New Leipzig PBEM AAR

[BigDuke66]

That Cav topic is also interesting, personally I guess I wouldn't break down heavy/dragoon cav into squads as they provide the hitting power that is need sometimes and are simply too precious to waste them for any other small operation, but I would surely break down light cav as they screened the army, sometimes did a bit action with light cav of the enemy, did recon etc..
I think it is really important to provide the player with a "guide" of how specific unit types were used, the "Armies of 1805" pdf that came with Austerlitz is a good starting point as it already provides a general clue of these units but still misses they way they were used.
It is still the problem of this engine is that you can play historically but you are not really forced to^and if players come in that have not the knowledge of the "Art of War" from that time it is no wonder that they use anything that is possible.


For the skirmishers, it seems another optional rule might help, how about this idea:
"Automatic Skirmisher Displacement"
It goes a bit like in the CW titles, you can move into a hex with enemy skirmishers but these are simply moved automatically back. So no melee, no slow down but it maybe triggers their defensive fire so a chance for disruption.