McFarlane Napoleonic Fire & Fury Variant (new charts)

Good-order results range from Retreat and Disengage through Hold Ground, Tardy and Cautious to Well Handled, with columns by C-in-C quality (Napoleon, Exceptional, Average, Poor). Modifiers: exceptional leader attached +3, within radius +2, leader attached/in maneuver column/fresh +1, attempting emergency change or disordered -2, spent -4.

Tardy - Half move, but DO fonnatioo change Cautious - Half move or deploy to line or square WeU Handled - Move and cbange fonnatioo nonnally

Fallen leader results run from 'felled by cannonball' and 'shot dead in the saddle' to 'mere flesh wound' on 6-10. Attached leaders add to charges and maneuver; exceptional leaders give larger bonuses.

Felled by cannonball Shot dead in the saddle Mortally stricken Grieviously wounded Carried from the field

E.g. French infantry +2 maneuver column, +2 field column, +2 charge in column; British +1 fire in line and +1 column/+1 line on defence; Austrian cavalry +4 in line. Optional date-based changes reflect Austrian/Prussian/Russian reforms and post-1812 French decline.

Summary of National Modifiers MANEUVER COMBAT Maneuver Column Field Column Line Fire Combat/Charge Combat

Classes Old Guard, Guard, Veteran, Regular, Conscript and Raw each have effectiveness triples (e.g. Old Guard 4/2/-, Raw 7/6/5) looked up from the Napoleon's Battles disorder/rout number.

Transcribing Disorder/Rout ratings from Napoleon's Battles to the McFarlane napoleonic variant for Fire & Fury.

Infantry 12", light cavalry 18", heavy cavalry 15", field artillery 8", horse artillery 12", leaders 18"; roads x2 (x3 artillery), rough x1/2 for infantry down to x1/6 for horse artillery.

Infantry 12" x2 x1/2 Light Cavalry 18" x2 x1/3

Emergency change: 1-7 unsuccessful and disordered, 8+ square or facing completed in good order. Infantry in column and in square receive different combat modifiers.

Emergency Change 1 to 7 Unsuccessful - disordered 8+ Successful - square or facing completed in good order

Effects: A desultory (no effect), B disordered/battery silenced, C disordered and lose 1 stand, D lose 2 stands, E lose 3 stands or battery wrecked. Fire points are halved for disordered infantry, doubled for enfilade; +1 against limbered/column/mounted targets, -1/-2 for cover such as woods, towns, breastworks or sunken roads.

D - Deadly fire - troops disordered and lose 2 stands or battery wrecked

Results run from 10+ (defenders retreat a full move, lose two stands, attached leader and battery captured) through 'driven back', 'hard pressed', 'desperate struggle' (both disordered, roll again), 'assault checked', 'assault falters', to -10 or less (attackers repulsed, lose two stands). Modifiers include heavy cavalry +4, cavalry in line +3, fresh +2, outnumbered 3:2/2:1/3:1, outflanked -3, spent -4.

A d .. pa'Me Itruule - both ,ide, are disordered mel lose ODe stand of troops. Conlinue charge combat and roll again v.ith adjusted modifiers.

1 or less Quits the Field; 2-3 Broken (retreat disordered, lose a stand); 4-5 Wavering; 6-7 Shaken (rallies, holds); 8-10 Rallies (half move); 11+ Rally with Elan. Fresh and Spent status modify charge and maneuver rolls.

Quits the Field - Remove from table 2,3 Broken - Retreats full move disordered and lose a stand