New Leipzig PBEM AAR

[milrevko]

Big Duke,

I really think on par with skirmisher fail is the breaking down of CAV units, especially heavy CAV (these units as a general rule operated as battalions).
Most players will operate them as if the are squads in squad leader and it is understandable why.

The effects of zones of control and the inability of INF to melee CAV make them useful but fully unhoristical. Even if this practice is not alway the best option or the best and fullest use of available forces.

In Leipzig all the CAV start as squads but in the other games they start as battalions. What is an easy rule to make the use of CAV historical:

1) In games where the heavy CAV start as battalions they should not break down

2) Or, in games where CAV start as battalions only light cav should be able to break down into squads

3) In games where the cav is in squads Heavy and Non-light CAV should keep stacked up to as close to 600 men as possible (max cav stacking)

I have not used these as I keep the house rules simple and clean but, they are necessary to keep the game from turning into a World War II game where the skirmishers and cav squads flourish and spread across the map like waves and the principles of linear warfare are lost. Remember the original Battle front game of Waterloo where the french would breakdown every single unit they could into skirmishers and fllod out, it was insane.

Players will use all units to there best advantage regardless. As is rational.