Valour and Fortitude Battle Report

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

Great to see an AAR on these rules which have generated a lot of buzz (especially as they are free). One comment is that players may want to adjust unit sizes to smaller battalions (say 3-4 stands). This means you need fewer figures and you have more room to move. Of course you may also wish to change movement distances which are super generous (though I get the intent is to have units close asap). Thanks for posting this - great looking game.

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Thanks mate. Yes the rules are flexible in that respect, and can be used at smaller scales too with smaller minis and changes to movement distance and firing ranges accordingly.

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

@@kapitihobbies9360 Congrats again on your nice looking table. Of course I think the rules themselves cover Options allowing for different unit sizes and move/range changes. I doubt my club will leave General d'Armee but this is a handy option for Conventions and for newby player introductions.

[@epone3488]

love to see more of this especially with the 2nd ed rules. I know your doing more Ancients atm but some Napies with the 2nd ed rules would be great to see.

[@scottzimmerlee4517]

Overall, a great battle report! Thank you guys for posting this, I enjoyed it immensely. I think you guys have assaults wrong. At 17:13 you state the cavalry must be within 3” to assault, this is incorrect. Infantry must be within 3” to assault cavalry or 6” to assault horse artillery. Other units can make 1 full move to contact their target or within 3” to support an assault. You also made a mistake in the cavalry fight near the church. British cavalry are Headstrong (+1d6). In the resolution of the infantry fight, if a unit passes their valor test(s), excess hits over a unit’s shaken number are removed. At the 1:04:00 mark when the British cavalry defeat the French attack column, the French should be automatically routed & again with the British heavies. Overall, I think guys got everything else exactly right, so good job!

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Thank you for your comment and observations. Much appreciated. Hopefully we will do better in our next game! Cheers :)

[@Vlad65WFPReviews]

Yes, needing to be within 3" to make an Assault would have been a strange stipulation.

[@dogwithnobones906]

Wow this is awesome! Ill be here watching you grow buddy.

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Thank you Sir, We are hoping to do Hail Caesar V2 some time in March

[@WargamingHistory]

Good stuff guys, we have just played our second and found that brigades can break very easy if small, plus skirmishers need to be protected, and cavalry is treated per squadron, so support each cavalry attack as squadrons

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for your feedback! We'll bear that in mind in our next game.

[@andrewpennington9221]

Steve Haran! An old member of the Pennine Raiders of Halifax here in Old Blighty. Hope you are well Steven and good to see you are still gaming pal.

[@kapitihobbies9360]

LOL, yup Steve's a top bloke and defo still gaming :)

[@paulbenson9015]

Thanks Gents, after seeing several battles from Armchair Dragoons, it's nice to see these rules from someone else's perspective. Love the table, the figures and the banter, looking forward to more, nice one👍

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@philRminiatures]

A nice report on a gorgeous table!! Truly superb!

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Thank you for your kind feedback

[@TheEvanbates23]

Awesome report. Please keep videos like these coming!

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Thanks, will do!

[@BootsontheTable]

Interesting game thanks. I do fancy trying these rules and this just whetted my appetite

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Go for it! :)

[@Hazdrubal_Wargaming]

When allocating hits during a melee, you apply hits only to units lending Direct Support (in contact) otherwise all go on the Fighting units.

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Thank you for the feedback, much appreciated.

[@davidcollins2648]

I've been looking over Napoleonic rules for several years trying to find one with a good balance between simplicity and historically based mechanics. Valor and Fortitude seems to fit the bill quite nicely. It's also simple enough to make it attractive to new players willing to "give it a go". Napoleonics becomes a large commitment in time and money whatever scale you choose if you want to build a proper army in the Grand Manner.

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Yes, I have held off building my own "Nap" for those very reasons. We plan to contrast this game with the same forces use Black Powder V2 at some point too.

[@nowhere3600]

Great report! was intriguing to see how the ruleset went. Also great to see you have an affiliate link with Element Games, noted and will use in the future :) Keep up the great work.

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Glad you enjoyed it! We hope to bring you more link this... next planned battle report is likely Hail Caesar v2 sometime in March once I can round up the crew. In meantime we'll keep up the hobby output. Cheers

[@zukovsbearvalhallagoestowa7512]

I had some games with this ruleset recently and I really like it for its speed. Maybe a little bit shockied at first, about how quick the troops voporized, but all in all it is better to have a game with 6 brigades ended in a couple of hours rather than deploy all of them and after the same time maybe had taken a single morale test or so... I like your video and I hope that you will film other batrep of this game. I'm testing the FaQ rule for toned down morale for Brigades and reduced the distances for deployment (12" rather than 18") and in general movement distances by 3" for every kind of units, wile artillery move only 2" if unlimbered. I found this more balanced in a 6x4 feet table. Your hopinions about this? I have a question too: How do you deploy infantry detachment 95th rfle above all, or Voltiguers, and Downgraded units such as Combined Grenadiers or Combined Voltiguers? I use for the firsts single models on 20mm bases in skirmish order. and a unit of 3 bases 40x40mm for the downgraded unit... How do you coed with this?

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Hi Thanks for your comment. This was our first go at the rules and we haven't had a chance to have another go since. The majority of the troops were based in a 'general fashion' initially for other rule sets like General de Brigade / Piquet / Black Powder etc, so were not based specifically for this rule set.

[@thesignaller]

Love the game, one question have you house ruled the artillery able to fire over friendly heads?

[@kapitihobbies9360]

As yet, we have not played it again I'm afraid.

[@davidgeister]

Bravo!

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Thank you!

[@BrixtonTone]

New to the channel, love it already . Would have liked a few more occasional panoramic views of the table as the battle progressed, often found myself lost in the fog of war . Call me subscribed

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Thank you for your reply and excellent feedback. We'll take it on board! Cheers Scott

[@jebstuart4004]

Don t forget that some french watch your videos ! I heard a zut alors ! 😉

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Ah yes we do have a couple of 'entertainers' in our playing group, and some 'themed outbursts' increase the levity ;)

[@kingfisher5303]

38:29 Did someone on that left flank just fill their britches or was that just audio trouble?

[@kapitihobbies9360]

LOL fair comment though I think it was an audio glitch ;)

[@larryirons8746]

Where can one find the fate cards?

[@kapitihobbies9360]

I am unsure to be honest, may I suggest exploring the Perry Miniatures website.

[@ericcalmels33]

48:30 - Why do you roll only one die to hit ... You have always used 2 dice for this battery.

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Good question, I'll have to check and get back to you.

[@kapitihobbies9360]

Ah I see, that wasnt a firing hit die, Richard had mistakenly thought he had to get an order to the guns to fire, and that die was his unnecessary order roll. Hope that helps?

[@ericcalmels33]

Exactly, but after this mistake about messenger, you roll only one die to hit with this battery

[@kapitihobbies9360]

@@ericcalmels33 Im not sure, possibly a mistake on our behalf. I recall the firing selection was a little odd, rather than chose your unit and select an enemy target to fire at... you actually chose the target unit first, then see who can hit it... one of your units is then the main firer, and your other friendly units add supporting fire dice. I think we figured this out part way through the game so thats why it might seem odd???

[@emwonzadelahaye7066]

I LIKE...LOL...YOU GUYS ARE BD ASS

[@kapitihobbies9360]

LOL thanks very much, we try our best ! ;)

[@jimphilip9454]

i think there are many mistakes in the combat

[@kapitihobbies9360]

There could well be this was our first game and learning the rules