BH11 Dresden - Day2 (27 August 1813)

BH11 Dresden - Day2 - French Right flank (27 August 1813)

Played this scenario twice with Michael today, and French won both times 8-3

Michael's view is the French are overpowered in cavalry, whilst my view is that it is the French infantry that win the day. We agreed on 1 less French CU and 2 less French LN on the Left. If the woods behind Weissenwolf were a hill that would help the GRZ

I also have a minor quibble about the Commander, since both Napoleon and Schwarzenburg were more concerned elsewhere. I'd suggest Murat (Command 5) vs Bianchi (Command 4)



Napoleon Guide

And herein lies the problem with historical accuracy and adjusting for game balance. The forces on this map are historically accurate proportionately and the results you had quite accurate historically.

So, now to adjust for balance in the game.

Commander-wise I chose to pick the overall battle commanders, who were present at Dresden, but I can see focusing down to the wing commanders.

If someone is able to adjust the map here at the website and the Vassal entry, I am okay with the following for game balance:

1. Minus 1 CU unit FR
2. Minus 1 LN unit FR
3. Adjust commanders to Murat 5 cards and Bianchi 4
4. change the woods to a hill on far AU right to hill. This could still be accurate terrain, since maps a little open to interpretation that i found

If someone is able to adjust the map here at the website

Send Alessandro a new map picture, he can replace it on website

Adjustments to scenario posted

Played this with the old 70 deck. Came down the the next banner wins, tied 7-7. French had great cards and dud dice. Austrians had dud cards and average dice. Austria won!

thanks for playing again! Do you have any suggestions for number of tactics cards to use? I am thinking five for French and four for Allies? I need to update my scenarios to the new decks.

Tactical ratings
Based on the Commanders, Murat gets 3 in every other scenario, so I suggest 3
Bianchi is an unknown quality, but good Austrian Leaders like Archduke Charles get 3, so I'm suggesting 2

that sounds fair. will try that out

as in the other side of battlefield, mud affects artillery so it should be limited to 1 space per turn, regardless of card play, here as well. Also, given French bias, might be better if village objectives are worth 1 victory banner for allies if french do not occupy more than 1, and 1 banner for the french if they occupy at least two.