"Swedes in Blucher?" Topic

In rating my Swedish army I'm assuming the basic 6 rating for infantry with no special qualities and same for cavalry, perhaps with no positive impact +1for their heavy cavalry? Artillery as Austrians….Any contrary thoughts?

Swedish commander rolls a D6 at the beginning of every turn – on a 1, he can do want he wants, on a 2-4 he stands in place, on a 5-6 he marches northwest to conquer Denmark. (Can you tell I do not have a high opinion of Bernadotte?)

Jim

Swedish player (1813-14) loses if he takes a casualty.

As a general, Bernadotte was a first-rate Crown Prince.

ColCampbell, don't you mean Norway?
And it was funny by the way

Korvessa -- Yeah, but he had to go through the Danish provinces to get to Norway proper.

Robert -- didn't you mean "clown" prince?

Of course none of this helps barcah. Not knowing to what rules you refer, the Swedes were, by individual unit, fairly good fighters. If "6" is an average rating for this time period (1813-1814), then that should be sufficient. Don't know much about the capability of their cavalry or artillery.

Jim

Point taken, ColCampbell. And I'd agree that flat average should work. Cold truth is, at Blucher scale we don't have a lot of information to work with, especially for later Napoleonics.

In 1807-08 in Finland with battalions as maneuver units, we might come to different conclusions.

Love it! Thank you. I've read quite a bit about 1813, and haven't come across any mentions of Swedish cavalry or artillery doing any serious fighting.