Hello Barry I think your design, David, Clarence, and you, has the potential to be THE great rules system covering napoleonic period. I shall carry on with the série of House rules Propositions i begun today. Next i have the project to create some small or moderate scenarios with story telling and C...

PROPOSITION 2 The TO HIT DICE Normally it s a HIT on a 4+ 1 Now there are three possibilities Poor Shots (P) 5+ Normal Shots (N) 4+ Good shots (G) 3+ TO FIRE DICE and CLOSE COMBAT DICE for example a Drilled british batallion 69th foot in 1815 would be G/N The first letter (G) is the TO FIRE to hit 3...

Hello Clarence It was a suggestion. Personally i bought RTE, the friend i play with too, i am going to buy Black powder by curiosity. RTE is a gem underestimated by the common public of gamers, they think it s too complex and slow to play. It s not true, but they think so. I am interested to see you...

Hello David Maths help to understand what matters. I want to have fun, like you, playing with our painted armies. But to discuss rules as we did on that subject, i thought we needed probabilities to know which factors were key factors. I think i demonstrated that Losses had marginal impact on vetera...

Hello Jim I meant for the casual player who doesn t know RTE and who has not many experience in wargaming miniature. Not for you or me. RTE is a rule with inertia in activation and "must do" obligations in orders, all that is quite unseen in other rules. Casual player loves "liberty of movement", he...

Hello Jim

One day, i hope, i ll have a blog Where i could give some AAR with photos and story telling of the battle or skirmish, with house rules and scenarios.

But i have many things to learn before and a camera to buy.

Friendly yours

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I think criticics are easy, ther art of design is difficult, so
i send PROPOSITIONS of HOUSERULES in page 1

Hello I am beginning a série of House rules propositions. They can be criticised of course, (i need your analyses about them) and alternatives or addenda and corrections are welcome. The purpose is to have fun and get these wonderful RTE rules becoming even better. PROPOSITION N°1 CAVALRY CHARGING S...

Hello Clarence I have been on your blog, i bought RTE after your puente de piedra scenario. But if you want to get the average napoleonic miniature wargamer into RTE, you should offer them AAR with detailed comments on what is happensing, photos and computer drawings of the evolution of the situatio...

Hello There is a boom in napoleonic 28mm wargaming because of plastic and numerous rules appearing suddenly at the same time. RTE is the most ambitious (in historical simulation) design, BP, Lassalle and Napoleon are more “gamey” rules, but RTE is not THE rules most gamers play. Why ? First, it look...

Hello Barry I have a question about dice calculation in combat. Two exemples A 24 models british light dragoons (Drilled elite) charging a square in column of squadrons: 6 dice (number of models) doubled (charging in this formation) so 12, then reduced by 75% for charging a square, so 3 dice ! OK it...

But, even in square an infantry batallion can lose its nerves and waver or, more rarely, run. Imagine your cavalry pass the initiate charge test, The question is: Will the square Weaver ? Infantry is RECRUIT, supported, and in square Let s see 3 situations FRESH MAULED(26 to 50% losses) WRECKED (51 ...

I m impressed by the quality of this debate, a great moment of anthology. I agree with William who asked the key questions and showed a masterful knowledge of the subject in historical depth, and Barry offered us an excellent synthesis of the potentialities of his (great) design. What could be said ...

RTE rules cover the whole napoleonic period, but some theater of operations need some special treatment. So is the case for Peninsular war and belgian campaign 1815. What is the pitch ? French infantry rarely use line formation to attack anglo allied units. (there is the exception of the formation u...

Hello

I have 30 imperial roman legionaries and 30 Gauls from warlord, painted (well painted, i think), all 25 to 28mm.

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