Reply To: Is the AWI best served with our current crop of rules?

[khusrauParticipant 1169xp 4]

Probably not so much a problem with rules, but a problem with lists. If you play with gamers who always want to play ‘the best’ then yes all those units are fielded.  There were certain battles where on paper the Colonists had no chance, and that turned out to be the case. The column of elites, highlanders and lights was present in the South, but it was only one part of the army. I suspect they are the same players who play late war German Kampfgruppe with Tiger II, Pak 43 and diehard veterans.

Some rules also struggle because when it says battalion or company, then the notional rather than effective establishment is used. It’s not the notional 800 men present, it might be 300 or even 200 men.

British Grenadier isn’t a bad set of rules, it’s traditional in approach. Pick another battle, get the scenario right, and it should work.

I just play smaller scale skirmishes where it is easier to balance the forces or there can be asymmetric victory conditions.