Today I tested my HoTT Napoleonic variant playing a battle of French Vs British with Wofun 18mm miniatures. I used the Solo Tactical Engine uploaded by David Lemon to the file section of the DBA & HOTT Wargaming FB group. It worked great!
Before the battle, poor scouting only revealed to the French the presence of Highlanders in the village.
Napoleon deploys with a strong center of veterans wearing dustcoasts.
... and a battery strategically placed on the heights.
Wellington chooses a mixed center, allied infantry stiffened by the thin red line...
...and close artillery support...
...which he directs personally.
The battle rages on!! Specially in the center and the French right. On the left, conscript units on both sides just stare at each other,
The French veterans advance and do not waver when battered by cannon fire.
On the British left, 1st Foot infantry advances with Dragoons in close support.
The chaps of the 1st Foot face and repel an ambush from voltigeurs lurking in the woods.
...and then they gallantly charge uphill going for the guns. Alas! Moved by elan, they outrun their support.
The center devolves into a firefight. The mixed Allied line holds well.
The critical moment arrives. Napoleon releases the Imperial Guard.
And the Highlanders stream out of the village to meet them. A clash of two heroic units that will tip the balance of the battle. Who will lose 12 Army Points?
The Guard prevails! Another victory for Napoleon!!
Yet again it has been shown that you can play literally ANYTHING with this rules: Fantasy, Historical, WWI (see MW #255), Vietnam, Spaceship combat in Star Wars... and Napoleonic.
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