Napoleonic Wargame Formations

Rules Ideas

by Robin Eyre-Tanner

My present collection, of entirely 54mm models, has grown up more by accident than design and for your interest this is a breakdown of a typical company of twenty men.

This unit may be divided in half - officer, N.C.O. and eight men or into four units - officers and four men and N.C.O. and four men. Two companies of twenty men - the second one having a drum major as an officer and bass drum in place of colour will give a balance between parade ground and battleground. Four companies form a perfect square of 80 men, and a full regiment. I hope my semi-decimal units are NOT too unorthodox!

Here is a specimen of formation signs I use, which cannot be confused even when using only black and white.


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