Time to dust off a set of rules I bought in 2014 and never played.
These rules use the same system as all the songs of rules which hopefully should give a fun game . It turns out I have enough Austrians now to create an army for a quick battle . Most though are based for Shako as I bought these from an open day whilst my Bavarians and my other Austrians are on wider bases. Nevertheless it should work with 120mm unit frontages . I have plenty enough Bavarians to create an Army to oppose them . For this I will use the French army list as the Bavarians fought using the French doctrine.
So will set up some terrain using my 15mm Napoleonic buildings and test them out . Took a look at Shako but it’s just not inspiring somehow. I also have black powder and Blucher I could try out . Maybe Grand Armee would be fun but I would need to buy that and probably it needs more Austrians.
An example list for Song of Drums:
| Number | Q | C | SK | |||
| C in C: Marshall Francois Joseph Lefebvre | ||||||
| Mixed Brigade (Crown Prince Ludwig) | ||||||
| Light Infantry Green Coats | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Light, Elan | |
| Veteran Line Infantry Blue Coats | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Determined | |
| Line Infantry (Lippe White) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Light Horse Chasseurs | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Medium Foot Artillery | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Mixed Brigade (Prince von Wrede) | ||||||
| Light Infantry Green Coats | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Light, Elan | |
| Veteran Line Infantry Blue Coats | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Determined | |
| Line Infantry (Anhalt Green) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Hussars | 1 | 4 | 4 | Opportunistic | ||
| Medium Foot Artillery | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Line infantry Brigade (General von Deroy) | ||||||
| Veteran Line Infantry Blue Coats | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | Determined | |
| Line Infantry (Dark Blue Wurttemberg) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Reserve (Lefebvre) | ||||||
| Cuirassiers | 1 | 3 | 7 | Cuirass | ||
| Dragoons | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Lancers Uhlans | 1 | 4 | 4 | Lance | ||
| Light Horse Chasseurs | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Grenadiers (Dark Blue Wurttemberg) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | Elan, Elite, Determined | |
| Light Horse Artillery | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Austria | |||||
| Unit Type | Number | Q | C | SK | |
| C in C: FM Johann von Hiller | |||||
| Line Infantry Brigade (FML Kottulinsky) | |||||
| Line Infantry Fusiliers 120mm wide (4×30-3×40) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Green |
| Landwehr (4×30) Brown Coats/ Green Coats | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Militia |
| Medium Foot Artillery | 1 | 4 | |||
| Avant Garde Brigade (FML von Schustek-Heve) | |||||
| Jagers (4×30) Grey Coats | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | Light |
| Grenzer (Brown Coat, Shako) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | Light, Elan |
| Light Cavalry Hussars | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Light Horse Artillery | 1 | 3 | |||
| Grenadiers Brigade (GM d’Aspre) | |||||
| Grenadiers | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | Strong |
| Line Infantry Fusiliers 120mm wide (4×30-3×40) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | Green |
| Medium Foot Artillery | 1 | 4 | |||
| Reserve (von Hiller) | |||||
| Cuirassiers | 2 | 3 | 7 | Cuirass | |
| Dragoons | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
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