 16 in...

Some questions arose lately, when I finally had some dismounted dragoons finished and got them into battle.

1. Do dismounted dragoons receive the +1 for firing unit all musket?
(I think not, as they actually had musketoons...)

2. Do dismounted dragoons test morale as if infantry?

I see Barry! Well, there is definately something to be done than for the cavalry. I can paint up some extra Maison du Roy squadrons, make more regular line units. The more I have of those, yes, the more difficult it is to target all of them. We do indeed spread out all the artillery along the battle...

In one game I had a situation where I could charge head on (frontal) with a cavalry squadron into an infantry column in column formation (with move order). My opponent tested good and then released his defensive fire with one base (spending his first volley). We agreed that indeed the infantry could...

Thanks guys. So is there a general rule of thumb in your gaming experience to say something like, a gun per 4 infantry battalions? And I am too heavy Joe? Can be, I might be convinced to exchange to field guns for two light guns. I already told my opponents who play Dutch and English, they really ou...

Please understand my question regards the original BLB1 version; we more or less agreed at our wargameclub not to go over to version 2, as we rather like the fastplay character of the rules and with 6mm we can field enough troops on the table anyway.

I know this topic has been dealt with before on this forum, as I read all these, but as a somewhat newbie to BLB I would really like to have some comment from other players on how many gun models they seem to agree is correct, in relation to their other troops. As I play in 6mm with a French army, I...

I just play BLB now for about one and a half year and its great fun! But I just had a question on types of ordnance in the French WSS army, as they obviously had no attached battalion guns. But did the French also have light guns on the battlefield? So smaller type of guns than typed in the rules as...