Muster: Austrians for Field of Battle 3

 A small Austrian force (click picture to enlarge):

 

This small „army“ consists of

- 2 Infantry Brigades, one with with of 4 battalions and one with 3 battalions and an artillery battery (1 gun) attached; plus

 - 1 Cavalry Brigade (3 squadrons)

 The Armies in Action ...

Muster: Prussians for Field of Battle 3

To play some games using Field of Battle 3 and doing it One-Hour-Wargames style, i.e. on a smaller table, I rearranged my Prussian unit organization (click picture to enlarge):

 

This small „army“ now consists of

- 2 Infantry Brigades, each of 3 battalions, one with an artillery battery (1 gun) attached and

- 1 Cavalry Brigade (2 squadrons)

The FoB 3 rules provide this force of nine units with around 9 Army Morale Points (AMP). Also, each Infantry and Cavalry unit has 4 Unit Integrity Points (UI) before it has to be removed (there is no individual figure removal). Each loss of one UI results in an equal loss of one AMP. And AMPs can not be regained.

Therefore, if the force loses 9 UI out of a total of 35 UI (Artillery units have 3 UI), equalling around 25%, it has to test for Army Morale if AMPs are down to zero and the Army Morale card comes up. Failure of this test means that your army retreats at once and you lose.

In my games, I increase the AMPs of both forces by around 33 to 50% to make them less brittle, so that these smaller games last a little longer.

Muster: IR 41 Graf von Wied zu Neuwied

With enough figures painted and based, it is time to organize them into two "Charge!"-companies (each with 1 Officer, 1 Drummer, 1 Sergeant and 16 men) and take some photos:

Advancing in line, ready for battle

The Commanding Officer is riding behind the formation, the Sergeant Major in front of him. On parade he would be in front.

Advancing in column of companies

Advancing in column of fours

Final review:  "Ein dreifach Hoch auf den König !"
(Three cheers to the King!)

The Fusiliers and Sergeants are Foundry miniatures, Officers (tricorne trimmed with a golden scalloped lace) from Front Rank and the one next to the C.O. from Foundry and the Sergeant Major is from Fighting 15s (Fighting 30s range).