New Optional Rules « Honour Forums

Honour Forums » Lasalle » Optional Rules

New Optional Rules

(12 posts) (5 voices)

Started 2 years ago by Sam Mustafa
Latest reply from Kevin in San diego

Tags:

Sam Mustafa
Le Grand Fromage

Greetings All.

As promised on p.2 of Lasalle, this website will offer an ongoing collection of new optional rules as they evolve. You can consider these in the "OPT" category of Advanced Rules, as per p.71. That is: both you and your opponent have to agree, and they aren't mandated by any army list.

Some of you have already seen the first of these, the simplified Obstacle rule. There's another one, and I've decided simply to consolidate it into one "living file" that will evolve on the Downloads page.

best,
Sam

Posted 2 years ago #
Kevin in San diego
Member

Voluntary Rout.

How about adding an optional rule which would allow units that are in impossible situations to voluntarily rout.

This rule would come into play during battles in a campaign, where a unit is in danger of being overrun by cavalry and cannot maneuver out of the situation.

Allowing them to rout voluntarily would allow them to avoid the -1 penalty from being overrun by cavalry when trying to recover the unit at the end of the day.

Posted 2 years ago #
Sam Mustafa
Le Grand Fromage

You mean just "Poof!" your unit has suddenly disappeared?

Posted 2 years ago #
Kevin in San diego
Member

Yes. Actually routed back into friendly lines and beyond.

Posted 2 years ago #
Kevin in San diego
Member

Suave qui peut! in another set of rules.

Posted 2 years ago #
Kevin in San diego
Member

We actually had a situation in a game where voluntary rout (or unformed) would have come in handy.

French attacking a Prussian position.
Prussians use a cavalry brigade to charge approaching French infantry columns, thus leaving a large hole in the Prussian line.
French infantry change into march columns and rush into the hole.
As they arrive, a Prussian cavalry brigade arrives from reserve and causes the French infantry to go into square, where they are pounded by Prussian artillery and infantry.

A French dragoon brigade arrives and advances to rescue the infantry squares, but when they arrive at the battle, they cannot come to grips with the Prussian cavalry because the battered squares are in the way.

Allowing the French infantry to break formation and run behind the their dragoons seems to me to be a reasonable tactic, but cannot be accomplished under the current rules for formations.

Posted 1 year ago #
Scruff
Member

A unit like that breaking formation and running to the rear is going to prob cause the other near by units to start to feel like making a quick exit as well.

Like WTF caused them to run.. lets get outa here too..

to much smoke around to see over the other side.....

Posted 1 year ago #
rpardo
Member

Wow, I think that no real Napoleonic infantry unit would change formation into march column to break into an enemy line. Therefore, they suffered a well deserved beating!

Rafa

Posted 1 year ago #
Kevin in San diego
Member

Rafa,

Thanks for the critique, but they form march column to get into the hole in the Prussian line and then successfully formed square when attacked by the cavalry.

It was a good tactic to get into the space, whic the cavalry were expected to exploit. The reserve Prussian cavalry came onto the board after the maneuver started.

Posted 1 year ago #
Kevin in San diego
Member

Scruff,

Granted that it might cause those questions.

If we called it "Unformed, Under Command" maybe it would make it more sense?

Posted 1 year ago #
eljeffe418
Member

Wow that's a weird situation. I suppose, depending on how large the gap is, have them reform in march and have the cav go around them. Otherwise you're kinda SOL. If it were inf they were attacked by, have them charge with your cav right behind, when they bounce they'll bounce through your cav ending behind it, and then charge with your cav.

Posted 1 year ago #
Kevin in San diego
Member

El Jeffe,

The thing is that they were still in charge range of the Prussian cavalry.

Posted 1 year ago #

RSS feed for this topic

Reply

You must log in to post.