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General d'Armee

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 11:19 am
by ochoin
Any of you fellows familiar with David Brown's new-ish Napoleonic rule set?

I bought 'em & played 3 quick games last year & my pals and I very much like them. We were tied up with our 2019 project (ECW) so they've lain dormant but I want to start a mini-6 game Waterloo Campaign cycle using them.

I'm re-reading the rules now & have a few questions eg what's the benefit of having a brigade on Reserve status?

donald

Re: General d'Armee

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 11:23 am
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Having played (and enjoyed) General de Brigade, I suspect it will be a well-written set. Unfortunately, the command level goes too high for the types of games I like to play (fewer, but larger units), so I can't really help with the newer set. I suspect that I lost the marshal's baton in my knapsack fairly early on in my wargaming career.....

Re: General d'Armee

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 1:38 pm
by ochoin
I, unfortunately, have a miniature baton in my tiny knapsack (why does this sound disturbingly like innuendo?):

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from our first, small game of Russians versus Confed. of the Rhine forces

donald

Re: General d'Armee

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 2:22 pm
by grizzlymc
That's a bit of alright, that is!

Re: General d'Armee

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:40 pm
by Essex Boy
Blooming splendid, Donald. I particularly like the Bavarians.

Iain

Re: General d'Armee

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 5:24 pm
by BaronVonWreckedoften
Essex Boy wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:40 pm I particularly like the Bavarians.
+1.

Shame they make you play in a cage - is that the norm in Oz?

Re: General d'Armee

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:29 pm
by Ilkley Old School
And a rather nice scale as well.

Re: General d'Armee

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:32 pm
by valleyboy
That looks great Donald
I'm a big GDeA fan having moved over from GdeB
Regrettably I play solo ( another innuendo?) so I'm probably not the best to ask about the nuances of a reserve brigade. Have you posed the question on the GdeA forum or Lard forum?I'd be interested in the responses

Re: General d'Armee

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:32 pm
by ochoin
valleyboy wrote: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:32 pm Regrettably I play solo ( another innuendo?) so I'm probably not the best to ask about the nuances of a reserve brigade. Have you posed the question on the GdeA forum or Lard forum?I'd be interested in the responses
Being anal, unlike most wargamers (!!), I actually have a written list of questions as I re-read the rules. I should head over to Gd'A to get definitive answers.

Needless to say, in our little group, I'm the only one who's read the rules so it's up to me to get things right.

donald

BTW I'm going to be using this for the mini-campaign:

https://toofatlardies.co.uk/product/181 ... upplement/

Re: General d'Armee

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 4:59 am
by HMS Priapus
I believe the Reserve order primarily allows you to redeploy the units designated to other sectors of the line much more efficiently. But it's been awhile.