My current Napoleonic collection has been created for playing Sharp Practice 2 and all my armies are far past the point of fielding reasonable SP2 forces with good selections of optional units. Vidal and I had a hankering to try Napoleonic games at a higher command level (not that we haven't done so before... but that was years ago with vastly larger collections and in a club setting). We decided to play a couple of games of Black Powder with the French and British (combining my collections with Vidal's) for some entertaining outings. But recently, Field of Battle 3 was published and having played my fair share of FoB2 back in the day with the old (i.e. not current) Napoleonic collection, we thought we would give the new version a spin. Our first outing was with Vidal's ECW collection and we were pleasantly surprised to find a good memory of the rules and, perhaps more importantly, the enjoyment of FoB. Thus, I believe we will continue on the FoB3 path for the foreseeable future (and SP2, of course).
My new approach, should I decide to build other SP2 forces, is to continue with single-based figures with sabots for the basic forces and associated supports. Once a decent variation in units is achieved, any additions will be multi-based for FoB3 games in order to minimize setup and pack-away time. Thus, some additions to my Napoleonic French...
Legere Infanterie
Legere Infanterie
Legere Infanterie
Legere Infanterie
Legere Infanterie (sk)
Artillerie a Pied
2e Brigade
Ligne Infanterie
Ligne Infanterie
Ligne Infanterie
Ligne Infanterie (sk)
Artillerie a Pied
3e Brigade (Jeune Garde)
Tirailleurs
Voltigeurs
Tirailleurs (sk)
4e Brigade
Chasseurs a Cheval
Chasseurs a Cheval
Artillerie a Cheval
5e Brigade
Grenadiers a Cheval
Dragons de l'Emperatrice
Beautiful army you got there!
ReplyDeletethank you sir!
Deletei still have Prussians and Russians based in the FOB2 style we used! Perry plastics/metals of course.
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