Warfare in the Age of Reason

Army Lists for the War of the Spanish Succession

These army lists are designed to provide suitable massings of troops for wargaming battles of the War of the Spanish Succession using Warfare in the Age of Reason rule set. They are not meant to be an historical rendering of the troops that fought during this war, but a method of providing historically plausible combatants.

Although the rules are designed primarily for use in mid 18th century warfare, they work very well for the early part of the century too. The army lists provided for this war in the rules, are very basic and in the 2nd edition are not included.

In preparing these lists we have strayed from the format of the army lists presented in the rules. We did this because we found that as our forces were amassed and painted, we tended to arrange them in their brigades. Brigades, typically of 4 battalions are how units in the game are maneuvered, players usually commanding 1 or more brigades.

You will find that as you paint your miniature armies, you will organize them by brigade and field them as such.

Troops are therefore amassed in contingents. A contingent will consist of a brigade of foot, with its associated cavalry and artillery. The brigade will be fielded as such, the cavalry on the table is stripped away and combined with other contingents cavalry to form the cavalry brigades. The artillery will either be left with the brigade (if battalion guns - see below) or brigaded into filed batteries.

The proportion of contingents within an army is provided at the end of the national lists.

We have also amended to artillery lists to provide a more realistic proportion of guns to troops using data supplied by Chandler that indicate a proportion of between 1 gun per 1000 men and 2 guns per 1000 men with the typical proportion being towards the lower end of the scale.

The artillery rations also take into account the fact that the indications appear to be that battalion guns are usually included in the gun lists provided in most contemporary sources. Therefore, as per the notes on rules modifications, battalion guns are not factored for in the game as per the rules. The main difference between armies with battalions guns and those without, is whether small light field pieces were deployed and moved with the infantry, or if they were brigaded together operating independently if the foot.

A game can be had with as little as 1 contingent per side, but the recommended size is for at 4 contingents per side divided into three wings, a left, center and right wing with 1 player per wing in each army.
 
 
 

Allied Armies of Louis XIV
                  Generals
 
Commander
Quantity
Leader Rating
Notes
Army Commander
1 per 12 Contingents
(or part therof)
Roll D6

1-2 Leader Grade 2
3-6 Leader Grade 1

 
Wing Commander
1 per 4 Contingents
(or part therof)
Roll D6
1-2 Leader Grade 2
3-6 Leader Grade 1
Guard Cavalry in Wing: -1

 
Composition of Armies
Any contingent may not exceed the listed percentage for the whole army. Unless a contingents allowable amount is 0%, you may always have at least 1 contingent.
Theater
France
Bavaria
Spain
Cologne
Northern Europe
100%
1 Contingent*
25%
1 Contingent
Central Europe
100%
75%
1 Contingent**
0%
Southern Europe
100%
0%
25%
0%
*The Bavarians in Northern Europe may not contain or count towards rolling for any Guards. 
**The Spanish contingent in Central Europe may not contain or count towards rolling for any Guards.

 
Guard Infantry Units
In some circumstances, Elite units of guards MG4 may be fielded in your army.

Roll D6. 
On a roll of 1, you may replace 1 unit with a Guard Units.
On a roll of 0, you may replace 2 units with Guard Units.
On a roll of -1, you may replace 3 units with Guard units.
On a roll of -2, you may replace 4 units with Guard units.
On a roll of -3, you may replace 5 units with Guard units.

Modifiers (Cumulative)
2 Contingents -1 or 4 Contingents -2 or 6 Contingents -3 or 8 Contingents -4

Grenadier Units
In Siege games, or Naval Landing actions you may add a converged Grenadier battalion (per 3 contingents) at MG 3 which gets an additional +1 when assaulting buildings or field works.

 
France  
 
 
Type
Battalions
Squadrons
Morale Grade
 Notes
General
1
D6 Roll
1 Leader Grade 2
2-6 Leader Grade 1
 
Foot
4
MG 2
or
MG 3
(see notes)
All Battalions Use Volley Fire
Roll D6 on 1-2, all battalions may be replaced by veterans (Irish, Swiss etc) or old regiments (Piedmont, Navare, Picardie, Champagen and Normandie) 
Dragoons
3
MG1
Charge at trot using pistol fire
(optional rule: Roll D6: 1-2 must fight dismounted due to no horses)
Horse
4
MG2
Charge at trot using pistol fire
Veteran Horse
2
MG3
Charge at trot using pistol fire
(Royal, old regiments and Irish)
Elite Horse
1
MG4
Charge at trot using pistol fire
(Guard and Carabiniers)
Artillery
Batteries
3
1Batt'y light Guns
2nd Batt'y Med Guns
3rd Batt'y Roll D6
1,2 Medium
3-5 Heavy
6 Roll again 
1,2  Siege
3 - 6 Heavy
The guns may be brigaded with similar batteries from other contingents even of different nationalities
Horse and Dragoon allowances from all contingents are combined and fielded in regiments of 4 or 6 Squadrons. All squadrons from all contingents should be counted up before dividing them into Regiments.

French Mounted brigades may be from 2 - 5 Regiments. They may be mixed with Regiments from any other allied contingent.

In Southern Europe, one regiment of Veteran Horse may be exchanged for a Cuirassier Regiment (armored horse).

In Central and Northern Europe, 3 squadrons of Dragoons may be replaced for a 3 squadron unit of Hussars (skirmish horse) MG1

Optional: 1709 onwards, reduce Infantry Morale Grade by one.


 
Bavaria  
 
 
Type
Battalions
Squadrons
Morale Grade
Notes
General
1
Roll D6
1 Leader Grade 2
2-6 Leader Grade 1
 
Foot
4
MG 2 
All Battalions Volley Fire
Dragoons
2*
MG 2
 Charge at Trot using Pistol Fire
Cuirassiers
7*
MG2
Armored Horse: Charge at Trot using Pistol Fire
Lieb Garde
1
MG4
Armored Horse: Charge at Trot using Pistol Fire
Artillery
Batteries
2
1 of light Batt'y Guns
2nd Batt'y Roll D6
1-5 Medium
5: Roll again 
1,2  Siege
3 - 6 Heavy
The guns may be brigaded with similar batteries from other contingents even of different nationalities
*Horse allowance halved outside of Central Europe. Only 1 regiment of Dragoons in Northern Europe. Only six regiments of Cuirassiers in Northern Europe

Horse and Dragoon allowances from all contingents are combined and fielded in regiments of 4 or 6 Squadrons. All squadrons from all contingents should be counted up before dividing them into Regiments.

Bavarian Mounted brigades may be from 2 - 5 Regiments. They may be mixed with Regiments from any other allied contingent.


 
Spain  
 
 
Type
Battalions
Squadrons
Morale Grade
Notes
 General
 1
Grade 1
 
Foot
4
MG1
 All Battalions Use Volley Fire Units are 16 castings with 4 castings of Pikes. 2 Battalions have Matchlocks (-1 firing)
1709 Onwards - replace pikes with muskets. All units have flintlock.
Horse
1
MG 2 
Charge at Trot using Pistol Fire
Dragoons
1
MG 2
Charge at Trot using Pistol Fire
French Horse
8
see notes
When using Spanish contingent, choose 8 squadrons from the French list as follows. 2 Dragoons, 3 Horse, 1 Veteran Horse, 1 Guard Horse
Artillery
Batteries
2
 1 of light Batt'y Guns
2nd Batt'y Roll D6
1-5 Medium
5: Roll again 
1,2  Siege
3 - 6 Heavy
 The guns may be brigaded with similar batteries from other contingents even of different nationalities
Horse and Dragoon allowances from all contingents are combined and fielded in regiments of 4 or 6 Squadrons. All squadrons from all contingents should be counted up before dividing them into Regiments.

Mounted brigades may be from 2 - 5 Regiments. They may be mixed with Regiments from any other allied contingent.


 
 

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