Setting up a Wargame

Prior to the battle the French have identified the British locations.
The British (top) start the game with figures on the table
The French (bottom) start the game with skirmish blinds on the table

Equipment

Each player will need the following equipment

One average dice

One 10 sided dice

A few six sided dice

A measure

An order sheet and order of battle

A card or poker chip for each commander

Place Blinds on the table

Hidden movement is optional, but can add an extra dimension to the rules.

Each commander is represented by a “blind” This can be an oblong card 6x3” or it can be a skirmish base. It shows where the head of the corps is, and the width.

Blinds are placed on the table before the game starts. In a campaign game one side may know the location and strength of the other due to overwhelming cavalry superiority. In this case the “spotted” side will place figures on the table and the other side place blinds.

There are five blinds, six if you have a cavalry or artillery reserve.

One for each corps commander and one for the CinC. This is to make it more difficult for the enemy to guess where your real strength lies.

The blind is replaced with the figures when it has been spotted by the enemy (see rule 1)

The frontage of the corps is the same as the blind.

One blind means that the corps is in column of march.

You can extend by one blind each move, and the more blinds the wider your initial deployment.

Writing Orders

Each player writes orders for all of his corps commanders before the game starts (see rule 4).

These orders prevent the corps commander from reacting to what is happening on the table.

These orders can only be changed by the CinC during his move, and he must be in base contact with the corps commander to do so (see rule 2)

Commanders Cards

You will need a number of cards or poker chips to decide sequence of play

One card for each commander

One French Gifted card

One Allied Gifted card

One Poor card

The cards are shuffled and drawn one at a time.

When a commanders card is drawn he takes his turn

When a Gifted card is drawn any Gifted player may take his turn

When a Poor card is drawn the next Poor commander to draw his card must miss his go

Sequence of Play

All artillery fire

Morale for any casualties due to artillery fire

All movement

All combat

Morale for any casualties due to combat

Morale for any Routed or Shaken brigades

Command Points

CinC rolls an average dice at the start of his turn

He adds 1 if Poor, 2 if Average and 3 if Gifted

These are his Command Points (see rules 2 and 3)

Each corps commander gets 1 point for each brigade not shaken or in rout

He adds 1 if Poor, 2 if Average and 3 if Gifted

The total determines the number of orders he can issue during his turn