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We really like the Black Powder system for our Napoleonics. As you have identified, the weakest part of the game is the way artillery is dealt with. This is a symptom of the wide span of history the rules cover, what may be good for War of Spanish Succession is not good for Napoleonics. Artillery was the most destructive arm a Napoleonic General had at his disposal. You rightly identified one failing as being firepower, the other failing is frontage. A Company (Battery) of Napoleonic era artillery should be capable of defending a frontage equal to a three rank infantry battalion in line formation. This is a function it cannot do as written. We choose to model our batteries with a frontage equivalent to an infantry unit in line. The number of actual gun models can be adjusted to suit. We then broke down the main historical gun, howitzer, licorne by size/weight and assigned range brackets then number of dice for each range bracket, close/mid/long. Eg: 6pdr have 4/2/2. So, 4d6 at close, 2d6 at mid, 2 d6 at long, May look a bit odd to have mid and long the same number of dice, but remember Artillery over half range have a minus one modifier to hit rolls.
Type, #D6, Range
3-4pdr Gun/Howitzer 3 / 2 / 1 8 / 20 / 30
6pdr Gun/5.5” Howitzer 4 / 2 / 2 12 / 24 / 40
8-9pdr Gun/How, 10pdr Licorne 5 / 3 / 2 15 / 30 / 50
12pdr Gun/How, 20pdr Licorne 6 / 4 / 2 20 / 40 / 60please see attachment
