Bataille Empire

Its in my diary Roddy looks an interesting competition

Thanks Roger,
Unfortunately this does not apply to rallying as skirmishers and irregular cavalry are specifically mentions as stopping rallying on page 64. But I'm sure it will impact on other things.

Dear All, I had a query from Jim Gibson which make me think we may of been interpreting this wrong. Troops on Manoeuvre orders are not allowed to approach troops within tactical distance and this has led to the slightly strange outcome as we have been playing it, in that skirmishers can approach tro...

Yes such large armies are hard to beat, I just rely on disordering them and then rolling them up. I hope to get over to France to join in some of the competitions as I always find I learn something new playing people from different countries. PS sorry for the delay in answering I hadn't spotted the ...

Hi This is quite a difficult thread to follow but simply put units in column get a +2 attack bonus, units in line a +1 bonus. Units in line get a +3 defence bonus, columns in defence nothing and squares get a -1 against infantry charge. However units in column and units in line get the same defence ...

Hi Matt, Yes the rate determining step I think is how large a table you've got to play on. I'm currently running the Fuentes de Onoro scenario as a display game round the UK at shows I can get in at ( Fiasco next) and find this is fine for playing on a 6*4' table with a 30 mm UD. So how big a set-up...

Yes, so long as its not constrained by having troops within 1 UD of its other side

I did pose a similar question to Herve and got the following Question The list is the 1809 French in Germany and concerns the Cuirassier division. The player has four veteran Cuirassier units plus a Grenadier a cheval from the guard, all perfectly legal but this makes 5 units in the division. On pag...

I had a reply from Herve:- During a move, a unit/group can do multiple wheels for a total of 180° max. A group can do multiple wheels as for a unit.

Any Army from 1812 Taster Sessions Novice players to the Bataille Empire set of rules will be invited to play one game during the day starting at 10 am and cover all the basics necessary for the understanding as to how to play a game of BE. Ideally two such players will attend and then a walkthrough...