Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

I am playing a Waterloo scenario and my opponent has damaged the bridge at Chalet but not destroyed it. I have engineers repairing it but it is a slow process. I have gotten infantry across but not wagons, artillery or cavalry. At what number are those units allowed to cross?

Marechal Jonathan Thayer
Commandante Moyenne Garde
Duc de Saalfeld et Prince de Friedland
1/10/III
Armee du Nord




jonathanthayer@bellsouth.net

I believe it is:

50 for infantry
100 for cav
150 for artillery





Maréchal Jeff Bardon
1ere Division de Cavalerie Legere
I Corps, AdN

Would it not be historical to have pontoons available in the scenarios to counter enemy oppositions? Building them were the enemy is not defending. Jena comes to mind where they are desperately needed otherwise too predictable.

General de Brigade Pierre D.
Armee du Rhin
VII Corps, 22eme Division, 1ere Brigade

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<br />Would it not be historical to have pontoons available in the scenarios to counter enemy oppositions? Building them were the enemy is not defending. Jena comes to mind where they are desperately needed otherwise too predictable.

General de Brigade Pierre D.
Armee du Rhin
VII Corps, 22eme Division, 1ere Brigade

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I have always wanted this to

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Commanding L'Armee du Rhin
Grande Duc de Piave et Comte de Beauvais
Commanding the Division de Cavalerie de la Moyenne Garde
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"Pontoons" can be put in, to an extent already.

All you need to do is put in a certain number of "broken" bridges at start. That would simulate those places where throwing a pontoon across is realistic (from an engineering point of view). It would then be up to the player to choose which of those places to send his engineers. It would then be up to the other player to keep those locations well scouted.

Feldmarschall Freiherr Gary McClellan
Generalissimus Imperial Austrian Army
Portner Grenadier Bn
Allied Coalition C-in-C

Gary is very correct. I've advocated this in all the series for years.

... and it's fairly accurate historically, as there are many conditions where enginiers would place a pontoon bridge. The river banks need to be low to the water level, and firm, near a road. The river bed needs to be firm, and the current not very rapid.

I think its a great idea, as it opens up some of the maps to manuevres that players need to keep watch for, and gives players some new choices.

Colonel Al Amos
1erè Brigade Commandant
2ème Division de Dragons

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<br />Gary is very correct. I've advocated this in all the series for years.

... and it's fairly accurate historically, as there are many conditions where enginiers would place a pontoon bridge. The river banks need to be low to the water level, and firm, near a road. The river bed needs to be firm, and the current not very rapid.

I think its a great idea, as it opens up some of the maps to manuevres that players need to keep watch for, and gives players some new choices.

Colonel Al Amos
1erè Brigade Commandant
2ème Division de Dragons


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Ebelsberg would be much different

so.. step by step... How can I modify this particular map ?


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John,

The needed change is made in the scenario.

Open the scenario editor.

Open the scenario you want to alter.

Save the scenario under another name.

There is a pull down tab under HEX (I think) that has the option to ADD BRIDGE. It only works over water hexes. When asked what strength to make the bridge set it at ZERO.

I recommend making sure that both banks of the river have the same elevation as the water, and it is clear terrain, and there is clear terrain around it for a few hexes, and between the crossing site and the nearest road. I'd suggest to make sure the nearest road is within 5-10 hexes.

Save scenario under new name.

That's all. It's easy.

Colonel Al Amos
1erè Brigade Commandant
2ème Division de Dragons

Provided that bridge engineers were present this is a viable option.

For Jena - no, they were well to the rear. Sheesh even several divisions of cavalry were trailing the main body and one of them (Grouchy) didnt make it to the battle.

Wagram - they were there ready to toss out ready made sections. But remember that they had been sitting on the island for over a month.

Ebelsberg - this is a rush situation. The French army had NO pontoons available at that location. It was a quick assault by the French.

Waterloo - not sure that Napoleon had bridging engineers in that army up near the front.

NRC - Napoleon had bridging engineers but probably not up with the front line troops.

Eckmuhl - there was an Austrian bridging force to the north near the Danube whose equipment was captured after this portion of the 1809 campaign was over. Charles' engineers were REPAIRING the brigde near Landshut prior to the battle starting. But I dont think you will find that he had pontoons. Because of the overall situation I added in some zero strength bridges but frankly after a test game against Paco I have demonstrated that the Austrians can get across the back bridge before it gets destroyed. Thus the zero strength bridges in that situation are really not needed.

Colonel Bill Peters
Armee du Rhin - V Corps, Cavalerie du V Corps, 20ème légère Brigade de Cavalerie, 13ème Hussar Regiment
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram, Jena-Auerstaedt and ... more to come)

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My biggest concern, is that really, Pioneers should have wagon type movement (and movement rates). The equipment involved in putting up a Pontoon is bulky and prone to delays in transport.

As Bill mentioned, the stuff was pre-placed for Wagram, but for a relatively fluid situation, I'd be uncomfortable with rushing pioneers up the road at Infantry rates if there were a proliferation of bridge sites set in a scenario.

Feldmarschall Freiherr Gary McClellan
Generalissimus Imperial Austrian Army
Portner Grenadier Bn
Allied Coalition C-in-C

Monsieur Al how can you change a game that two players have agreed to play it is cheating to change it after the fact oui! but we have such an honest club![:D][8D]beware of who you play ![}:)][:(!]

Col de Art 6/3 II Corps AN Marbot CS

Clifton,

Cheating is fine, getting caught isn't. [:0]

Colonel Al Amos
1erè Brigade Commandant
2ème Division de Dragons

Monsieur’s when any one is bold enough to say that cheating is ok so long as you don’t get caught then I say its time for the President of the club to speck up an say something about this remark an tack action.

Col de Art 6/3 II Corps AN Marbot CS

Al was joking about cheating.

He was not originally talking about how to modify the save file from a battle (which WOULD be cheating), but instead how to use the scenario editor to modify the base scenario, would only helps if you do it before you start the battle.

That is in no way, shape or form cheating. While it would be cheating to alter a stock scenario to your advantage and not let your opponant know such, <b><i>that's not what Al was talking about</i></b>. He was merely explaining how to modify a scenario.

So, Al's followup line is merely a joke. Al's integrity within the the clubs is such that, he can joke about such, and anyone who knows him knows that it is just that... a joke.

Feldmarschall Freiherr Gary McClellan
Generalissimus Imperial Austrian Army
Portner Grenadier Bn
Allied Coalition C-in-C

Cliff - you can alter the game files really easy. Just send me an email if you want to know how! [:D]

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Colonel Bill Peters
Armee du Rhin - V Corps, Cavalerie du V Corps, 20ème légère Brigade de Cavalerie, 13ème Hussar Regiment
HPS Napoleonic Scenario Designer (Eckmuhl, Wagram, Jena-Auerstaedt and ... more to come)

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