[Patrick]

Overthinking is what I do. 🙂 And the “informal” nature of brigades back in those days  is also something I am aware of (although I seem to remember that France made it more permanent under Turenne … but it is not really my time period, I just like the uniforms :D).

However, since I will hardly ever find someone in my area to play historical games with (and even fewer for that specific time period) I will most likely be playing “bring all you got” games and for that I’m looking for inspiration.

Alternatively, I’d also be happy for recommendations for a fair split of the units I have to get one of those few historical players around away from all those ugly drab WW2 units into something a bit more … coulourful and gentlemanly. 🙂

[Patrick]

Thanks for the answer.
Yeah, the artillery is immobile, so I might put them all in a single brigade (totally forgot about that …)

Regarding larger brigades: I had a look at the Ramillies OOB, which is one of the reasons I didn’t mix cavalry and infantry in one brigade and kept the dragoons separate.

The infantry brigades on the French sides seemed to be between 2 and 9 bataillions (with 3 to 4-ish seeming to be the average), the Allied brigades seemed to be a bit bigger on average … I am one unit short, otherwise I might set up 2 brigades of 5 (since odd-numbered brigades seem to be the way to go). Or I just drop the small grenadier unit and go with a brigade of 4 and one of 5.

Decisions, decisions …

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