Dreux da The Perfect Captain

Hi Stefano,

Seeing the size of the board and number of players you had of course makes us very jealous here in our club… we don’t have as much space to maneuver and we sometimes yearn for the flanks to be more open. I also liked the way you showed regiments in `Shot Forward’, very easy to spot! I hope you all had a good time playing.

Looks like you gentlemen also did a great job breaking down the forces for the battle of Dreux. I didn’t go back and check my sources extensively but the choices you made seems fine, and the way you formed them into SF:Battle units was also good. I know it’s difficult when you have tiny units beside giant units, and we sometimes group several small units together to form a single regiment to ease play.

My only question would be concerning the Swiss having the amount of shot attached that they did in your scenario. I know that at Moncontour and St. Denis the Swiss were given some French shot to protect them due to the shortage of firepower they usually had. To be honest I’m not sure what proportion of shot were usually available to the Swiss at this time. I have Pfyffer’s memoirs of the period (he commanded them in France in several campaigns), but his work is in German!!!! Oh, the tantalizing details I can’t get at!

Well keep up the good work Stefano, and say hello to your group from us. Pistolado II is just around the corner!

TPC