A sneak peek of General d’Armee 2 

Great discussion, look forward to seeing the rules in action on the channel. I’ll be buying the rules soonest and keeping my fingers crossed for a ’Pickett’s Charge’ update.

Excellent discussion, really enjoyed your passion & enthusiasm for these revisions. Like you I wasn’t sure GdA could be improved upon but DCR & Chris have done it. We Marauders have played GdA2 & feel the exact same! Best wishes, Jeremy & the Marauders

Love the Statement "The first mistake was being a British Player attacking anyone" spot on, they are strongest on defense due to tactics. I agree with the assessment of why they did so well was "Not to get shot up" before contact. I've always had a problem with the way most rules portray the British as machine guns.

Hi Scott. Good video. Like you and Carlo we’ve been fortunate to help with some of the playtesting of GDA2. Mr Brown rules for Naps and WW2 have always been good, but these are something else. Like you we loved GdA and we were worried about any tweaking with, but GDA2 is simply brilliant,it has an elegant simplicity with just enough chrome to make every game brilliant.

I have the 1st edition and never got to play it. I'm hoping you can all do a good walk through or battle report when it is released. Good info here.

Thanks for the chat on GdA great video

Scott, I really enjoyed the hour with you and Carlo. Was great to hear his voice again. I listened while painting 8 battalions of my 6mm Russian Guard infantry so it was a fitting situation. The changes to the rules sound very good and the excitement both of you had for them came through strongly. Here's hoping they are released in PDF as well as hard copy as I wouldn't want to be waiting for the post to get from UK to Sydney after having heard so much good about them. May visit at Cancon depending on plans. Thanks for the continued work on the channel. Richard

A little off-topic but I wonder if Pickett's Charge could be mainstreamed a similar way (I can't see a second version on the horizon).

Excellent chat

Great Video!

I really understand your skepticism towards revisions, I mean shoot can you think of a sequel movie that is better than the first when the first was a masterpiece? General d'Armee is already such a good ruleset, but this video has persuaded me to buy GDA 2 just as how you inspired me to get Never Mind the Billhooks.

CoC is more cerebral than most rules because you have very similar problems to a lieutenant running a platoon.

I enjoyed the chat! It looks as though it’s been really polished up. I would like to know, what is the smallest game that can be played? As I’m going to need a french army and possibly a Russian army. Not to fight historical battles but a game that can be played in two and a half hours including placing scenery . I can’t think of a Brit v. French battle that was a divisional strength apart from in Italy. I liked the post 1808 set up that apart from 1813/14 which is where it came into its own. The Brigade was sound but Landwehr Lancers were poor quality from what I can gather and were only used for chasing skirmishers away. I could start from scratch and use Bacchus 6mm or epic warlord but the range is limited although the moulding looks great.

Excellent talk, thank you. You did not clarify how C&C Tasking works. Would be nice to know this. Another thing that worries me much is the tendency of simplification of rules (any historical wargames) which does not mean their improvement really.

Are the rules any good for solo playing ? I wont be able to do much travel

Good afternoon Scott. Hope you all doing well down under. Tracked your channel down after watching the Too Fat Lardies videos specifically on General D' Armee2. Im massivley into Napoleonics myslef and the Lardies rules. Started in Sharp Practice. recently got into Chain of command and looking to play more of that this year once Ive got all the miniatures sorted and painted. Currently enjoying Black Powder from Warlord Games thanks to the inspiring youtube channel Napoleonic Wargamer, Tim Richardson. Love the game and building my 28mm British Army, Peninsular war, at a furious pace for an event in June. Last couple of years I got into the game Batielle Empire which I realy enjoyed. That I built 18mm AB Miniatures British army again Peninsular War. I was wondering if I could use this army for General D'Armee 2 as i really enjoy the Lardy rules. I havent played the original 1st Edition. For Batielle the basing was 3cm x 1cm with three miniatures on. 4 of these bases would make a standard battalion, 6 would make a alarge battalion. Artillery with crew was on its own base as normal. Calvary was on a 3cm x 3cm with two Calvary miniatures per base. Two bases making a Squadron. All commnaders and army commanders were on separate bases. So could I use this format for General D'Armee 2. I have quite a large collection already so adding bases to battalions i not a problem. Making more command bases for ADC's again not an issue as well as more bases for Calvary also not a problem. Will this work or do i need to look at a whole new army. If this works Ill be ordering the rulebook and tokens pretty damn quickly. Im guessing that my 28mm Black Powder army will also work for General D'Armee2? look forward to hear from you and enjoying your content on this ruleset. Great to listen to two fellow warriors as well.

I was wondering whether GdA2 would be suitable for 2 mm ?

Not sure if it's a YT problem or a problem my end but I can barely hear Carlo?

Let's hope they don't streamline this to much.

Fantastic

I like competition games, ( I know, Richard doesn’t ) however this means using a 6ft X 4ft table or an 8ft X 4ft table. With 15mm figures 8ft long is better this means with the number of points allowed you get a brigade of infantry, brigade of cavalry and a battery of artillery. On a figure ratio of 1 figure = 20 men. You could scale it to brigade level so this would mean you get a division instead of a brigade. If you have more points per figure the various nations can have minor advantages or disadvantages to keep the player happy without spoiling the working of the game. Unfortunately I can’t get to games anymore as my wife can’t be left for any length of time so chats and you tube games keep me sane. I hope you are going to play a game with balanced Armies so I can see how other player play to win 😉

Be careful if she challenges you to ‘O’ Group

I feel compelled to put in a word for the poor flies you so heartlessly massacred. I appreciate that they are a great nuisance but have you perchance considered that the reason they swarmed inside was because they were so enthralled by the discussion and the insights into Napoleonic tactics that they thought you were actually playing and wanted to get a closer look, expecting grand entertainment, only to be obliterated by chemical weapons? It’s not quite as funny when you look at it like that, is it?