CÕest la Guerre

CÕest la GuerreAs technology advanced the musket became the great equalizer. If your troops would fire, the enemy would incur casualties. The effect of a thousand poorly trained, ill commanded troops firing into a block of men should not be ignored. Therefore a simple system was developed to account for a unit suffering losses. In ancient battles the general is more important in combat, but in modern battles the chain of command is more important. C'est la Guerre

As technology advanced the musket became the great equalizer. If your troops would fire, the enemy would incur casualties. The effect of a thousand poorly trained, ill commanded troops firing into a block of men should not be ignored. Therefore a simple system was developed to account for a unit suffering losses.

In ancient battles the general is more important in combat, but in modern battles the chain of command is more important. C'est la Guerre uses a simple command structure to manage battlefield movement.

There is troop grading so that better trained more effective troops can have an advantage over poorly trained troops.

C'est la Guerre accounts for casualties and losses without going into an overly complicated accounting system, and provides for a command structure without dealing with morale or having the players issue orders.

REVIEW(S):

C'est la Guerre is an excellent rules set that provides enough flavor of the Horse and Musket period for a good game, without bogging one down in the details that can make a game tedious. Anyone familiar with DBA or its derivatives will be able to get into things quickly. Play is fast....My first opposed game, with a former DBA player, took about ninety minutes, playing twelve complete turns, while bringing him up to speed.

...My Seven Years War Prussians fielded fourteen units. The opposing Russian list had twenty. Most will fall somewhere in between....

After movement, both sides engage in fire, followed by melee. combat involves opposed dice rolls, modified by factors based on unit type and quality Results range from 'no result' to 'push back', flee or destroyed'. casualties may occur, which will induce negative modifiers to the unit involved.

Musketry range is very short, which is good and proper. Close in, trade volleys, and have at it with the bayonet. The real challenge is moving into position to do some damage with the enemy trying to break your formations with artillery and skirmishing cavalry.

Lists are provided for the major wars of the 18th Century...

I have found these rules to provide an enjoyable game, either solitaire, or face-to-face , and hope their will be an expansion for campaigns, which could be played over a course of several get togethers. Some lists for the French and English in India would also be most welcome.

A fine value, every club should have a copy. (WarGameVault.com)