Some sample 200 pt French Corps for Snappy Nappy

   My e-friend, James Fisher (not to be confused with with my long time wargames buddy Joe Fish - I have "fishy" friends, it seems, LOL), had asked for some group shots of my recently painted Front Rank Young Guard Voltigeurs and Tirailleurs... so here they are, some gratuitous eye candy decorating this post about the possible composition of  Guard Corps for our up coming 1813 Campaign in a Day with Snappy Nappy

Young Guard - Voltigeurs to the front, Tirailleurs to the rear

The points table I had in my last post came out very unclear due to the usual tabbing issue for blogger, so here it is formatted as a table in Google Drive (the earlier post has been retrofitted as well):

UNIT RATING	D10 Score to Pass	Infantry pts/stand	Cavalry points/std	Artillery points/std
Militia	9+	3	4	5
Conscript	8+	4	5	6
Experienced	7+	5	6	7
Veteran	6+	6	7	8
Elite	5+	7	8	9
Guard	4+	8	9	10

To recapitulate our rules for selecting the troops for a 200 point Corps, here they are:

ONLY the C-in-C's Corps may contain troops rated as Guards (Others might be called Guards, but won't be rated as such, i.e. minor states).  C-in-C is limited to 40% of units with Guard rating - others may be Elite (no limits) or lower; no Conscripts/Militia required (but not prohibited, either).

Otherwise. no more than 10% of units may be Elite, and 20% MUST be Conscript or Militia (this is 1813, after all!)

No more than 25% of units may be Artillery (limit 1 Horse Artillery for Infantry Corps)  and no more than 25% Cavalry, UNLESS the player builds a Cavalry Corps, in which case it may contain NO infantry and no more than 15% of the units may be (all Horse) Artillery. 

Another view of the 4 FR units and their commander

So, for a French Guard Corps, we could have the following

1 unit Old Guard Grenadiers a Pied (GUARD)  2 stands @ 16
1 unit Old Guard Chasseurs a Pied  (GUARD_) 2 stands @1 6
1 unit Fusiliers-Grenadiers (ELITE)  2 stands @ 14
1 unit Fusiliers-Chassuers (ELITE)  2 stands @ 14
2 units YG Voltigeurs (VETERAN)  4 stands @ 48
2 units YG Tirailleurs *VETERAN) 4 stands @ 48
1 unit Guard Chasseurs a Cheval (GUARD) 2 stands @ 18
1 unit 2nd (Red) Chevauleger-Lanciers (ELITE) 2 stands @16
1 unit Guard Artillery a Cheval (GUARD) 1 stand @ 10
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In total, that is:  21 stands, 200 points, of which:
less than 10% of units artillery, less than 20% of Units  Cavalry, less than 40% of units Guard.
Thus thus force fulfills all the criteria for a Guard Corps under our Campaign rules.

Here is the Young Guard deployed as I would use them in Field of Battle,
 in units of 4 stands each, with my two earlier units of 1809
 Tirailleurs-Grenadiers and Tirailleurs-Chasseurs thrown in.

Let's try a French Cavalry Corps:

4 units Cuirassiers (VETERAN)  8 stands @ 56

2 units Carabiniers (ELITE)  4 stands @ 32

4 units Dragoons (VETERAN)  8 stands @ 56

4 units Line Cheavu-Leger Lanciers (CONSCRIPT) 8 stands @ 40

2 units Horse Artillery (VETERAN)  2 stands @16

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In total, 18 units, 34 stands,  200 points.

Just over 11% elite  -GM OK's the slight overage :-), 23.5% conscript, 11% Artillery. 

Another view of the nearly 100 figures of  Young Guardsmen

Finally, lets do a French Infantry Corps - here we're going to aim for numbers and weight of Artillery rather than quality!

12 units of Marie-Louises (CONSCRIPTS)  24 stands @ 100
4 units of Line Infantry (EXPERIENCED  8 stands @ 40
2 units of Light Cavalry (EXPERIENCED)  4 stands @ 28
1 unit of Horse Artillery (VETERAN)  1 stand @ 8
4 units of Foot Artillery (VETERAN)  4 stands @ 32. one of them 12#'s, others 6#.
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That makes 23 units, 41 stands, 200 points in total.
52% of units conscripts, less than 8% of units cavalry, almost 22% of units artillery - probably pretty realistic for 1813!

Napoleon's Young Guard: coming soon to a Battlefield near you!

So far for Participants in our 1813 Campaign-in-a-Day on Saturday April 20, 2013, we have:

PLAYER	CORPS	FACTION
Thomas K	Austrian Infantry?	Allies
Joe F	Swedish Infantry?	Allies
Barry F	Russian Infantry?	Allies
Edgar*	Prussian Infantry?	Allies
Greg H	?
Roger D	Bavarian Infantry?	“French”
James S	French?	“French”
Matthew*	French?	“French”
Peter D	?
Rob P	?
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We would be happy to add more players to the list! We have plenty of troops for players to use for all nationalities conceivable, including Kingdom of Italy, Grand Duchy of Warsaw/Vistula Legion, Rhine Confederation, and Denmark... not to mention the more mundane French, Austrians, Russians, Prussians and Swedes...

Peter