With generative AI becoming a possibility in the near future we could see a revolution in how we play. Imagine an AI opponent that can learn and improve with each performance, it will soon be impossible to win - but imagine it being able to incorporate all written knowledge about any given conflict...

its very much this scenario, the entire second day is coded as rain so no musketry. The problem is the rule about infantry not melee attacking cavalry then dominates and its producing odd situations like the above. a small relaxation like infantry can charge isolated cavalry would be a useful modif...

It could be(the scenario designer would need to chime in) that it is to reflect the Swedish doctrine of Go Pa; ie get in swiftly, fire at short range then rush with pike musket and sword

I read somewhere that the integration of the commanded shot ( at least at Breitenfeld) when far deeper than simply the shot units being deployed between cavalry squadrons , but rather they were integrated file by file together. Either way my understanding is the shot took heavy losses. In game you c...

It is worth it, even if you only have a passing interest in the era covered, imho. You get by far the longest space of time covered in any WDS title in this single title, roughly 1500-1600. Each battle has it's own approach given that there are so many nations, tactics and weapons covered. On the o...

Some thoughts: The French only had one caisson stationed with each gun( generally 50 yards behind) The rest were with the division, corp and army level artillery parks. When the caisson was emptied it would leave for the appropriate park, and be replaced with a full one. Caissons held different amou...

The problem I have with this rule is I can move 8 hexes across the field with my cavalry, and then melee and accrue no fatigue( at least from the move) . But if I charge I accrue 120 points , despite the fact that theoretically the cavalry could have walked 6 hexes, cantered one hex and galloped the...

Hi, I'm currently getting my first steps in Napoleonic battles series (and Napoleonic warfare in general) and I had a tactical question. Is it in most cases a good idea to use dragoons as mounted ranged units? (can they even fire while mounted?). or should I treat then like WW2 motorized infantry a...

Cavalry charging do get a bonus vs other cavalry when they hit them in the flank though, hmm... reading the manual on page 40: The defending units must not consist entirely of Mounted Cavalry and Leaders. A melee may occur, but no 3x bonus to the attackers is applied . So no bonus. There is another...

Good point on the fatigue representing unit fatigue as a whole and not individual animal fatigue. Unit's cohesion would not be the same on the second charge and would deteriorate further on the third charge. In game fatigue represents combat fatigue with all mental and stress factors taken in and n...