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aryaman

I don't know arsan, I had to provide my life story just to get that card :blink: While you wait, try this 2008 thread on TMP for a "lively discussion" of the Szabo book. http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=130953 Caution: TMP is a great source for info but also a hotbed for flame wars. Gr...

aryaman

I have read Christopher Duffy: The Military Experience in the Age of Reason, it has some interesting anecdotes, but in general it is too light for my interests. I have the Osprey books on Rossbach/Leuthen, Kolin and Zorndorff, they are pretty good for Osprey standards. The Osprey Essential on the SY...

aryaman

Hi 1) Would infantry guns be counted as separated subunits? would they need separate replacement points from infantry 2) The Austrian 6pdr was the star of the war, being the first gun produced under the Griveaubal system, is that taken into the game? 3) Are howitzers represented as separated models ...

aryaman

No Tagwyn, but the Civil War wasn't fought like Napoleonic, Franco-Prussian war or even WWII, i mean with the sword in your back thus there were no respite for a defeated foe...except in the end with Grant. With Napo and Moltke, after Manassas Washington would have been taken, the Army of northern ...

aryaman

A battalion represent between 600 to 1000 men, French regiment with 4 battalions will need 4 times more command point than Hanovrian single batallion regiment. Good, what about cavalry? there were regiments with 5 squadrons, other with 10 squadrons...will larger regiments require more command points?

aryaman

Hum ... very important topic : Unit size. We tried to respect each army organisation with few conditions : - not too many sub-unit size :wacko: - brigade were only temporary organization - no division :neener: In conclusion : - SubUnits will be companies (infantry) or squadrons (cavalry) - Units wi...

aryaman

I would venture a guess that Regiments will be the standard scale. Having to manage individual Battalions/Squadrons might get somewhat tedious in larger armies. I think it is safe to assume that the larger container formation will be Brigades but higher than that I have no idea. I guess it could be...

aryaman

I hope it is Battalions for all infantry, it is a common unit to all armies, while regiments could have 1, 2 or 3 Bns depending on armies.
Cavalry is more difficult, squadrons are probably too small, maybe some sort of standarized regiment.

aryaman

Epidemics and poor sanitation are a part of ROP random events ... they target larger stacks first ;) Good! but is there a way the player can prevent them? I mean, I don´t like pure random, I would like something like a critical size of stack over which the probability increase, also depending on te...

aryaman

Well, in NCP and AACW there was rarely the case of stacks with not enough command points, especially in NCP there were so many slots free within divisions that even the Russians could be organized in stacks with no command penalty, maybe is that different in RoP? Another issue is inactive leaders, t...

aryaman

I think there is a command to select the largest stacks, couldn´t that be used to hit them with disease? I mean, large human concentrations tended to produce epidemics at the time, it could be a reasonable way to select stacks instead of the rather random selection of small garrisons we have in AACW.

aryaman

I thought that the "march divided" doctrine didn't become common until the Napoleonic Corps system was adopted. From my understanding, the armies during the SYW would advance along a single axis for the most part. They certainly didn't like to spread out any more than they had to for fear of being ...

aryaman

The strategy of the day was "march divided, fight united", because a large army on a single road would bottle it up, that was something I missed in NCP, where moving large stacks togather had no penalty, would something like that be implemented in ROP?

aryaman

Nobody can judge Frederick from what-if situations that never happened. If we go that way, we will be able to justify almost all ratings that we want to invent... that's not the idea of this. We need to judge from what they did historically... or actually, in some cases, from what they didn't. ;) F...

aryaman

Very interesting post ;) And have any suggestion on Friedrich abilities ??? In my mind : - Fast Mover - Siege Expert - Charismatic - Fire Discipline - Superior tactician - Guard commit Fast Mover, yes, he was adept to forced marches I would erase siege expert (he was rather poor at sieges) and Guar...

aryaman

While these seem obvious, I'm curious if there are other explanations why Prussia would have an increased movement rate compared to other European armies. Perhaps the inspiration of the Frederick himself? The main reason was discipline and organization, as it was apparent at Rossbach, while the Fre...

aryaman

:) The player's style should arrive at the offensive posture the way Frederick did. Not because he didn't have the ability, but because it was strategic suicide to do so. I'm sure he could have been brilliant defensively, if that was the kind of war he wanted to fight. I am not so sure about that, ...

aryaman

Hi
In NCP Major roads were a source of problems, allowing a very fast and unrealistic movement (Madrid-Seville in 5 days, for instance), has that been corrected in ROP?

aryaman

Regarding supply, I hope there are supply lines long enough to be cut off, unlike NCP, were supply was plentyful and you could keep advancing and taking supply on your way, meaning that you could advance to take your supply instead of your supply following you, as was historically the case. Another ...

aryaman

Taking capitals never won wars, Napoleon took Vienna in 1805 and the war continued, Berlin in 1806 and the war was kept by the Prussians until their Russians allies were defeated, Madrid in 1808, 1809 and 1812 to no real effect, and Moscow in 1812. Wars were won by destroying armies, enemy´s morale ...

aryaman

I love Fred but don't think his stats should be so much greater than the better Generals of the day. Remember he has the Prussian Infantry too. That is a very important point also to judge Frederick as a general, what would have done commanding a Russian army? That is why i rate Saxe as a better ge...

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I consider Hochkirch to be a Prussian defensive battle even though it wasn't intended. Frederick was severly mauled by Daun in this surprise attack, but I would still rank Frederick higher than 1. I agree that he was certainly a very aggressive commander but I wouldn't rate him low as a defender ju...

aryaman

I would hate to see a 6-6-6, that would not only non historical, it would probably kill the game as happened with NCP, where almost every campaign is heavily biased in favour of the French (I have only lost the 1814 campaign as French in PBEM). I would rate Frederick as 6-5-1. No doubt he was a very...

aryaman

Another question, in NCP there was a constant problem with the size of units, as sometimes regiments were taken as a base unit, and other times entire brigades, I think it would be better to have a common minimum unit for all the armies, probably Battalion for infantry and regiment for cavalry, as a...

aryaman

Map is limited to Eastern edge of France to Western edge of Russia, Northern edge of Austria to the Southern tip of Scandanavia. Scenarios are still being developed ;) Are the regions in the map smaller than in NCP? a map crowded with units was a general complain in NCP As for scenarios, from the e...

aryaman

Es muy importante el añadido en el último parche que se está probando de la penalización en NM para el norte en 1862 si no se acerca a Richmond con un ejército, hasta ahora un jugador norteño todo lo que tenía que hacer era acumular fuerzas para lanzarse a la ofensiva en 1863.

aryaman

Congratulations Torca! well played.
My strategy was to destroy CSA field army first, then go after the cities, but it was a mistake, it is better to go after the cities first.

aryaman

Guys, I figure in about a month or two I willbe taken on some pesky Reb. So I sarted this thread as to which house rules you like to use if any. A few I have thought of: 1) no Teleporting of officers. All must be move by rail, river craft, or ship. 2) Only Cavlary and horse artillery may make raids...

aryaman

Looks great...the minimuùm size of units is the brigade (I would rather have division or corps if possible), so please concentrate / merge those data as much as possible. :coeurs: Units above brigades were only created in war times, in peace times the regiment was the larger unit. IMO if you want b...

aryaman

There's a disput to that really were the Peltastoi at this time. When you read Polybius they appear to be no more a light infantrymen. They seem to have a helmet, an long shield and some kind of armor. May be some confusion with Thurephoroi perhaps. So, as for me, macedonian peltastoi will not be t...

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