Hi Steady the Buffs,
Thanks for posting your amendments.
Inf. v Cav in rough going: I agree with this suggestion - cavalry charging infantry in rough going was a problem at the last tournament I played at.
Units Falling Back: Again, I agree with this. I have found cavalry falling back in their reaction phase, then charging another target in their activity phase one of the annoying "gamey" features of the game.
Attacker reserves: Reserves are a pain as they never turn up when you need them (and a reason why I am ditching my reserve Dragoon brigade for an organic Light Cavalry brigade). But they are also a pain for the defender too - in my experience there is never enough room for me to fully deploy a reserve brigade behind my defending units. I'd be interested in how players generally are experiencing the reserves rule, and whether reserve brigades are disadvantaged relative to organic or allied brigades.
Attack columns firing: I am not sure about this proposed amendment as I tend to think of musketry in Lasalle as the skirmishers conducting a harrassing tiraillade against each other. In that respect, a couple of columns should be able to put out twice as many skirmishers than a single battalion in line. But I think it comes down to how we imagine the rules.
Combined arms attacks: Given that historically it was extremely rare for cavalry and friendly infantry to launch a coordinated "combined-arms" assault, the simplest thing to do is to simply disallow it. But I suspect there might be a problem - currently in Lasalle it is a very potent tactic to combine cav-inf-cav-inf - might the proposed amendment make cavalry less effective? I dunno - it would be good to see how this playtests.
As a slight aside on this question, I've just been reading Siborne and Mark Fletcher's awesome book on the British army at Waterloo. It struck me how the "combined-arms" attacks that the French eventually used at Waterloo were forcing the infantry into square with cuirassiers, and then blasting the squares at point blank range with cannister from supporting artillery. For example, the Inniskillings suffered horrendous losses at Waterloo, almost all from cannister fired in a short space of time. However, in Lasalle there is not benefit to blasting squares at point blank range with cannister.
Thanks
Paul