SYW French Command

What does my newly-raised French army require to see action in battle?  Well, leadership, of course!  To solve this immediate shortfall, off the painting desk are five command stands.  With a quartet of command stands sliding over to the completed side of the painting ledger, my small French army is ready for battle.  They need not wait long for battle opportunity.  I plan to put the French straight into action on Tuesday.  Figures are Eureka Miniatures.

Tuesday's battle will see the French take to the field in a War of Austrian succession battle at Bassignana.  The battle will pit a French/Spanish army against a Piedmontese/Austrian army.  Work progresses at a feverish pace as I prepare for Tuesday's game.  I considered using Honours of War as the rules of engagement but decided against forcing yet another new set of rules onto the group (for now).  Given that, effort focuses on creating a variant to Fields of Honor that the group has seen in action for both AWI and FAW.  Besides making rules' adjustments to accommodate a new period, play switches to a non-gridded playing surface.  My SYW infantry bases are too large for four-inch hexes so the table is opened up to measurement rather than counting hexes.  We will see how this experiment goes.

Adding to game preparation pressures, two games are on the schedule for the weekend with one game each on Saturday and Sunday.  Luckily, I am participating in and not hosting the weekend games.