8/9/2019 Lasalle Notes
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Lasalle notes
I was the attacker using an Austrian core list, of 2 small
infantry units, 6 large infantry units and a line artillery
battery. For my support choice (in reserve so not starting on
table) I had 2 large Cuirassier units and a horse
artillery battery.
Paul defended using a core list of 6 small infantry units and a
line artillery battery. His support choice starting on table was 2
elite infantry units, 1 light infantry unit, and a heavy
artillery battery. (So no cavalry in his force!). His miniatures
were a wonderful mix of Westphalians, Swiss, Croats, Neapolitans
and a few French...
We didn't deploy the skirmisher figures for units, but the
French units all have two (three for the light infantry), and
the Austrians one. Red tokens indicatedisruption (max of 3 for
small unit, 5 for large unit, before breaking), as we didn't have
prettier casualty figures available yet.
Move distance is 8 inches for infantry in attack columns, 6
inches if in line.
Musketry and cannon fire is all one dice per front rank base
(two dice per artillery base if in canister range) needing a 4+ to
cause a hit. 2-4 hits cause onedisruption, 5-8 hits 2 disruption,
and more hits in a firing phase destroys theunit outright. Range is
8 inches for musketry, 16 for canister, 40 for roundshot
. Roundshot fire in Lasalle will often do "bouncethrough" and
affect two units,but at close range canister fire can only affect
one unit.
Units can take 3 disruption if small, 5 if large, before
breaking and being removed from play. You can remove one disruption
per turn if you pass a recovery test, which for our units meant
rolling 3+ on a dice. If you are within 8" of enemy you must
roll another dice, and if you moved you must roll yet another dice,
having to score 3+ on every dice rolled to successfully recover a
disruption.
Skirmishes are abstracted, if your unit has more than the enemy
(which applied in every case against the Austrians in this game, as
the Austrians only have oneand French have two), then you add an
extra shooting dice. Each skirmisher alsoreduces canister fire at a
unit by one dice too, so for example the French artil
lery was rolling 7 dice to hit my units rather than 8.
In combats, each unit rolls two dice per base it has, needing 5+
to hit. A unitsubtracts one dice for each disrupt hit it has taken,
and other modifications can apply (some examples would be: infantry
not in square vs cavalry halve their dice; cavalry vs infantry in
square halve their dice; if fighting two units you halve your
dice). If you score more hits then you force the enemy to withdraw
and inflict a disruption on them (and defenders win draws). If
you are the attacker and get double the hits of the enemy you
wipe them out!
We did wonder if attack columns were somewhat overpowered
compared to lines, but having checked the factors it seems
about right. An attack column will take two rounds of shooting
(and deliver one more ineffectual one itself) in charging a
line. Each lot of shooting from the line will do a disruption
hit on average, which means the combat will be 8 dice for the line
and 6 dice for the column (Thecolumn having lost one dice for each
disruption hit from its original 8). As described above dice cause
hits on 5's, and you need more hits than the enemy to force them
back (defender wins draws), or twice as many hits as the enemy to
destroy them if you are the attacker. Various bonuses apply, e.g. a
higher morale grade gives +2 dice, being higher on a hill gives +2
dice, and Guard units add a further 2 dice. So to take the classic
example, an attack column attacking a lineon a hill, the column
will be in lots of trouble (especially if the defending line unit
is veteran or guard) - likely to be forced back and then finished
off wi
