Some thoughts on the lashed-together amalgam of Joseph Morschauser's 'Musket' and 'Frontier' wargames rules

Yesterday's battle was fought using a hastily lashed-together amalgam of Joseph Morschauser's 'Musket' and 'Frontier' wargames rules, and although they worked quite well there were several things that need changing. These changes include:

• Reducing the movement rates for Infantry and Artillery to 1 square, Light Infantry/Rifles to 2 squares, and Cavalry and Command to 3 squares
• Changing the Turn Sequence so that it is clear that each side can fire, move, and conduct Close Combats with a Unit before following the same procedure with the next of their side's Units (N.B. At present all the Units move, then all the Units fire, and finally all the Units conduct Close Combats.)

Although it is not covered by the rules, it was also apparent that the size of the grid squares used must be slightly larger than the size of the Unit base size. This would allow small terrain items to be placed into a grid square and still leave enough room for a Unit base. In this case, the current 50mm x 50mm base sizes probably need to be used with 55mm x 55mm or 60mm x 60mm sized grid squares.