I was kind of interested from a design point of view in how many units would be ordered on average, and whether increased Command value made a significant difference.
The results are somewhat fudged, in that it is very difficult to get even a decent estimate of how many units are ordered by Cold Steel, Forced March and Leadership, and Counterattack probably disposes itself towards the higher value cards.
So ignoring those cards (8 of 75 deck, 10 of 90 deck), the average number of orders that could be issued (and sometimes not all orders can be issued, e.g. Cav charge might order only 3 cavalry) is as follows
Command of 4 = 2.79 (2.82)
Command 5 = 2.89 (2.97)
Command 6 = 3 (3.11)
+ March moves 0.57 when playing Epic/LGB
So on the whole, the average doesn't change dramatically, and sits around 3 orders per card. Obviously the variance between the cards make the game play interesting, but it terms of planning how the game will play out, an average s kind of helpful, probably more for design than actual play.
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