Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC)

Gentlemen,
May I present two more articles for your attention on WDS tactics, extending the Napoleonic series published in 2023–2024.
These two fill the remaining gap on infantry, focusing on musket mechanics, which is rather technical, and on melee, which is more engaging, I think, as it also covers non-technical aspects.

The Art of Melee: Infantry Tactics in WDS Napoleonic Warfare
Download here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18sEJA2 ... sp=sharing



Table of Contents
1. Defining the Objective
2. Timing
3. Force Allocation
4. Forming Battle Groups
5. Spotting the Weakness
6. Initiating the Melee
7. Combined-Arms Integration

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The Art of Musketry: Infantry Tactics in WDS Napoleonic Warfare
Download here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QMsSIR ... sp=sharing



Table of Contents:
1. Understanding the basics of FP values.
2. The impact of Battalion size and PDT column modifier
3. 2-rank British formation
4. Optimizing battalions for musket use


Both will be added to the NWC Field Manual https://wargame.ch/board/nwc/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=17808 later this month, along with a new AAR on Wagram, which should be released by WDS in late March.

Enjoy your Saturday morning coffee with some WDS Napoleonic reading

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General-Leytenant Alexey Tartyshev
The Adjutant-General of His Imperial Majesty

Leib-Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment (Grenadier Drum)
1st Brigade
Guard Infantry Division
5th Guard Corps


(I don't play with with ZOC kills and Rout limiting ON)

General-Leytenant Tartyshev,
Adjutant-General of His Imperial Majesty,

Allow me to express my sincere appreciation for presenting these new articles to the community. Your continued work on WDS tactical analysis is both valuable and instructive, and it greatly contributes to our shared understanding of Napoleonic battlefield mechanics.

The subjects of musketry and melee are central to the conduct of infantry combat, and I look forward with great interest to studying the insights you have so generously provided.

With my respectful thanks for your dedication to the study and development of our Napoleonic wargaming practice.

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Kapitan Sandro Lasco
Military Order Cuirassier Regiment
2nd Cavalry Brigade
2nd Cuirassier Division
Cavalry of the 2nd Western Army
2nd Western Army Reserves

Fantastic as always Alexey!!

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Generalfeldmarschall Scott Kronprinz "Vorwärts" Ludwig von Preußen
Kommandeur des Königlich-Preußischen Armee-Korps
Chief of Staff (CoS) of the Allied Coalition
Allied Coalition Webmaster & Club Website Support

Great work Alexey, thank you.

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Field Marshal Sir Edward Blackburn, 1st Duke of Aberdeen K.G.
85th (Buck's Light Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
16th British Brigade
7th Division
III (Peninsular) Corps
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards

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Général Gregor Morgan
Duc de Montebello et Comte de Gironde
Chef d'État-Major de la Grande Armée
Commandant du 1er Corps d'Armée

Mein verehrter Lehrmeister.

I have just secured a copy of your latest dispatches. Knowing your absolute mastery of tactical theory, these treatises on the Feuergefecht (firefight) and the Nahkampf (melee) will undoubtedly become immediate Pflichtlektüre (required reading) for all serious commanders.

I have not yet opened the pages, but I intend to study them thoroughly by the campfire tonight. Your teachings continue to shape my understanding of the battlefield, and I am eager to absorb this new Doktrin (doctrine) before my next engagement.

Vielen Dank! (Many thanks!) for your tireless work in educating the officer corps.

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Kaiserlich-königliche Armee.

Fähnrich David Luna Peña.
Landwehr-Regiment Wiener Freikorps (Vienna Woods) Nr. 1.
1. Infanterie-Brigade.
1. Avant Garde Division.
Österreichisches Imperialis Armeekorps.

Österreichisches Rekrutenband

Good job, Alexey! Its things like this that help the new folks get to become better players and for the veterans to consider a thing or two.

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Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Prinz Peters von Dennewitz

3. Husaren-Regiment, Reserve-Kavallerie, Preußischen Armee-Korps

Honarary CO of Garde-Ulanen Regiment, Garde-Grenadier Kavallerie

NWC Founding Member

For Club Games: I prefer the Single Phase mode of play. I prefer to play with the following options OFF:

MDF, VP4LC, NRO, MTD, CMR, PR, MIM, NDM, OMR (ver 4.07)