La Bataille de la Forêt de Mérite (remastered}

After my last post where I showed the setup for a small game which was supposed to test my amendments to Charles Grant's original 1970's rules, I decided to add some river sections to the terrain. Here is a pic of the game in progress:

It took me a couple of weeks to complete the game as I only played a move or two per day, and I had a week on the Costa del Sol halfway through (which was very nice, good weather, good food, covid restrictions gradually being rolled back). I won't give a move by move account , but the rules seemed to give a good game, however they still need a bit of tweaking. British Rifles, even taking a full stationary move to reload, have devastating firepower. need to address that. Artillery rules are simplified, not using any 'devices', instead a battery (1 gun + 4 crew) fire with the same effect as a battalion of infantry, but with increased range. fire effect decreases by 25% with the loss of each crew figure. That seems to work well. Command and control effect on morale is just calculated as a percentage of cumulative losses, rather than relying on individual officer figures becoming casualties. Morale tests generally have little effect until a unit falls below 50% strength, when they automatically break and run. Will have to tweak that as well. Another few test games needed!