54mm 1815 DBN game.

 

Tried out the DBN rules with my 54mm figures on Monday morning.

 

 I've looked at they in the past but they were still too close to DBA with recoils, etc and having to double to destroy.  The 2.1 edition now has an attrition system where units can take up to 3 hits before being destroyed but can still be destroyed by being doubled  in combat. 

 

I was also intrigued by Norm Smith's review of the rules and play through on his Battlefields and Warriors blog and that was enough for my to download a set of the rules.

We tried out a 12 point 1815 game on a 4'x 4' table and used 2" = 100 paces which seemed to work well.  Each army had a break point of 4 units and, as the French, I broke 4 of the British (mostly the Belgian Militia units in the centre having lost 2 of my own.

I have been looking for a system that will let me play some historical scenarios with my 54mm in 2 hours or so and these might be the rules for that.  My regular opponent prefers games that that 2 hours or under rather than the 3-4 hours other sets of rules require.  I would probably try a scenario next on a 6' x 5' table and see how that goes.  Or increase the unit sizes and use an 8' x 5' table.